Lawrence E Kochard

Chief Investment Officer, Georgetown University Larry Kochard was appointed Chief Investment Officer at Georgetown University in June 2004. In October 2007, Georgetown University was honored as “Large Endowment of the Year” by Foundation and Endowment Money Management, a publication of Institutional Investor. In addition to serving as CIO, he teaches investment courses for the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown. Previously, Larry was Managing Director of Equity and Hedge Fund Investments for the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) and Adjunct Professor of Finance for the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. Prior to joining VRS, he was a full-time faculty member at UVA. Before his return to academia, Larry’s background was corporate finance and capital markets, concluding with Goldman Sachs. He currently serves on the Investment Committee of St. Louis University and as Chairman of theCollege of William & Mary Investments Committee. Larry holds a BA in Economics from the College of William & Mary, an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Rochester, an MA and PhD in Economics from the University of Virginia, and is a CFA charter holder. He is married and has four children.