Charles Carr is a managing director and active equity portfolio manager for the TIAA organization. Mr. Carr manages a domestic large-cap value equity portfolio against the Russell 1000 Value Index. He joined the TIAA organization in 2014. Prior to joining TIAA, he spent 11 years at value-oriented hedge funds (Elm Ridge Capital, Fine Capital Partners, Alson Capital, and Estekene Capital) and another 9 years as an equity analyst on the buy-side at Bernstein Investment Research and Management. Mr. Carr earned a B.B.A. in Finance from The College of William and Mary and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.