This is an annual event in celebration of International Women's Day and Women's History Month. ALL ARE WELCOME! PLEASE JOIN US!

We have assembled a stellar panel of women redefining markets, trends, and our industry landscapes. We look forward to hearing about their career paths, milestones, special interests and market insights.  

Ms. Koch is President and Chief Executive Officer of TCW and serves as a member of the Board of Directors. In this role, she is responsible for the strategic direction and overall day-to-day management of the Firm. Prior to joining TCW in 2023, Ms. Koch spent 20 years with Goldman Sachs in the Asset Management Division (AMD), where she was a Partner and most recently served as Chief Investment Officer of the $300 billion Public Equity business and as a member of the AMD executive committee. Previously, she was based in London for ten years, where she held several leadership roles, including Head of the Multi-Asset Solutions business internationally.

Ms. Koch currently serves as a board member for the University of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees, The Investment Fund for Foundations (TIFF), The Investment Company Institute (ICI), the Toigo Foundation and The Spence School. She also serves as a Co-Chair of the University of Notre Dame Wall Street Leadership Committee and the advisory board of the Notre Dame Institute for Global Investing (NDIGI). Ms. Koch was named a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum. 

Ms. Koch earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Literature at the University of Notre Dame.

Elizabeth B. Hood, CFA, is a senior vice president and manager of Callan's Atlanta consulting office. She works with a variety of clients, including endowments and foundations, corporate-defined benefit and contribution plans, health care systems, and public plans. Her client responsibilities include strategic planning and implementation, investment manager reviews, performance evaluation, continuing education, and the coordination of special projects. Elizabeth is a member of Callan’s Management, Manager Search, Defined Contribution, and Institute Advisory committees and is a shareholder of the firm.

Previously, Elizabeth was a consultant with Ellwood Associates in Chicago, where she was responsible for providing investment consulting expertise for several of the firm's clients. She was responsible for all facets of the client relationship, including asset allocation, education, portfolio and manager oversight, rebalancing, developing investment guidelines, and recommending changes as needed. She was also responsible for investment manager research and due diligence for U.S. growth equity managers. Prior to that, Elizabeth worked at William Blair & Company and INVESCO N.A.

Elizabeth earned a BA from Rhodes College. She is a holder of the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst^® designation and is a member of CFA Institute and CFA Society Atlanta. Elizabeth serves on the board and chairs the investment committee of the Charles H. Hood Foundation, funding innovative pediatric research and medicine to improve the quality of life of children. She is also an active member of the leadership council of Zoo Atlanta. Elizabeth has been engaged with the Rhodes College Alumni Association and served on the Red and Black Society Executive Committee. 

Lara Rhame is a Managing Director in the Investment Research group and serves as Chief U.S. Economist at FS Investments, where she focuses on macroeconomic financial market analysis to inform and develop the company’s long-term views on the economy, investment trends and issues facing investors. 

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Rhame served as a Senior Economist at Credit Suisse, where she met with institutional and private clients around the globe to discuss market events and the global economy. She began her career at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and has since worked at other Wall Street institutions, including Brown Brothers Harriman and Lehman Brothers. Her analysis has garnered attention across financial and economic news outlets, including Bloomberg News, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC and CNN.

Ms. Rhame holds a BA in Economics from Bates College and performed post-graduate macroeconomic studies at New York University. She has guest lectured at Columbia University, New York University and Long Island University.

Ms. Rhame serves on the boards of the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, Hyperion Bank and Starr Garden Park, and is a former President of the Forecasters Club of New York. She is a member of the Forum of Executive Women and, in 2018, received the Philadelphia Business Journal’s Women of Distinction Award and Money Management Executive’s Top Women in Asset Management Award.

Christy Loop is a Senior Director & Portfolio Manager within WTW’s Americas and Global Portfolio Management Groups and joined the firm’s investment practice in August 2011. As a multi-asset allocator, she develops customized investment strategies and structures for fiduciary outsourced institutional clients and provides portfolio management insights to client relationships. She is a co-portfolio manager for the U.S. diversified and global equity focus funds, and an investment committee member of the real assets fund and global macro team. In addition, she is responsible for leading the development of delegated defined contribution solutions for the U.S. region.  

Previously, Christy served as lead consultant where she advised large institutions on investment strategy, asset allocation, implementation and monitoring of their investment programs. She has specialty knowledge regarding best practices for global asset pools of multinational corporations.

Christy received her B.S. in finance and minor in economics from the University of Florida. She is a member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society of Atlanta. She served two (three-year terms) on the CFA Society of Atlanta’s Board of Trustees ending June 2020 and previously served as the VP, Educational Programs and Treasurer.

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Christian Wilson, CFA, is Head – Global Client Portfolio Management at Voya Investment Management and is responsible for the coordination and oversight of client portfolio managers across the firm. Chris also serves as head of the fixed-income client portfolio management team and a senior client portfolio manager, where he leads a team of client-facing investment professionals representing Voya’s fixed-income platform. Prior to joining Voya, he was head of the North America fixed-income client portfolio management team at AllianceBernstein, where he began his career and served in multiple roles including fixed-income portfolio manager, currency trader, quantitative analyst and head of fixed income product management. Chris earned a BS in mathematics/management from LeMoyne College and is a CFA^® Charterholder.