Yale School of Management - Jane Mendillo '84

"My experience at Yale SOM has been a critical factor in my career development — my two years there provided me with a strong foundation to my understanding of financial concepts, as well as an appreciation of the importance of being able to work well within groups and communicate effectively with others. I really stretched and grew during those two years, and had a terrific time in the process."

Jane became CEO of the Harvard Management Company in July, 2008, where she is responsible for setting strategy and directing the investment of the University's $30 billion endowment.

Prior to rejoining Harvard Management, she was the chief investment officer at Wellesley College from 2002 to 2008, where she built the college's first investment office and substantially restructured the endowment portfolio. Before joining Wellesley College, Jane was employed by the Harvard Management Company from 1987-2001, in a variety of investment positions, including managing direct investments in public and private equity, spearheading the first investments in timberland, and ultimately overseeing all of the externally managed investments for the Harvard endowment, about $6 billion across a variety of asset classes.

Prior to joining Harvard Management Company, Jane was a management consultant with Bain & Company in Boston, MA from 1984-1987.

From 1980-1982 Jane was a manager in the Office of Investments at Yale University. During 1983 she worked with Lord, Abbett, Inc., in New York, as an equities analyst.

Jane has a BA from Yale College (1980, English), and an MBA from the Yale School of Management (1984). She is a chartered financial analyst and a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society. She is a member of the Rockefeller Foundation Investment Committee and also serves on the Partners Healthcare Investment Advisory group. She was formerly a member of the Yale University Investment Committee.

Jane lives in Concord, MA with her husband, Ralph Earle III, and their two children, Elizabeth (Yale College 2014) and Thomas.