Board of Advisors

John Shrewsberry ’87 P’24 was previously the Chief Financial Officer of Wells Fargo Bank. In that capacity, he oversaw the financial management functions including accounting and control, financial planning and analysis, line of business finance functions, asset-liability management, treasury, tax management, corporate development, investor relations, and the company’s investment portfolios.

Over the course of his career at Wells Fargo, Shrewsberry held multiple critical roles. He was responsible for Wells Fargo’s information technology team and a range of enterprise operations functions. He served on the Wells Fargo Operating, Management, and Market Risk Committees. As head of Wells Fargo Securities, he was responsible for investment banking, capital markets, securities and derivatives sales and trading, investment research, and a credit-intensive principal investment portfolio. He also led the Wells Fargo Commercial Capital group, the successor to a commercial finance company he cofounded that was acquired by Wells Fargo in 2001.

Before joining Wells Fargo, Shrewsberry worked at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse First Boston in the principal finance areas. He started his career as a CPA at Coopers & Lybrand. He served more than ten years on the board for the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, which is a 501(c) research organization that focuses on economic and financial policy.

A graduate of Claremont McKenna College where he studied economics, Shrewsbury earned an MBA from the Yale School of Management. A CMC trustee, he also serves on the advisory board of the Yale School of Management and the Yale University Endowment Investment Committee.

Mr. Shrewsberry’s Athenaeum presentation is hosted by the CMC Student Investment Fund. The 2022 Claremont Finance Conference is co-sponsored by the Financial Economics Institute and the Robert Day Scholars Program.

Mr. Delsman recently retired from his position at Deutsche Bank, New York, where he was the Senior Credit Executive/Managing Director responsible for large, complex transactions in the Emerging Markets, Investment Grade Corporations, Leverage Finance, Real Estate, and Financial Institutions. He joined Deutsche Bank in 2001.

From 1970 – 2001, Mr. Delsman was at The Chase Manhattan Bank/JP Morgan Chase Bank, New York, where he was a Managing Director in Global Markets responsible for credit in the Emerging Markets.  Previously, he held a variety of positions that included assignments in Tehran, London, Miami and Panama.

Today, Mr. Delsman is an active private investor in the Emerging Markets, concentrating in EEMEA and Latin America.  He serves on the Board of Advisors for the Financial Economics Institute at Claremont McKenna College and chairs the Advisory Board of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington.

Mr. Delsman is a mentor at UW’s Jackson School of International Studies and at CMC. A founding member of the Investment Committee of The HOPE Program, Mr. Delsman continues to play a key role in advising this NYC nonprofit.

Mr. Delsman graduated from Claremont McKenna College with a B.A. in International Relations in 1968 and from the University of Washington with a M.A. in Political Science in 1970.

Maureen graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics/Economics from Claremont McKenna College. Maureen has more than two decades of experience in global finance and private equity investing in both developed and emerging economies. Maureen possesses a global perspective given much of her career has been spent living and working internationally across multiple cultures. She has a track record of success demonstrated through increasing levels of responsibility in investment, new business development and capital raising roles. As an equity principal at Pantheon Ventures, Maureen made secondary, primary and co-investments in developed and emerging markets and was a member of the co-investment and emerging markets investment committees. Maureen was also responsible for business development in new markets, business lines and products for Pantheon. Her strong commercial ability enabled her to identify and develop new business opportunities in Latin America, structure partnerships, create bespoke products and fundraise in multiple geographies as well as co-lead the launch of Pantheon’s first Global Emerging Markets fund. Prior to joining Pantheon, Maureen was a Vice President in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, & Co, working in London, Paris and San Francisco. Maureen’s execution experience includes a variety of cross-border and domestic M&A and leveraged buy-out transactions, debt restructuring assignments as well as a broad spectrum of capital market financings from equity to high yield across multiple industries. Given her leveraged finance and M&A background, Maureen worked extensively with private equity firms. Before joining Goldman Sachs in 1998, Maureen worked for Merrill Lynch in New York in their Fixed Income Division. She holds an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management from The Wharton Graduate School of Business.

Managing Partner Russell J. Greenberg has over 35 years of experience in private equity and buyout investing. He co-founded Altus Capital Partners in 2003 to continue the proven investment strategy of his previous fund, Max Capital Partners. Through more than 100 buyouts corporate finance and merger transactions with an aggregate value of more than $6 billion, Russ brings a broad perspective on proven private equity investing. He believes in combining capital with talented management to develop companies and build shareholder value. Russ began his career working in the investment banking industry with a focus on merger and acquisitions transactions. Russ is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College with an honors degree in Economics and holds an MBA from The Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College. As Managing Partner at Altus Capital Partners, he serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Thermal Solutions Manufacturing, Inc. and Thomson Plastics.  He also serves on the Max Environmental Solutions and Nichols Portland Corporation.

Mr. Justin Hance serves as a Partner, Portfolio Manager, & Director of International Research at Harris Associates.

Ben Hunsaker is a Portfolio Manager and Head of Structured Products at Beach Point Capital Management. Mr. Hunsaker was previously a Portfolio Manager at Western Asset Management. Prior to WAMCO, he was a Senior Analyst at Countrywide Securities Corporation in the structured finance and banking group responsible for securitizing ABS and MBS. Mr. Hunsaker is also a CFA Charterholder and GARP certified Financial Risk Manager. Mr. Hunsaker is the Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors for the non-profit organization, Uncommon Good. Mr. Hunsaker received a Bachelor’s degree in economics and accounting from Claremont McKenna College and an MBA from the Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University.

Don has 30 years of experience developing and financing alternative energy projects.  He was president, board member, and principal of numerous special-purpose companies which developed landfill gas to energy, slurry pond clean-up, and solar energy projects.  As President of Logan Capital, he helped arrange over $2 billion of energy project financings.  He also worked closely with Palmer Capital, a developer of landfill gas, wind, and solar projects.  Prior to Logan Capital and Palmer Capital, he was Vice President of Project Finance at Luz (then the world’s largest solar energy company), and a Vice President at Bank of America. Don has a BA (Cum Laude, Economics) from Claremont McKenna College and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (completed as a “3-2 program”).  While at CMC he became the second President of the Student Investment Fund.  For the past 15 years, Don has been the leader of the CMC Santa Barbara alumni chapter.  He also recently completed a term as Board Chair of the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara. He plays the bass guitar, lots of tennis and golf, and speaks Spanish for fun.

Shaun graduated from CMC in 2011 and was an MBA Candidate at Harvard University. He has worked at Sigular Guff & Company for 6 years, where he is Partner and Co-Head of Emerging Markets.

Sue Matteson King is a senior executive with extensive experience in global asset management, most recently as Head of Product and Marketing Strategy at Foresters Financial. In this role, she oversees product development and management, product programs and solutions, and marketing for Foresters businesses in the U.S. and Canada. She is also a member of the Operating Committee and the Executive Committee for North America Asset Management there.Previously, Ms. King was a managing director and Head of Sales Strategy and Marketing at UBS Asset Management Americas where she was responsible for developing and implementing sales strategies and campaigns to drive significant growth of the business in the Americas. Prior to that, she has held a number of senior marketing and strategy roles at Allianz Global Investors as Head of Americas Marketing; Morgan Stanley Investment Management as the Global Head of Marketing; Legg Mason and its predecessor, Citigroup Asset Management, as Head of Marketing for U.S. Distribution; at Alliance Bernstein in several marketing- and product-focused roles; and as an investment banker at Paine Webber in New York and Hong Kong. She has over 30 years of investment industry experience. Ms. King earned a B.A. in Economics from Claremont McKenna College (CMC). She has served as board director of the CMC Alumni Association from 2006 to 2018 (President, 2015–16), as a CMC Alumna Trustee of the College from 2006–09 and as a member of the Board of Advisors for the Financial Economics Institute since its founding. She leads the CMC New York Leadership group and has served as New York chapter President or co-President since 2002. In addition, she is a former member of the Board of Advisors for the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance at CMC. Ms. King was previously a managing director and head of Americas marketing with Allianz Global Investors. In addition, she worked at Morgan Stanley Investment Management as the global head of marketing, Legg Mason and its predecessor, Citigroup Asset Management, as head of marketing for U.S. Distribution, at Alliance in several marketing- and product-focused roles, and as an investment banker at Paine Webber in New York and Hong Kong. She has 30 years of investment-industry experience. Ms. King has a B.A. in economics from Claremont McKenna College, where she is president of the CMC Alumni Association. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Claremont McKenna College. She has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Claremont McKenna College Alumni Association since 2006 and served as an alumna trustee of the College from 2006 to 2009.

Ms. Mann is a Vice President in Private Wealth Management at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York. She has over 25 years of finance and tax experience and today leads an Investment Management Team focused primarily on providing solutions for families, business executives, foundations, and endowments. Ms. Mann joined Goldman Sachs in 2000 From Banc of America Securities where she worked in fixed income. Ms. Mann began her career as a CPA with a focus on taxation. She is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College and the University of Chicago. Ms. Mann serves on the Financial Economics Institute Advisory Board and the Alumni Association Board. She has served as an Alumni Trustee on the CMC Board of Trustees and the Advisory Board of Robert Day School. She lives in Chatham, New Jersey with her husband, two sons and three dogs.

Ian Prager is a Managing Director and Director of Analytics and Quantitative Services based in San Francisco. Since joining Prager & Co. in 2007, Mr. Prager has provided quantitative, analytic, and strategic support for many of the Firm’s public and private higher education clients in the United States and Canada. Some of his experience includes capital funding and debt portfolio optimization, short- and long-range enterprise financial projection modeling, central bank design and implementation, interest rate derivative analytics and swap portfolio strategies.

Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Prager worked for Lockheed Martin Space Systems in the Statistics and Probability and Mission Design and Orbit Determination departments. He completed his tenure at Lockheed researching advanced spacecraft control architecture in the Guidance, Navigation and Controls department.

Mr. Prager received his undergraduate degree in mathematics and economics from Claremont McKenna College and his master’s degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from Stanford University. He is a FINRA General Securities Registered Representative, Municipal Securities Registered Representative and Registered Municipal Advisor Principal.

Timothy’s background is in turnaround and private equity.  He has extensive expertise in advising both medium and large corporates on financial transformation, P&L and balance sheet optimization. He works alongside company management to drive change. 

Timothy currently serves as an Operating Partner for Three Hills Capital Partners, a mid-cap European Private Equity fund.  He previously worked with Sun Capital Partners and Aurelius Equity Opportunities. He also worked for several years at AlixPartners, a leading turnaround consulting firm. 

Timothy is based in London, but has extensive experience working across the US, Europe and in South Africa.  

He graduated from CMC in 2003 with a double major in Economic and Government. He also holds an MBA from Insead in France and Singapore. 

Mr. Robert Thomas serves as the Chief Investment Officer for the George Kaiser Family Foundation. Mr. Thomas is responsible for the financial administration and management of its $5 billion investment portfolio. For the previous 10 years, he served as a Portfolio Manager for the Bill Gates Investment Office (aka Cascade Investment). The Gates office invests the personal assets of Mr. Gates, as well as the assets of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In his capacity working for BGI/Cascade, he held several different Portfolio Manager positions, most recently having had responsibility for oversight of all externally managed fund relationships (public and private).

Previous areas of responsibility have included energy/commodities, fixed income, currencies and general public and private equity analysis. He serves as a Board of Advisors Member for the Financial Economics Institute at Claremont McKenna College, is a Trustee of The University of Tulsa, is President of the Board of Directors of Undercroft Montessori School in Tulsa, Oklahoma and serves as Chairman for the Board of City Year Tulsa.

Mr. Thomas earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from Claremont McKenna College, Magna Cum Laude and is a CFA Charterholder.

Mr. Scott Torrey is currently Executive Chairman of Tesorio and is on the FEI and RLCIE Board. Previously, Mr. Torrey served as CEO of Payscale and filled multiple leadership roles at Concur. He started his career at E&Y and Accenture, focusing on the telecommunications industry.