Paula Volent, CFA

Paula Volent is Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at The Rockefeller University, the world’s leading biomedical research university. Prior to joining The Rockefeller University in August 2021, Ms. Volent served as Chief Investment Officer and Senior Vice President at Bowdoin College, a private, residential college in Brunswick, Maine, where she was responsible for the oversight and management of the College’s endowment. Prior to joining Bowdoin in July 2000, Ms. Volent was a Senior Associate at the Yale Investments Office. Ms. Volent has a BA from the University of New Hampshire; a master’s degree in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University; a Certificate in Conservation from the Conservation Center at NYU; and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. She serves on the Board of Directors of MSCI, Inc.; the Board of Directors of 1st Dibs; is a member of the Investment Committee of the Pritzker Family Foundation; a Trustee of the Skowhegan School of Art and Painting; a Trustee of the Andy Warhol Foundation; a Trustee of the Standard Board of Alternative Investments (SBAI); is Vice Chair of the Yale School of Management Advisory Board; a member of the National Gallery of Art Investment Subcommittee; and, an Investment Committee member of the  Rockefeller Foundation. Ms. Volent was named one of the “100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance” by Barron’s in 2020.