Full Name
Christine Kelleher
Job Title
CIO
Company
National Gallery of Art
Speaker Bio
Christine Zapotoczky Kelleher is chief of investments at the National Gallery of Art, responsible for managing the Gallery’s $1+ billion endowment. Previously, Christine served as senior investment officer for Georgetown University. She co-founded Georgetown’s Investment Office in 2004 and served as acting chief investment officer in 2011. After Georgetown, Christine led investment strategy, sourcing, and evaluation for Avec Capital, a boutique investment advisory and placement firm. Earlier in her career, she served on the executive team of the Central European University, founded by George Soros, in Budapest, Hungary. Christine is a member of the Board of Investment Trustees for the Montgomery County Employee Retirement Plans and the Board of Trustees for the Consolidated Retiree Health Benefits Trust, Investment Committee of the American Chemical Society, Milken Institute’s Global Markets Advisory Council, The Academy for Institutional Investors’ editorial board, and the CAIA Allocator Council. She serves as a mentor for Accel CIO, accelerating tomorrow’s Black & Latino chief investment officers, and she previously served as an advisor to the Kayo Conference Series supporting women investors, as a member of the YWCA National Capital Area’s finance committee, and as a board member for the NHS Scholarship Fund. She received a BA in Russian and international relations from Bucknell University, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and holds MAs in Russian and East European studies and in Central European history from Georgetown University. She serves as president of the Bucknell University Alumni Association and lives in Washington, DC with her husband and son.
Christine Kelleher