Jonathon C King - President & CEO

Jonathon King, President & CEO of UNC Management Company, joined the Company in January 2005. In this role Mr. King is also the Chief Investment Officer of the UNC Investment Fund.

Prior to joining UNC Management Co., Mr. King was the Associate Vice President and Director of Investments for Dartmouth College where he worked for sixteen years. Previously, Mr. King was an Investment Officer at New England Mutual Life Insurance Company in Boston, MA and a Senior Accountant at Price Waterhouse & Co. in Hartford, CT.

Mr. King graduated cum laude from Middlebury College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies. Mr. King also graduated with an MBA degree from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Elaine Brim - Executive Assistant to the President

Investment Communications

Jennifer Dimitri - Associate Director, Investment Communications

Ms. Dimitri joined UNC Management Company in July of 2008. As Associate Director, Investment Communications she serves as liaison between investment and operations teams internally, oversees investor communications, and manages the legal review process for UNCMC and UNC Investment Fund, LLC.  Prior to joining UNCMC, Ms. Dimitri worked as a Research Analyst for Captrust Financial Advisors in Raleigh, NC, from 2004-2008 where she was responsible for analyzing current and potential investments and overseeing the legal review process. She also served as the liaison between the research, client service and operations departments. Before Captrust, she was an intern for three years at Morgan Stanley.

Ms. Dimitri holds a B.S. in Business Management with a concentration in Finance from North Carolina State University.

Kelly Gufford - Investment Communications Specialist

Terri Nida - Document Coordinator

Investment Team

Public Investments

Maurice Perry - VP and Managing Director, Public Investments

Mr. Perry joined UNC Management Company in 2005 as Vice President- Director of Public Investments. Prior to joining UNCMC, Mr. Perry was Director of Investments for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in Miami, FL, a private foundation with $2.3 billion in assets under management. Mr. Perry was a senior analyst from 1999 to 2001 at Ronald Blue & Company, a registered investment advisor in Atlanta that manages over $4 billion for individual and institutional clients, as well as an associate for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation from 1994 to 1998.

Mr. Perry received a B.A. cum laude from the University of Florida in 1994, the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1997, and a M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 1999.

Angela Moss - Associate Director, Public Investments

Ms. Moss joined UNC Management Company in 2006 as an Investment Associate for public investments. Prior to joining UNCMC, Ms. Moss was a Co-Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst for Hale and Dorr Wealth Advisors in Boston, MA, where she worked on a Large Cap Domestic Equity portfolio, was responsible for outside manager selection, ran the trading desk, and maintained client relationships. Before Hale and Dorr, she worked for three years in investment banking at Banc of America Securities and Leerink Swann & Co. where she assisted in origination, structuring and execution of corporate finance transactions and advisory services, including mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and equity offerings. Ms. Moss began her career in Boston at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a consultant to investment firms.

Ms. Moss received a B.S. in Business Administration and a M.S. in Accounting with a Tax Concentration from East Carolina University, where she was Student Body President and a Board of Trustee. She currently serves on the Board of Visitors and on the Alumni Association Board for East Carolina University, is a member of the 100 Women in Hedge Funds organization, and received her CAIA designation in 2008.

Chris Rudolph - Associate Director, Public Investments

Mr. Rudolph joined UNC Management Company full time in March 2007.  Prior to joining UNCMC, Mr. Rudolph was the Director of Investments and Planned Giving at BBC Foundation located in Clarks Summit, PA. From 1997 to 2001, he was a Supervising Senior Accountant with KPMG.

Mr. Rudolph received a B.A. magna cum laude from Cedarville University in 1997 and a M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in 2007. He is a CFA Charterholder, CAIA Charterholder, and Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Rudolph serves on the Board of Directors at BBC Foundation and has led the Investment Committee at BBC Foundation since 2003.

Nicholas Procaccini - Analyst, Public Investments

Yangge Li - Analyst, Public Investments

Angela Elam - Senior Administrative Assistant, Public Investments

Private Investments

Kevin J. Tunick - VP and Managing Director, Private Investments

Mr. Tunick joined UNC Management Company in 2008 as Vice President and Managing Director of Private Investments where he is responsible for managing the more than $900 million Private Investment portfolio.  Prior to joining UNCMC, Mr. Tunick spent seventeen years at Harvard Management Company in Boston, MA, where he was Manager, Private Equity and co-managed a $4.1 billion portfolio of alternative investment partnerships. Prior to HMC, Mr. Tunick was also Chief Investment Analyst for The Rockefeller Foundation in New York City, where he managed an $80 million short-term fixed income portfolio and a $3 million equity portfolio. Before the Rockefeller Foundation, Mr. Tunick was Manager of Partnership Fund Accounting at Commodities Corporation USA in Princeton, NJ, as well as the controller at American Handling Equipment, Inc.

Mr. Tunick received a B.B.A. from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA and a M.B.A. from Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA.

Chris Bartholomew - Associate Director, Private Investments

Mr. Bartholomew joined UNC Management Company in 2004. As part of the Private Investments Team, he is responsible for the management of the venture capital, growth capital, buyout, real estate, and energy and natural resources portfolios. Prior to joining UNCMC, Mr. Bartholomew worked in the Accounting Department of MCNC. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Central North Carolina Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Mr. Bartholomew received a B.S. in Business Administration and Information Science with Distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He holds both the CFA and CAIA designations.

Rodgers Harshbarger - Associate Director, Private Investments

Mr.Harshbarger joined UNC Management Company in 2008. Prior to UNCMC, Mr.Harshbarger was a Consultant in the Private Equity Group at Bain & Company in Atlanta, GA. Before Bain & Company, Mr.Harshbarger was a Vice President at Atlantic~Pacific Capital in San Francisco, CA and began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in New York, NY.

Mr.Harshbarger received a B.A. from the University of Virginia where he was an Echols Scholar and a M.B.A. from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was a Richard H. Jenrette Fellow. Mr. Harshbarger is a recipient of the Frank Hawkins Kenan Award for Excellence and has been inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma. In addition, Mr. Harshbarger is a Member of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association®.

Matthew A. Lesesky - Associate Director, Private Investments

Mr. Lesesky joined UNC Management Company in 2012.  Prior to UNCMC, Mr. Lesesky was the Director of Private Investments at Hatteras Funds where he was responsible for its private equity fund investments and its direct private equity programs.  Prior to joining Hatteras, Mr. Lesesky was an Associate with PCG Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in La Jolla, CA focused on growth equity investments, where he was involved in the sourcing, evaluation, execution, and monitoring of transactions in a variety of industries.  Before joining PCG Capital Partners, Mr. Lesesky was an Associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions group in the Investment Banking division of Citigroup Global Markets in New York.  Prior to Citigroup, Mr. Lesesky was an Associate at Fusion Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund, and an Analyst at Andersen Consulting. 

 

Mr. Lesesky received a Bachelor of Science in Applied Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his Master of Business Administration from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma.

Paul Kindem - Senior Analyst, Private Investments

Stephanie Sawda - Analyst, Private Investments

Finance and Operations

Barbara M. Aaron - VP and Managing Director, Finance and Administration

Ms. Aaron joined UNC Management Company in 1999, while still in its original form of the UNC Investment Office (effective July 1, 2002, UNC Management Co., Inc). As Vice President and Managing Director of Finance and Administration, Ms. Aaron is responsible for all administration, operations, and finance, which includes corporate and investment accounting, performance reporting, and portfolio administration. Prior to joining UNCMC, she was Vice President for Finance, Administration, Operations and Compliance at Sturdivant & Co, a New Jersey based equity manager and broker dealer. She also served as their compliance officer and holds a Series 27 registration from the NASD. Ms. Aaron spent 24 years with Duke University, 15 years of which were at Duke Management Company in various positions ranging from Operations Manager to Investment Administrator.

Ms. Aaron earned a B.S. in Business Management from Shaw University where she graduated summa cum laude.

Margaret Holder - Director, Investment Operations

Ms. Margaret Holder joined UNC Management Company in 2011 as Director, Investment Operations.  Prior to UNCMC, Ms. Holder held the position of Controller, Foundations Accounting and Investments, at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina for three years.  Ms. Holder was an Accounting Manager at Compass Group in Charlotte, NC, as well as a Senior Auditor in the Management Assurance Services group at KPMG, also in Charlotte.  She began her career as an internal auditor at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Williamsburg, Virginia and prior to that as an auditor with the Auditor of Public Accounts for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Ms. Holder is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of North Carolina as well as a Certified Internal Auditor.  She holds a B.A. in English, with a minor in French, from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.  She also holds a Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Accounting from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.

Kimberly W. Dean - Director, Human Resources

Ms. Dean joined UNC Management Company in November 2011 as Director, Human Resources.  Prior to joining UNCMC, Ms. Dean worked in the Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology field in a variety of positions providing HR support and leadership.  She was Director of Human Resources for a start-up pharmaceutical company, EMD Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Director of Human Resources for Sandoz, Inc. and most recently with Grifols, Inc.

Ms. Dean holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  She holds the PHR designation and is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management.

Kay Day - Senior Financial Analyst

Benjamin Wendt - Public Performance Analyst

Alison Humphrey - Private Performance Analyst

Raylene Merino - Investment Accountant

Sheila Mullen - Office Manager

Susan Smith - Operations Assistant

Pam Shirley - Receptionist