Stephen L. Nesbitt, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of the Investment Manager, is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund. Mr. Nesbitt has been the portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception. Prior to forming the Investment Manager in 2004, Mr. Nesbitt was a Senior Managing Director at Wilshire Associates. From 1990 to 2004, Mr. Nesbitt led the Consulting division at Wilshire Associates and also started and built its asset management business using a “manager of managers” investment approach, including private equity and hedge fund-of-fund portfolios. Mr. Nesbitt started his career at Wells Fargo Investment Advisors, an early pioneer in index funds, where he developed and managed index funds and oversaw asset allocation

Mr. Sokolov is a Managing Director of Cliffwater LLC and he heads its credit research team. Prior to joining Cliffwater in 2007, Eli was a Senior Associate at MSCI Barra, where he conducted research in the areas of trading cost, securities analyst skill, real estate risk, firm valuation, and alpha forecasts.

Mr. Topor is a Managing Director of Cliffwater LLC, and he heads manager selection for our credit research team. Prior to joining Cliffwater in 2013, Jeff was part of a team of consultants at Endowance Solutions where he identified and implemented Business Intelligence reporting tools for large enterprises.

Nicholas Savoulides is a portfolio manager for the Loomis Sayles fixed income group. He co-manages long duration portfolios, including long duration corporate bond, long duration government/credit and customized LDI mandates. Nicholas is also responsible for analyzing plan liabilities and proposing customized LDI solutions. He joined Loomis Sayles in 2008 as a quantitative research analyst in the quantitative research risk analysis group. Previously, he was a strategy consultant for the Boston Consulting Group. Nicholas earned a BS, an MS and a Ph.D. in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.