Mark W. Yusko is the CEO and CIO of Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC, a registered investment adviser formed in July 2004 to provide investment management and advisory services based on the University Endowment Model of Investing. Additionally, Mr. Yusko serves as the CIO for the Hatteras Multi-Strategy funds, offered through a joint venture formed in 2004 between Morgan Creek Capital Management and Hatteras Funds. Previously, Mr. Yusko was President, CIO and Founder of UNC Management Company Inc., the endowment investment office for The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, from 1998 to 2004. Throughout his tenure at UNCMC, Mr. Yusko directly oversaw strategic and tactical asset-allocation recommendations to the investment fund board, investment manager selection, manager performance evaluation, spending policy management and performance reporting. The total assets under management were $1.5 billion – $1.2 billion in endowment assets and $300 million in working capital. Until 1998, Mr. Yusko was the Senior Investment Director for the University of Notre Dame’s Investment Office, which he joined as the Assistant Investment Officer in October 1993. He worked with the CIO in all aspects of endowment management. Mr. Yusko earned his B.S., with honors, in biology and chemistry from the University of Notre Dame, and he earned an MBA in accounting and finance from the University of Chicago.
