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Patrick C. Eilers, Managing Director

B.S., University of Notre Dame; M.B.A., Northwestern University J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Prior to joining MDP, Mr. Eilers was with Jordan Industries, Inc. and IAI Venture Capital Inc. and played professional football with the Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins, and Minnesota Vikings. Mr. Eilers concentrates on investments in the energy and power sector and currently serves on the Board of Directors of First Wind Partners, LLC, Magellan GP, LLC, Magellan Midstream Holdings GP, LLC, and US Power Generating Company. Mr. Eilers serves on the Executive Committee of the US Partnership for Renewable Energy Finance (US PREF), a program of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Mr. Eilers is also a member of the University of Notre Dame College of Engineering Advisory Council and serves on the Board of Trustees of Hales Franciscan High School and Cristo Rey Jesuit High School.

Charley Moore, Operating Partner

B.S. in Finance, University of Notre Dame; M.B.A. in Entrepreneurial Management, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

After a successful ten-year career with IMG and TWI Interactive, in 1999, Charley Moore founded The Moore Group, LLC, which provided representation for high-profile clients such as ESPN Outdoors, Bombardier Aerospace, Nokia, B.A.S.S., and David Duval. Mr. Moore was also a co-founder of The PGA TOUR Network on XM Satellite Radio and CEO of Pure Golf, a leading provider of golf, tennis, and outdoor programming to the satellite radio industry. Charley joined Falconhead Capital in 2002 where he focuses on outdoor and media related investment strategies and is Chairman of the Board of NYDJ Holdings and serves on the board GPSI Holdings, a Falconhead investment.

Tony Rice

Tony Rice is perhaps best remembered as the dynamic option quarterback the lead the University of Notre Dame's 1988 National Championship Team under coach Lou Holtz. Rice played professional football for two seasons for the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Barcelona Dragons of the World League of American Football in 1991 and 1992. He also played for Munich Thunder in the FLE (Football League of Europe) in 1994.

While growing up in South Carolina, Rice played high school football for Woodruff High School under Coach Willie Varner. Rice entered Notre Dame in 1986 and was the crown jewel in Holtz's first recruiting class.

In 1987, Tony Rice became the starting quarterback for Notre Dame following an injury to Terry Andrysiak. The Irish would finish the season 8-4 and earn a berth to the Cotton Bowl Classic, where they would endure a 35-10 loss to 13th-ranked Texas A&M in a game where Rice played only sparingly. Despite the loss, the team showed dramatic improvement and would finish the year ranked #17 — the team's first Top-25 finish since 1980.

The elusive, strong-armed Rice was a perfect fit for Holtz's ball control, run-oriented offense. Despite standing only 6'1" 200 lbs., he had great speed (4.5 40 yard dash time) for a quarterback, and tremendous strength, which made him an incredibly difficult player to contain. For the year he would finish with over 1,000 yards of total offense and 8 total TDs (663 yards, 1 TD passing and 337 yards, 7 TDs rushing).

1988 would see Notre Dame claim their first National Championship in 11 years. For the season the team would go a perfect 12–0 in route to claiming an NCAA-record eighth AP National Championship since the poll began in 1936. The season would feature dramatic wins over top ranked opponents including Michigan, USC, and Miami in addition to featuring several future NFL players including Raghib "Rocket" Ismail, Ricky Watters, Chris Zorich, Derek Brown, Todd Lyght, Pat Terrell, Tony Brooks, Anthony Johnson, Andy Heck, Tim Grunhard and Rodney Culver. In all, 21 of the 22 starters on the 1988 National Championship team would go on to play in the NFL. Rice would finish the year with 1,176 yards and 8 TDs passing and 700 yards and 9 TDs rushing.

Mark W. Yusko, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC

Mark W. Yusko is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC, a registered investment adviser formed in July 2004 to provide investment management and advisory services based on the University Endowment Model of investing to wealthy families, individuals and institutional investors. Morgan Creek currently has $ 10.1 billion in assets under advisement in non-discretionary accounts, discretionary funds and joint ventures.

Morgan Creek provides an “Outsourced CIO” solution to clients in need of a comprehensive investment solution, as well as a suite of manager-of-manager products to assist clients in building investment programs based on the University Endowment Model.  MCCM provides best-in-class thinking about Asset Allocation, Manager Selection and Portfolio Construction through advisory relationships and  a series of privately-offered discretionary investment vehicles.   Additionally, Morgan Creek has formed joint venture partnerships with Salient Partners and Hatteras  Investment Partners to provide comprehensive investment solutions through a series of SEC registered investment vehicles.

Prior to forming Morgan Creek, Mark served as the Chief Investment Officer for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) from 1998 to 2004.  Mark, and his team, founded the UNC Management Company (UNCMC) in July of 2002 to provide comprehensive investment advisory services to the University including strategic and tactical asset allocation, investment manager selection, manager performance evaluation, spending policy management and performance reporting.  The Management Company was also responsible for providing Cash Management and Planned Giving Management services as well as aiding in the commercialization of University technology and real estate development projects.  UNCMC also provided outsourced investment management services to select schools within the UNC System.  Total assets under management were $1.5 billion, $1.2 billion of Endowment and $300 million of University working capital.

Prior to joining UNC, Mark was the Senior Investment Director for the University of Notre Dame Investment Office, where he joined as the Assistant Investment Officer, in October of 1993.  He worked with the Chief Investment Officer in all aspects of Endowment Management including asset allocation, investment manager selection, manager performance evaluation, spending policy management and reporting to the Board of Trustees.  Mark was primarily responsible for portfolio construction and was actively involved in establishing and building strong programs in real estate, private equity and marketable alternatives.

At both Notre Dame and at UNC, Mark co-founded the Applied Investment Management course where a select group of students actively managed a live equity portfolio.  The class focused on the integration of academic investment theory and the practical investment management process, and has enjoyed tremendous success since inception. 

Mark received his Bachelor of Science Degree, with honors, in Biology and Chemistry from the University of Notre Dame in 1985 and a Masters of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from the University of Chicago in 1987. 

Mark is an active speaker on investment topics ranging from asset allocation to manager selection, with a particular emphasis on the integration of alternative investments into traditional portfolios.  Mark is an Advisory Board member of a number of private capital partnerships and alternative investment programs and has served as a consultant on alternative investments to a select group of institutions.  He is currently a Board member of the MCNC Endowment and The Weaver Foundation.

Michael D. Joyce, Executive Vice President, Marco Consulting Group

Michael Joyce is Executive Vice President and Senior Consultant for the Marco Consulting Group.  He heads the firm’s East Coast office in Boston and serves on MCG’s management committee.  Michael has spent most of his professional career working with Taft-Hartley, public and other benefit plans.  At MCG, the leading national consultant to Taft Hartley plans, he advises larger, complex clients on a full range of issues including investment policy development and allocation structure, manager due diligence, fiduciary matters and corporate governance.   Prior to joining MCG in 1998, Michael was a partner with Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane in Boston serving in the firm's ERISA/Employee Benefits practice group.

Michael received his undergraduate degree in 1983 from the University of Notre Dame and his law degree from Suffolk University Law School in 1988. He earned his designation as a Certified Employee Benefit Specialist through the Wharton School in 1991 and is a Fellow in the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists. He is a past president of the Governing Council of the ISCEBS.

Michael has been a frequent speaker and contributing author on a wide range of benefit, fiduciary, investment and retirement topics.  He has served the Notre Dame Club of Boston in numerous capacities including as a board member since graduation.  He has two sons; Brian, a junior at Notre Dame, and David.

John P. (Jack) Dwyer, CFA/CAIA

Jack is a Senior Associate at Mercer and works with Family Offices, Ultra High Net Worth individuals, and Foundations on investment policy creation, asset allocation, and investment manager selection. Prior to joining Mercer Investment Consulting Inc., he served as a Consultant for four years at Hammond Associates, and traded Municipal and Corporate bonds for five years at A.G. Edwards, serving both retail and institutional investors

As a member of the US Army National Guard, he commanded a 184-person Engineer Bridge Company in Tallil, Iraq. Jack graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a BBA in Finance and Business Economics and earned an MBA from the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis. Jack is actively involved in a variety of volunteer organizations and is a Board Member and Past President of the Notre Dame Club of St. Louis, a member of the Alumni Board of Directors of Chaminade College Preparatory School in St. Louis, a member of the Holy Infant Parish Finance Committee, and on the program and marketing committees for the CFA Society of St. Louis. 
 

Craig Husting, CFA and Assistant Executive Director (Investments), Chief Investment Officer

Craig Husting joined the Retirement Systems as Chief Investment Officer in January 1999. He added the title of Assistant Executive Director to his responsibilities in November 2005. Craig is responsible for the evaluation and implementation of all investment initiatives. Craig is a technical and strategic advisor to the Board, Executive Director and Investment Consultants related to the economic, financial, political and strategic events affecting the Systems. Craig and his Staff’s responsibilities include among others, the policies governing external investment managers entrusted with the investment of System funds, asset allocation, risk tolerance and performance measurement

Tom Beusse, President, USA Today Sports Media Group

Tom Beusse is a seasoned media executive with more than 20 years of experience ranging from digital start-ups to some of the most well-known media brands in the country. Beusse was named to the newly created position of President, USA TODAY Sports Media Group in January 2011. He is responsible for overseeing business and strategy for national sports initiatives across USA TODAY, as well as Gannett Co. Inc.’s 82 daily newspaper properties, 23 broadcast television stations, HighSchoolSports.net and BNQT.com.

Prior to joining USA TODAY, Beusse served as President and CEO of Westwood One, Inc., a publicly owned content syndication company focused largely on network and local radio. During a short tenure, he orchestrated the transition from 14 years of management by CBS, Inc. to a fully independent company. He also secured $100 million in equity from Gores with which to operate the company post CBS. Lastly, he authored the plan to restructure the Metro Traffic division of Westwood One resulting in a $30 million reduction in annual operating costs.

Prior to Westwood One, Beusse was President of Time4 Media (a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Warner). In this role he was responsible for 18 consumer brands including GOLF Magazine, This Old House and Warren Miller Entertainment. These brands included 18 consumer magazines with a readership of more than 9 million, Emmy award-winning television programming, robust web properties, feature films, events and exhibitions. In less than two years with the company, Beusse restructured the company and successfully positioned it for sale at over 11x EBITDA.

Prior to Time4 Media, Beusse spent five years as President of Magazine Publishing at Rodale Inc. where he repositioned the company and its brands, Men’s Health, Runner’s World and others as international lifestyle brands. His tenure saw the company branch out into a broader distribution of their content to include magazine editions in 35 countries worldwide as well as significant domestic expansion into television and online distribution.

Between 1999 and 2001, Beusse served as SVP Sales and Marketing for Broadband Sports, a new media company, focused on fantasy sports and web site development ad management for 450 of the world’s best athletes. As the company’s 12th employee, Beusse was instrumental in positioning the company for a public stock offering. Unfortunately the web-bust in 2001 derailed this plan.

Beusse began his career at Young & Rubicam advertising in New York City and held several sales positions for Woman’s Day and Field & Stream before spending eight years as New York Division Manager for Sports Illustrated. While in this role, he was responsible for 40 of the magazines ad revenue and for all their relationships with the major professional sports leagues.

Beusse holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Advertising/Public Relations from Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. He is an avid soccer player, golfer and runner. He lives in Connecticut with his wife Sharon and their four children.

Patrick Blandford, Managing Director, CCCC Growth Fund

Mr. Blandford serves as the Managing Director at CCCC Growth Fund and leads their investing activities. CCCC is the investment vehicle for a prominent family based in California. He also serves as Chairman of Source – 44 and Gibraltar Holdings Capital and as a member of the board for WNC Insurance Services and Alert Alarm of Hawaii. Previously, Mr. Blandford was a Managing Director of Frontenac, a private equity firm. Mr. Blandford began his career at Goldman, Sachs & Co and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Robert "Bob" Arum, Founder and CEO, Top Rank

Robert "Bob" Arum is the founder and CEO of Top Rank, a professional boxing promotion company based in Las Vegas. He also worked for the US Attorney's Office for the southern district of New York in the tax division.

Arum grew up in the Crown Heights section of New York, with an Orthodox Jewish background, and is of Jewish descent.[1][2] He attended Erasmus Hall High School, New York University, and Harvard Law School, where he graduated cum laude.[3] He worked as an attorney in the United States Department of Justice and had little interest in boxing until 1965.[4] He used his education and business savvy to become a boxing promoter, and during the 1980s became a driving force behind the sport, rivaling Don King. Arum organized superfights like Marvin Hagler vs. Roberto Durán and Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns.

Arum mounted the Hagler-John Mugabi, Hearns-James Shuler double header in Las Vegas on April, 1986. After the Hearns-Shuler fight, Shuler, who had lost by knockout in the first round, showed up at Arum's hotel room to thank him for the opportunity to fight Hearns. Ten days later, Shuler was dead in an unfortunate motorcycle accident.

Arum kept producing big-scale undercards and superfights, including the Hagler-Sugar Ray Leonard bout, the Leonard-Hearns rematch, Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman and many others.

Some of Arum's superstars from the 1990s include former world flyweight champion Michael Carbajal and six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya and current boxing superstars includes eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao and three-division world champion Erik Morales. Arum promoted the legendary champion Julio Cesar Chavez in his late years of boxing.

Arum has concentrated largely on promoting Hispanic fighters in recent years, citing surveys which show boxing is among the most popular sports within the Hispanic community. He has had great success with fighters such as Miguel Cotto, who has won world titles at 140, 147 and 154 pounds, and Antonio Margarito, who held a 147-pound WBO belt from 2002-2007.

He has concentrated many of his shows in the Southwestern portion of the U.S., in cities with large Spanish-speaking populations. He's also the promoter of many of the cards on Telefutura, a Spanish language network.

Arum is a member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame. He is married with two sons.