Four people have been elected to the Santa Fe Institute’s Board of Trustees:
Andrew Berg is a former tax partner at New York law firm Debevoise & Plimpton. His practice included mergers and acquisitions, debt restructuring, spin-offs, private equity, and real estate joint ventures. He is an adjunct professor of law in the graduate division of New York University School of Law, where he teaches advanced partnership taxation. His three-year appointment began November 3, 2013.
Katherine Collins is founder and CEO of Honeybee Capital, a firm focused on research into sustainable investing and behavioral finance. Previously she served in numerous high-level investment and philanthropy positions at Fidelity Management and Research Company, including as head of US Equity Research and two years at the Fidelity Foundations as program officer for these large philanthropic organizations. She is author of the forthcoming book, The Nature of Investing. Her three-year appointment began November 3, 2013.
Ian McKinnon is president of ZBI Equities, L.L.C. and managing partner of Ziff Brothers Investments. Since joining ZBI, he has executed investments across most segments of the capital markets, including private equity, venture capital, public equity, and certain macro sectors such as sovereign debt. His three-year appointment begins January 1, 2014.
Sam Peters is the portfolio manager of the Legg Mason Capital Management Value Trust mutual fund and the related Value Equity strategy for institutional investors, responsible for Legg Mason Capital Management’s investment activities. Prior to joining Legg Mason he served as portfolio manager of the Fidelity Select Health Care Fund and the Fidelity Select Medical Equipment Fund. In 1996 he founded Samuel M. Peters Investment Advisors, an independent advisory firm. His three-year appointment began November 3, 2013.
The Santa Fe Institute’s Board of Trustees, which has the fiduciary responsibility for the Institute, oversees SFI’s operations through its biannual meetings and its active committees that offer advice and support to SFI’s leadership.
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