Senior Investment Director, Public Markets California Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS)
Geraldine Jimenez leads and oversees the management of CalSTRS internal and external portfolios within public equity, fixed income, private credit and the risk mitigating strategies. In this role, she is part of the senior leadership team making significant decisions on the management of the total fund asset allocation, both tactical and strategic, and advises the Chief Investment Officer on investment strategy.
In her prior roles, Geraldine was responsible for implementing and monitoring CalSTRS overall investment portfolio strategy and risk. She led the CalSTRS Asset / Liability team modeling and recommending to the CalSTRS Investment Committee the strategic asset allocation, chaired the Risk Allocation Committee, setting shorter term portfolio positioning, and was part of the CalSTRS senior leadership team. Within the Innovative Strategies portfolio, she led the private credit expansion and inclusion in the Strategic Asset Allocation. Geraldine also led the CalSTRS Investment Engagement Unit responding to stakeholder and media priorities.
Before joining CalSTRS in 2015, Jimenez spent over 25 years at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System with substantial time working in the global equity markets and managing the affiliate funds. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with a minor in Economics from California State University, Sacramento. She is actively involved with the CFA Institute as a Chartered Financial Analyst, as the chair of the Standard of Practice Council, and as the past President of the CFA Society of Sacramento. She is a board member for a California non-profit organization providing services to at-risk kids and families.