Julia Mord

CIO at Commonfund OCIO

Speaker

Julia is the Chief Investment Officer of Commonfund OCIO, where she oversees the development and management of a comprehensive and diversified global investment program, implemented across nonprofit client accounts and investment portfolios, and spanning a wide range of asset classes. She also serves as Chair of Commonfund OCIO’s Investment and Asset Allocation Committees and as a member of the Commonfund OCIO Executive Group. Prior to joining Commonfund, she served as Deputy Chief Investment Officer for Tulane University’s Investment Management Office, where she played a pivotal role in managing the University’s $2.4 billion endowment. Her responsibilities included leading the development and oversight of public market investments, encompassing global equity, marketable alternatives, and core fixed-income portfolios. She also spearheaded the creation of Tulane’s ESG policy, with a particular focus on advancing environmental sustainability initiatives. Prior to her tenure at Tulane, Julia was an Investment Officer at AI International, a New York-based family office, where she co-managed a multi-asset class portfolio with significant allocations to alternative investments. Earlier in her career, she worked on the Portfolio Trading Desk at Jefferies & Company and began her professional journey in Ernst & Young’s Strategic Advisory Services Group. Julia holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Chicago and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).