Jane Mendillo

Jane Mendillo is the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Harvard Management Company.^[1]

Jane returned to Harvard Management Company as its president and chief executive officer on July 1, 2008 and is now responsible for directing Harvard's $35 billion endowment.

Prior to rejoining Harvard, she was the chief investment officer at Wellesley College from 2002 to 2008 and was responsible for the investment policy and management of the College’s $1.0 billion endowment and its related assets. Before joining Wellesley College, Jane was employed by the Harvard Management Company from 1987-2001. Her most recent position at Harvard Management Company was as vice president of external management, in which she had investment responsibility for $7 billion in Harvard assets, including $6 billion in externally managed investments for the Harvard endowment, and $1 billion in Harvard pension and related accounts. Jane’s prior positions at Harvard Management included domestic equities investment, venture capital investment, and the management and investment of charitable trusts and gifts.

Prior to joining Harvard Management Company, Jane was a management consultant with Bain & Company in Boston, MA from 1984-1987.

From 1980-1982 Jane was a manager in the office of investments at Yale University. During 1983, she worked with Lord Abbett in New York as an equities analyst.

Jane has a BA from Yale College (1980, English) and an MBA from the Yale School of Management (1984). She is a chartered financial analyst and a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society. She is a member of the Yale University Investment Committee, a member of the board of the Investment Fund for Foundations, and a corporator of Emerson Hospital.

Jane lives in Concord, MA with her husband, Ralph Earle III, and their two children, Elizabeth and Thomas.^[2]

Forbes include Mendillo in the 100 Most Powerful Women list of 2009.^[3]

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