Liza Crisafi
Chair, Board of Directors
Liza chaired Urban Glampout in 2016 and Urban Campout: Celebrate 100 Years in 2017. She is responsible for investment oversight, setting investment policy, asset allocation, and implementation of the +$8 billion San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System fund, according to its goals and objectives. Her investment career of more than 30 years began in South Bend, IN at St. Joseph Bank and Trust Co. She spent 14 years in Chicago at US Bank, SCI Capital Management, and the Chicago Trust Company managing corporate and individual investment portfolios. Liza has a B.A. degree in Art History from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. She is a member of Pensions West, Private Equity Women Investor Network, and Women in Institutional Investing Network. She has served on the Board of the Peninsula Family YMCA and as a member of the Planned Giving Committee for the Salvation Army. Liza received the 2015 Investor Intelligence Award for Private Equity and the 2016 U.S. Investment Management Award for Small Public Pension of the Year from Institutional Investor.
