Diamonte joined United Technologies Corp. as Chief Investment Officer in December 2004. She is responsible for overseeing UTC’s $69B in global retirement assets. This includes $31B in domestic pension plans, $9B in foreign pension plans and $29B in the defined contribution plan. Diamonte serves on UTC’s Finance Council and is an executive sponsor for UTC’s Finance Inclusion Forum. Robin will be the CIO for Raytheon Technologies after the merger in 2Q 2020 responsible for over $100B in global assets.
Prior to joining UTC, she spent thirteen years with Verizon Investment Management. She served as Managing Director of Global Investments, responsible for asset allocation and management for their $40B pension plan.
In 2013, Robin was appointed by President Obama and served as a member and chair of the Advisory Committee for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation for six years. Ms. Diamonte has been an Independent Director of Morningstar, Inc. since December 2015. She also serves on the board for the Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets (CIEBA), representing more than 100 of the country’s largest private sector retirement funds on fiduciary and investment issues in Washington. Robin is also a current member of the investment committee for Miss Porters School. Diamonte earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and her MBA in finance from the University of New Haven.
Alayne Gatti, Comcast NBCUniversal Sky
Alayne Gatti, Executive Director, Comcast NBCUniversal Sky
Alayne joined Comcast NBCUniversal Sky in 2015. Alayne works with Comcast and NBCUniversal leadership on the fiduciary oversight of all global benefit plans ($18B in assets), Corporate Owned Life Insurance (COLI) and financing/risk mitigation of benefits (self-insuring, captive). Prior to joining Comcast NBCUniversal Sky, Alayne worked with Avaya Inc. and Telcordia Technologies (now Ericcson). In these roles, Alayne worked with senior management in managing the company’s global Pension, Savings, Voluntary Employee Benefit Association (“VEBA”), and Rabbi (executive) Trusts and associated Plans; Alayne guided management on the long-term strategy, asset allocation, investment management and risk appetite.
Alayne attended Lehigh University for undergraduate and received a B.S. in Business Administration and Economics. She subsequently attended St. John’s University for an M.B.A in Accounting. Alayne is a Certified Public Accountant (New Jersey).
Jon Glidden, Delta Air Lines
Managing Director - Pension Investments
Jon is responsible for Delta Air Lines’ defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans. In this role he oversees all aspects of the plans including asset allocation, alpha generation, and plan level risk management.
Prior to joining Delta in 2011, Jon was Director of Manager Research at Wilmington Trust. There he constructed and provided oversight of multi-manager portfolios across both traditional and alternative asset classes. Jon was also a member of Wilmington’s Investment Strategy Team which set strategic and tactical asset allocation for Wilmington’s clients. Prior to joining Wilmington Trust in 2007, Jon spent six years with Emory University’s Endowment Fund, most recently as the Director of Investment Analysis. In this position, Jon sourced and conducted due diligence on global equity managers, global fixed income managers, and hedge funds.
Jon holds a master’s degree in Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago, an MBA from Emory University, and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He served as an officer in the US Navy as the Tomahawk Missile Officer on USS Stout (DDG-55) and the Weapons and Boarding Officer on USS Firebolt (PC-10).
Robert Hunkeler, International Paper Company
Bob joined International Paper in 1997 as Vice President – Investments. In this position, he is responsible for the investment direction of IP’s $16 billion in pension, savings and other plan assets.
Prior to joining International Paper, he was Associate Director – Funds Management and Financing at Sandoz Corporation where he was responsible for pensions, cash management and other finance activities. Before that he held numerous finance positions at Ciba-Geigy Corporation. He began his career as a chemical lab technician at Ciba-Geigy’s central research facility in Basel, Switzerland.
Bob holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and an MBA from the University of Maryland. He is a past Chairman, and current board member, of the Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets (CIEBA), a former trustee of the Greenwich Roundtable and former member of the NYSE Pension Managers Advisory Committee. He also is a past recipient of Institutional Investor’s Corporate Plan Sponsor of the Year and Small Corporate Plan Hedge Fund Investor of the Year awards.
Susan Ridlen, Eli Lilly & Company
Susan Ridlen is an Assistant Treasurer at Eli Lilly and Company, and since 2005 has operated as the Chief Investment Officer for Lilly’s $20+ billion U.S. retirement plan portfolios. Prior to this role, Susan held various financial leadership positions in Lilly Treasury, Manufacturing and the Endocrine Business Unit from 1991-2005. Ms. Ridlen received an MBA in Corporate Finance and a B.S. in Accountancy from the University of Illinois and she holds a CPA. Susan is a current board member of CIEBA and Chair of the CIEBA Investment Committee; she is also a board member and the Chair of the Investment Committee of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Foundation; she is the Chair of an Indianapolis real estate partnership; and a member of the MFA IIAC.
*MFA IIAC: Managed Futures Association, Institutional Investor Advisory Council
Carol Tusch, International Paper Company
Carol Tusch is the Director of Trust Investments for International Paper’s pension and savings plans valued at over $16 billion. She is responsible for the investment oversight of all asset classes as well as asset allocation. She also serves as the Treasurer for IP’s Foundation, Employee Relief Fund and Quarter Century Society.
Prior to joining International Paper in 1999, Ms. Tusch spent 16 years at Verizon were she worked in the pension area and was responsible for investments in various asset classes including stocks, bonds, private equity, real estate and timber. She was also responsible for the oversight of the savings plan investment options as well as management of the Canadian pension plan.
Carol received her MBA from University of Connecticut and has a BS in finance from Fairfield University.
Carol lives in Stamford, CT with her husband, Paul and has three children. She is currently a member of the Parish Financial Accountability Committee for the Diocese of Bridgeport and sings in the church choir at St Leo Parish in Stamford.
Jay Vivian
Jay Vivian is Secretary of CIEBA, a member of the Board of Directors, and does on-site 'real-time' surveys at CIEBA meetings. He has been a member of CIEBA since 1995, joined the Executive Committee in 2000, founded and chaired the Investment Committee in 2002, and became Vice Chair of CIEBA in 2006.
He retired 9 days before the market peak in 2007 as head of the $135 billion IBM Retirement Funds system. He led the Funds' successful weathering of 2001-2002's 'perfect storm' and a number of benefit redesigns, oversaw implementation of major programs in DB asset diversification and LDI, and continued development of IBM's award-winning 401(k) plan.
He holds an AB in math from Bowdoin, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and is a CFA charterholder. He was vice chair of CIEBA and remains active. He has served on a number of non-profit boards, and is now on advisory boards for Rebalance and Club Vita.
Plan Sponsor gave him their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, and he has been featured in articles and interviews in NYTimes, WSJ, USA Today, MSN Money, P&I, Institutional Investor, and aiCIO.
Vice Chair: Mr. Neil Roache
Ms. Bosco is the Director, Trust Investments, at Xerox Corporation where she oversees all aspects of portfolio management for the $7.5 billion U.S. pension and savings plans and the $1 billion Canadian pension and savings plans. In addition to her investment responsibilities, she provides funding analysis and support to Xerox management. She is secretary to Xerox’ U.S. Retirement Investment Committee and is a member of Xerox’ Canadian Pension Board.
