Lauren Dabkowski is an Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager, focused on private markets at MERS. She assists the Director of Private Markets with management and oversight responsibilities for a $3.5 billion global private investment portfolio. She is responsible for investment sourcing and selection, monitoring existing investments and portfolio construction for private equity, real assets and diversifying strategies. Lauren is also a voting member of the Portfolio Review Committee, which is responsible for all portfolio management decisions of the pension fund, including external manager selection and monitoring. Prior to joining MERS in 2018, Lauren was an Investment Analyst within Pri