10 Facts About Jane Mendillo

Jane Mendillo was the president and chief executive officer of the Harvard Management Company, charged with managing Harvard University's endowment.

Jane Mendillo led the investment team from 2008 to 2014, when the endowment was valued at $36.4 billion, having recovered fully from the impact of the global financial crisis.

Jane Mendillo left Wellesley in 2008, leaving the endowment at $1.67 billion.

Jane Mendillo earned a BA in English from Yale College in 1980 and an MBA from the Yale School of Management in 1984.

Jane Mendillo was employed by the Harvard Management Company from 1987 to 2001.

Jane Mendillo occupied various roles, including vice president of external management, in which she had investment responsibility for $7 billion in Harvard assets, including $6 billion in externally managed investments for the Harvard endowment, and $1 billion in Harvard pension and related accounts.

Jane Mendillo was the chief investment officer at Wellesley College from 2002 to 2008 and was responsible for the investment policy and management of the College's endowment.

Jane Mendillo returned to Harvard as its president and chief executive officer on July 1,2008 and was responsible for directing its $36.9 billion endowment.

Jane Mendillo is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the boards of directors of General Motors and Lazard.

Jane Mendillo was previously a member of the Yale University Investment Committee, Rockefeller Foundation Investment Committee, the Mellon Foundation Board and Investment Committee, and the chair of the investment committees of Partners Healthcare System and The Investment Fund for Foundations.