Jeffrey Blazek, CFA

Jeff is a Managing Director and an Outsourced Chief Investment Officer in Cambridge Associates’ Pension Practice, and leads the firm’s presence in New York City. Prior to rejoining Cambridge Associates in 2017, Jeff was a Managing Director at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) from 2014 to 2017. While at NYP, Jeff served as a key decision maker on $8 billion of investments and had responsibility for global equities (both public and private), hedge funds and fixed income. From 2008 to 2014, Jeff was a Managing Director at Cambridge’s Dallas office, where he advised a number of pension, endowment and foundation portfolios.

Jeff has 14 years of advising and managing large pension assets, including his time at Cambridge, NYP and his tenure (2003 to 2008) on the investment staff of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (“TRS”) in Austin, one of the largest public plans in the US. At TRS, Jeff was responsible for derivatives implementation, asset allocation, and fixed income portfolio management. Jeff began his career in New York, working in the audit practice at Ernst & Young LLP (1998-2000), the equity research group at Lehman Brothers (2000-2002), and as an analyst at Derchin Management, a long/short equity hedge fund (2002-2003). Jeff was recognized by Chief Investment Officer magazine as a 2017 “Knowledge Broker”, a list of the world’s most influential investment consultants

Education and Professional Credentials 

• CFA Charterholder
• Certified Public Accountant (New York)
• MPA, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas, Austin
• BA in Business Administration, University of Texas, Austin