CalSTRS promotes two senior investment directors

The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) has announced two senior investment director appointments for its public and private markets groups.

Geraldine Jimenez was named senior investment director of public markets, and Mike DiRe was named senior investment director of private markets. Both Jimenez and DiRe have been promoted within CalSTRS to these new positions.

Jimenez, the former director of investment strategy and risk, will lead public markets such as global equity, fixed income and risk-mitigating strategies. DiRe, who was director of real estate, will lead private markets, including real estate, private equity and inflation sensitive.

The directors, who have 65 years of combined experience in managing institutional assets, will oversee the management of internal and external portfolios and the execution of teachers’ retirement board investment committee policies. They will also make decisions that significantly impact the Teachersâ€