The Texas Hedge Fund Association (THFA), a member-supported trade association organized to support the\u00a0Texas\u00a0hedge fund industry, today announced the election of a new Chairman and three new members of its Board of Directors.<\/p>\n
The Board unanimously elected\u00a0Heather E. Gilker\u00a0of\u00a0Dallas-based strategic consulting firm GSG Capital Advisors, LLC as its chair. \u00a0“I am excited to assume a new leadership role in the THFA and am committed to ensuring that we continue to provide educational and networking opportunities, as well as finding other opportunities to support the needs of our membership.” Ms. Gilker will serve as chair for an initial two-year term.<\/p>\n
Ms. Gilker replaces\u00a0Christopher A. Zook, founder of the THFA and its long-serving chair. \u00a0“I have enjoyed my time as chair of the THFA and look forward to the continued growth of the association under Heather’s leadership,” said Mr. Zook. \u00a0Mr. Zook will remain on the Board as a non-voting member.<\/p>\n
Newly elected directors serving two-year terms on the THFA Board include:\u00a0J. Keith Benedict, chief operating officer, general counsel and a member of the investment committee of A. G. Hill Partners, LLC, a\u00a0Dallas-based family office;\u00a0Bill Braxton, associate director of marketing of Crestline Investors, a\u00a0Fort Worth-based hedge fund manager; and\u00a0Steven J. Menna, CPA, a principal in Rothstein Kass’\u00a0Dallasoffice.<\/p>\n
Incumbent Board members who will continue to serve include:\u00a0Steven W. Caple, chief operating officer, Unity Hunt, Inc. in\u00a0Dallas;\u00a0Allison Duensing, general counsel of the Saracen Group of Companies inHouston;\u00a0Doug E. Jegi, chief operating officer and chief compliance officer for CrossCap Management, Inc. in\u00a0Houston;\u00a0Philip Pilibosian\u00a0of Condera Advisors in\u00a0Houston;\u00a0Michael Rebello, Ph.D., Ashbel Smith Professor at the School of Management,\u00a0University of Texas at Dallas; and\u00a0Dale West, director of external public markets at the Teacher Retirement System of\u00a0Texas\u00a0in\u00a0Austin.<\/p>\n
The Board also elected Mr. Menna to serve as Secretary\/Treasurer of the THFA.\u00a0The Board extended its appreciation to two outgoing elected directors: \u00a0Eliot Raffkind, partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, and Mr. Zook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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