Kristin Kostrzewa

The University of Chicago Endowment (UCE) manages the endowment of the University of Chicago, a private research university headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. They are responsible for overseeing the investment of the University's investment assets including the endowment, pensions, and other related assets. The University of Chicago’s endowment supports the fundamental mission of the institution—to produce a caliber of teaching and research that regularly leads to advances across the sciences, medicine, law, business, the arts, and humanistic inquiry. The endowment provides a permanent source of income to these endeavors by supplementing the operating budget of the University.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. provides annuities, mutual funds, long-term care insurance and disability income insurance through subsidiaries. Among Northwestern Mutual's majority-owned subsidiaries are the Frank Russell Co., Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC (NMIS), the Northwestern Mutual Trust Co. and Mason Street Advisors LLC. NMIS has been a member of the Northwestern Mutual family of companies since 1968. They serve the investment planning and product needs of individuals and businesses. NMIS offers an array of individual planning solutions ranging from college education funding to IRA solutions, retirement planning solutions for corporations, institutions, foundations and endowments. They also offer a variety of investment products, including mutual funds, unit investment trusts, certificates of deposit, money market accounts, treasuries, individual equity and fixed-income investments and variable life and variable annuities. Northwestern Investment Management Co. is a wholly owned subsidiary of NMIS and offers full-time opportunities in private debt and equity and real estate investments at their corporate headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mason Street Advisors provides investment advisory services not only to Northwestern Mutual, but also to the Mason Street Funds and the separate accounts for Northwestern Mutual's variable life and annuity products.