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Pathway Makes 3 Senior Promotions
January 2016

Pathway is pleased to announce that Vincent Dee, Valerie Ruddick, and Wayne Smith have been promoted to Managing Directors.

Vincent joined Pathway in 2002 and is a managing director in the California office. He is responsible for investment analysis and due diligence, negotiating and reviewing investment vehicle documents, and client servicing. Vincent also heads the firm’s market research team, which tracks the data, trends, and issues impacting the private markets and also publishes Pathway’s quarterly Private Market Environment reports and other periodic research reports and studies. Additionally, Vincent serves on the advisory boards of several private market partnerships. Prior to joining Pathway, Vincent worked in the Pension Consulting Division of Wilshire Associates Inc. He received a BA in economics from the University of California, San Diego, and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Vincent is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Los Angeles, Inc.

Valerie joined Pathway in 1996 and is a managing director in the California office. She is responsible for investment analysis and due diligence, negotiating and reviewing investment vehicle documents, and client servicing. Additionally, Valerie serves on the advisory boards of several private market partnerships. Valerie received a BA in economics, with a minor in business management, from the University of California, Irvine, and an MBA from the Anderson School at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Wayne joined Pathway in 2011 and is a managing director in the Rhode Island office. He is responsible for investment analysis and due diligence, negotiating and reviewing investment vehicle documents, and client servicing. Additionally, Wayne serves on the advisory boards of several private market partnerships. Prior to joining Pathway, Wayne managed the private equity program for the $50 billion Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (PRIM) in Massachusetts, where he had worked since 2000. In this capacity, he performed due diligence, recommended investments, and had oversight responsibility for a portfolio of more than 200 limited partnerships and $15 billion in committed capital. Before joining PRIM, Wayne had worked on private equity investments for Liberty Mutual Group since 1996. He received a BA in management from Assumption College and an MBA from Babson College. Wayne is a CFA charterholder.