UVIMCO Staff
LAWRENCE E. KOCHARD, CFA Chief Executive Officer/Chief Investment Officer
Lawrence Kochard is the Chief Executive Officer / Chief Investment Officer of UVIMCO. As Chief Executive Officer, Larry provides leadership for all aspects of UVIMCO’s operations and serves as UVIMCO’s primary representative to the University, related foundations and the public. As Chief Investment Officer, Larry is responsible for the investment management of UVIMCO’s Long Term Pool, overseeing the asset allocation, portfolio management, risk management and manager selection activities of the investment staff.
Prior to joining UVIMCO, Larry served as Chief Investment Officer at Georgetown University. From 2001 to 2004, he was Managing Director of Equity and Hedge Fund Investments for the Virginia Retirement System. From 1997 to 2000, he taught in the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, first as an adjunct and later full time as an assistant professor.
Larry received his BA in Economics from the College of William & Mary, an MBA from the University of Rochester, and an MA and PhD in Economics from the University of Virginia. He is a CFA charter holder.
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KRISTINA M. ALIMARD, CFA Chief Operating Officer
Kristina Alimard is the Chief Operating Officer of UVIMCO, with responsibility for all noninvestment functions of the organization. Kristina oversees the infrastructure necessary to support the effective investment of UVIMCO’s Long Term Pool, and ensures the proper accounting and control of the funds entrusted to UVIMCO by the University and related foundations. Kristina joined UVIMCO in April 2003.
Prior to attending Darden in 2001, Kristina spent two years as a senior financial analyst at GE Financial Assurance. From 1992-1999, Kristina worked for the Baltimore, Maryland office of KPMG LLP.. In 1995, Kristina was promoted to the Global Financial Strategies group, a national practice of approximately 20 M&A specialists who performed business valuations for strategic merger, acquisition, divestiture, and reorganization decisions within the healthcare industry. Kristina’s primary areas of responsibility at UVIMCO include investment operations and accounting, investment performance reporting, corporate accounting and reporting, human resources, information technology, and office management. Kristina is also responsible for many of UVIMCO’s compliance activities, tax reporting, and the preparation of Board meeting materials. She serves as the primary liaison to the University and foundation personnel, and manages the relationships with external service providers.
Kristina received a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Delaware and an M.B.A. from Darden, where she was the recipient of the William Michael Shermet Award and the Virginia Kincaid Charitable Trust Scholarship. Kristina earned a CPA license from the state of Maryland in 1992, and the CFA designation in 2007.
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ROB WALKER FREER, Managing Director
Rob is a Managing Director at UVIMCO and is responsible for private equity, venture capital, real estate, and resource investments. He is a member of UVIMCO’s Investment Committee and also works closely with UVIMCO’s General Counsel on issues related to fund management and documentation. Rob joined the University in the Investment Office in April 1981 as the Assistant Investment Officer.
Prior to joining the University, Rob was a practicing attorney in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He is a member of the Virginia, Florida and District of Columbia Bars and is a member of the Charlottesville/Albemarle Bar Association. Rob served three years in the U.S. Army on active duty as an Infantry Officer (Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant) with tours at Fort Benning Georgia, Fort Carson, Colorado and in the Republic of Korea. He also served three years on active duty as a Captain in The Judge Advocate General’s Corps, stationed at The Judge Advocate General’s School in Charlottesville, Virginia. Additionally, he served twenty-three years in the U.S. Army Reserve with assignments at The Judge Advocate General’s School and at the Pentagon in the Office of Personnel, Plans, and Training, which is responsible for the career management of approximately 1,500 active duty JAG Officers. He concluded his Army Reserve career as a Colonel. Rob has served on the Board of Directors of various charitable organizations in Charlottesville and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the University of Virginia Community Credit Union, having served in the past as Treasurer and Chairman of the Board. He also is Chairman of the Board of two wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Credit Union. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Parent’s Committee at the University of Virginia for the past five years.
Rob received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Maryland and a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law. He also has taken courses at the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia and the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.
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DAVID RUSSELL, Managing Director
David Russell is a Managing Director whose responsibilities span public market and private market investments. He also has responsibility for the real estate, resources, and credit portfolios. He is a member of the Investment Committee and is the coordinator of UVIMCO’s Analyst program, leading the recruiting and management of junior investment staff. David joined UVIMCO in March 2007.
Prior to joining UVIMCO, David worked in the New York office of Forest City Enterprises, a national real estate developer. Previously, David was a member of the Acquisitions team at Starwood Capital Group, a global private investment firm based in Greenwich, CT. At Starwood, David evaluated equity and debt investments in both the corporate and real estate sectors. David also worked in private equity for UBS Capital Asia Pacific in Hong Kong and in mergers & acquisitions for J.P. Morgan.
David holds an A.B. from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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ELIZABETH M. SNYDER, CFA Managing Director
Beth is a Managing Director at UVIMCO and is primarily responsible for the assessment of strategies and managers for the public portfolio; long-only, long/short, absolute return, and credit. She is a member of UVIMCO’s Investment Committee and has served as the Chair or Vice-Chair of the group for the past two years. Beth joined the University in the Treasurer’s Office, the predecessor to UVIMCO, in September 1991.
When Beth joined the University, the asset size of the endowment was nearing $500 million and was managed by a total of five full-time equivalent members including the secretary. Beth has been an active participant in the extraordinary evolution in endowment management over the past twenty years; from the days when the publicly-traded equity and debt managers entrusted to manage the University’s portfolio could be counted on one hand to the more diverse set of strategies and geographies that characterize the portfolio today. Prior to joining the University, Beth was a research analyst at Cambridge Associates.
Beth earned her B.A. degree in Economics from the University of Virginia. She serves on the Board of Trustees of Father Flanagan’s Fund for Needy Children. She has been a speaker at various conferences, including those sponsored by NMS, 100 Women in Hedge Funds and Institutional Investor. Beth holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute.
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EDWARD H. KLEES General Counsel
Ed is the General Counsel of UVIMCO. He is involved in almost all aspects of UVIMCO’s business, including fund management, compliance and operations, and counseling both management and the Board. He joined UVIMCO as its first General Counsel in November 2008.
Prior to joining UVIMCO, Ed was in-house counsel at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute from 1995 to 2008. Before HHMI Ed practiced corporate and securities law at several New York-based law firms, including Paul Weiss and Shearman & Sterling. He brings more than twenty years of securities law and operations expertise to the organization.
Ed holds B.A. and J.D. degrees from Columbia University. He is a thought leader in the legal community, having recently been appointed chair of the regulatory subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Committee on Institutional Investment. Ed also leads an informal group of lawyers and other professionals at leading U.S. and foreign endowments. He has written several articles and spoken on institutional investment issues at ABA meetings and at other legal and investment conferences.
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