Thomas joined Penn’s Office of Investments Penn in 2007 and manages the absolute return investment program for the University’s endowment and pension plans. Prior to joining Penn, Thomas served as a senior member of the investment team at Ivy Asset Management in San Francisco. Prior to Ivy, Thomas was an investment analyst the Tiedemann Investment Group, a New York based hedge fund, where he helped manage a portfolio of European focused investments. Thomas began his career as an equity research analyst at Lehman Brothers where he worked from 1995 to 2000. Thomas holds a BA from Brigham Young University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Thomas is a both