Venus Phillips, Managing Director of the Kresge Foundation joins us at Dakota Live! to share her insights and experience in manager selection and asset allocation. Over the course of our conversation, Venus takes us on her career journey and shares with us those who have influenced over the years.
The Kresge Foundation is a philanthropic private foundation with over $4 billion in assets. The foundation works to expand opportunities in America's cities through grantmaking and investing in arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services, and community development efforts. Venus is responsible for evaluating investment opportunities and investment managers across all asset classes and geographies for the foundation’s endowment.
Join us as Venus shares what the power of authentic leadership means to her and the importance of mission-oriented work. Be sure to stay tuned until the end of the conversation, where Venus answers questions and shares advice to students at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
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Venus Phillips is a Managing Director at The Kresge Foundation where she is responsible for evaluating investment opportunities and investment managers across all asset classes and geographies for the foundation’s endowment. Venus joined Kresge in 2019 as an investment director focused on private markets including private equity, real estate and natural resources. She has been integral to the team’s recruiting activities and has led to successful partnerships with Girls Who Invest and the John W. Rogers, Jr. Internship Program in Finance.
Previously Venus served as head of public markets at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (now Stellantis), where she led investment strategy for the company’s pension funds and employee savings plans. She also worked as an international equity and foreign exchange manager for the global automaker. She has also held positions with Morningstar Inc., the University of Chicago Investment Office, NextGen Capital Partners and JP Morgan Private Bank.
Phillips holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and finance at Howard University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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