David H. Russ

Mr. Russ joined Dartmouth College in 2005. As chief investment officer of the college he will oversee the Office of Investments, which directs the college's investment strategy. He will be in charge of Dartmouth's endowment, which at the end of the 2004 fiscal year (June 30, 2004) totaled $2.45 billion. The endowment, which comprises more than 4,500 individual funds, is the 21st largest in the nation.

Mr. Russ began his career in investment management as a security investment specialist for the Bay Area Transit District in Oakland. He went on to spend six years managing investments for Stanford University. From there, he spent several years in investment management for Pacific Telesis Group in San Francisco. He then returned to higher education, first as the managing director of public markets for the University of Texas Investment Management Company and then as treasurer of the regents and vice president for investments for the University of California system.

He obtained his BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master's degree in administration, finance, and accounting from UC Davis.