As Managing Director of Private Markets, Ed Mikolay is responsible for new investment origination and oversight of the private investment portfolio, including for private equity, real estate, real assets (infrastructure, commodities, timber, agriculture/farmland) and diversifying strategies. Ed is a voting member of the Portfolio Review Committee, which is responsible for all portfolio management decisions of the pension fund, including asset allocation and portfolio positioning. Ed has been active in the investment industry for more than 20 years. Prior to joining MERS in 2013, Ed was an Assistant Administrator at the State of Michigan Retirement Systems (SMRS) in its Real Estate and Inf