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Investment professionals change roles at a pace that makes a monthly or quarterly update cycle worthless within weeks. A CIO who moves institutions in March may be fielding pitches under a completely different title by July, and a fund manager working from stale contact information is either calling the wrong person or the right person with the wrong context.
In September 2026, Dakota tracked over 900+ job and role changes across LPs and GPs. This roundup breaks out the most significant moves on both sides: 450+ changes for allocators and 440+ changes among investment firms.
Below, we cover why these moves are worth tracking in the first place, the standout changes at investment firms, and the standout changes among allocators.
Top 10 Job Changes from September 2026
5 Standouts from Allocators
- Harisha Haigh left Northwestern University Investment Office (Endowment, Chicago)
- Joined Northwestern Memorial Healthcare as Chief Investment Officer (Chicago)
- Shane McCarthy left LAB Quantitative Strategies (Investment Firm, Denver)
- Joined University of Nebraska Foundation Endowment as Senior Director of Investments (Endowment, Lincoln)
- Natalie Herter left Mount Holyoke College Endowment (Endowment, Boston)
- Joined Boston Foundation as Chief Investment Officer (Foundation, Boston)
- Farhan Billah left DCA Partners (Investment Firm, Sacramento)
- Joined California State Teachers' Retirement System as Analyst - Total Fund Management (Public Pension Fund, Sacramento)
- Mark Hays left Glenmede Trust (Bank, Philadelphia)
- Joined Prime Capital Investment Advisors as President, Endowments & Foundations (RIA, Kansas City)
5 Standouts from Investment Firms
- Vesna Sipp left MidEuropa (Investment Firm, London)
- Joined Sagard Holdings as Fundraising & IR, Private Equity (Investment Firm, Toronto)
- Katherine Dowley left W Capital Partners (Investment Firm, New York City)
- Joined Vance Street Capital as Head of Investor Relations (Investment Firm, Los Angeles)
- Eugenie Sibeud left CapeView Capital (Investment Firm, London)
- Joined Amber Road Investors LLC as Investor Relations (Investment Firm, New York City)
- Jessica Biggs left Benefit Street Partners (Investment Firm, New York City)
- Joined Four Peaks Multifamily Partners as Managing Director, Business Development (Investment Firm, Los Angeles)
- Tiffany Larson left Amalgamated Bank Investment Management (Investment Firm, New York City)
- Joined Unifi Asset Management LP as VP, Investor Relations & Business Development (Investment Firm, New York City)
View all of these and more in Dakota Marketplace on the homepage. You’ll discover more in addition to firms currently fundraising, any recent allocations, and the accounts, contacts, and metro areas you're following, available any time on the Marketplace homepage.
Turning a Move Into an Opening
A role change matters for two reasons: it can make your contact information wrong, and it can open the door to a conversation.
Data Accuracy
Pitching a strategy to someone who left their post two months ago wastes a call and signals that a firm has not done its homework. Knowing who actually holds a seat, and what they are mandated to do in it, is the difference between a productive conversation and a dead end.
It also works the other way.
Filter by role, firm type, or geography to build a list that reflects who is actually in the seat today, not who held it last quarter. Book a demo to see it in action.
Relationship Building
A new role is a natural, low-pressure reason to reach out that has nothing to do with a cold pitch. A quick note congratulating someone on a new seat, or wishing them well as they leave one, keeps a relationship warm without asking for anything, and an allocator who could not use your strategy at their old firm may have a mandate that fits it perfectly at the new one.
In Dakota Marketplace, contact records reflect personnel and role changes daily, not monthly or quarterly, with alerts sent to any team member who has that contact flagged. That is the gap this series is meant to help close: a monthly read on who moved, where, and why it is worth knowing.
Stay Ahead of the Next Move
Role changes will not slow down, and the firms that keep their contact data current are the ones having the right conversations at the right time. Dakota Marketplace tracks investment firm contacts and allocator contacts across the segments covered in this roundup, updated daily as people change seats.
Filter by role, firm type, or geography to build a list that reflects who is actually in the seat today, not who held it last quarter. Book a demo to see it in action.
