CISDM Advisory Board and Affiliated Members : Isenberg School of Management : UMass Amherst

Advisory BoardThe CISDM Advisory Board provides strategic guidance and industry oversight for the Center's research and educational mission in alternative investments.JERRY HONGRetired Partner, ZAIS G

Advisory Board

The CISDM Advisory Board provides strategic guidance and industry oversight for the Center's research and educational mission in alternative investments.

JERRY HONG
Retired Partner, ZAIS Group
Structured products and structured credit specialist;
guest lecturer at Isenberg.

UMass Amherst, '93

STEVEN NOVAKOVIC, CAIA, CFA
Managing Director, Educational Programs
CAIA Association

Cornell University, BS 2004, MPS 2006

KATHRYN M. KAMINSKI, PhD, CAIA
Chief Research Strategist
AlphaSimplex Group

MIT, SB Electrical Engineering; PhD Operations
Research, 2007

NEIL J. MORIATY III
Co-Head, Global Fixed Income, MacKay Shields
Senior Portfolio Manager, multi-sector and core
strategies; in the investment industry since 1987

UMass Amherst, BA

KRISTEN WALTERS
Risk-Management Executive; Lecturer,
Columbia University
Formerly Global COO, Risk and Quantitative Analysis,
BlackRock

UMass Amherst, BA Accounting and Economics; MBA
Finance, Babson College

Affiliated MembersAffiliated members contribute to CISDM through research, advisory, and analytical work across derivatives, risk management, and alternative investments.HOSSEIN B. KAZEMI, PhD, CFASen

Affiliated Members

Affiliated members contribute to CISDM through research, advisory, and analytical work across derivatives, risk management, and alternative investments.

HOSSEIN B. KAZEMI, PhD, CFA
Senior Advisor
Former Director, CISDM; Michael and Cheryl Philipp
Endowed Professor of Finance, Isenberg School of
Management

University of Michigan, PhD Finance, 1986

JONATHAN FULA
Research Analyst
CISDM, Isenberg School of Management

UMass Amherst, BBA Finance, 2026