• ANNE MARTIN

    Chief Investment Officer, Wesleyan University

    In 2010, Anne Martin became Wesleyan University’s Chief Investment Officer. She previously was a Director at the Yale Investments Office. Prior to joining Yale, Anne was a general partner at private equity firm Rosewood Capital in San Francisco, California where she focused on Internet, software, and business service investments. Prior to that, Martin was a managing director in the technology group at Alex. Brown, an investment bank focused on emerging growth companies. She is a graduate of Smith College, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and holds an M.B.A. from Stanford Business School.

    Anne was part of the national rowing team from 1985-1988 and has also served as a director and co-Chair of the National Rowing Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to preparing the next generation of U.S. rowers for the highest levels of international competition (natrowing.org). She was a co-founder, board member and Board Chair of the Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins, an innovative non-profit organization dedicated to finding therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (alscenter.org). Anne serves on the investment committee for Smith College, is an advisor to the investment committee of the David & Lucille Packard Foundation and chairs the investment committee of the Robertson Foundation.

What do you love about Wesleyan? 

I came to Wesleyan from Yale’s investment office in part because I had a long history with the school beginning with my great uncle (class of 1929). I have several family members that have graduated from the school since then. Although I am not a Wesleyan graduate myself, I heard about Wesleyan from birth and grew up listening to my family sing the Wesleyan fight song.

There are so many things to love about Wesleyan. The school attracts independent thinkers who are passionate about changing the world for the better whether through scientific research, creative arts, and social change. I am a huge believer in liberal arts education as a way to develop critical thinking skills that help people form good judgment, become better citizens, contribute to human progress, and lead richer lives

 

What inspires you? What do you care about/ do for fun?

I’m a huge reader – there is nothing better than a great book, particularly when it helps me to see the world in a new light or inspires a new idea or insight. I also just read for old-fashioned escapism. I try to read 50 books a year and I’ll read anything from non-fiction to history to mystery.

I’m also a life-long athlete. If I’m not working, reading or hanging out with my family, I’m probably riding my bicycle, skiing or hiking. I was super competitive when I was younger. Now I just like being outside and enjoying the fitness I still have.