Ed Mikolay
Director/Board Member at S&P Ingredient Development LLC
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Mr. Edward J.
Mikolay is Managing Director of Private Markets at The Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Michigan.
He is on the Board of Directors at Calysta, Inc. In his role at MERS, he is responsible for new investment origination and oversight of the private investment portfolio, including private equity, real assets (infrastructure, energy, real estate, and agriculture/farmland) and diversifying strategies.
He is a voting member of the Portfolio Review Committee, which is responsible for all portfolio management decisions, including asset manager selection and strategic asset allocation implementation.
Mr. Mikolay joined MERS in 2013 and has over 20 years of investment experience, most recently as a portfolio manager at the State of Michigan Retirement Systems in its Real Estate and Infrastructure Division.
At SMRS, he was involved in a variety of portfolio management roles, including sourcing and underwriting new investments, overseeing dispositions and representing SMRS during partnership restructurings.
He was also active on the advisory boards of many of those investments.
Before his employment with SMRS, he was a real estate investment professional at CB Richard Ellis in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
He has also held roles in real estate acquisitions at Heitman Capital Management and Equity Residential Properties Trust, both based in Chicago.
He is a graduate of Brown University (Providence, RI) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematical economics.
He also earned a Masters of Business Administration degree from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), with majors in Finance, Entrepreneurship, and Real Estate.
Ed Mikolay active positions
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The Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Michigan
The Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Michigan Investment ManagersFinance The Municipal Employees' Retirement System (MERS) of Michigan is a State-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Lansing, Michigan. The firm was founded by the Michigan Legislature in 1945, and by 1996, they were granted independence from the state. MERS administers the retirement plans for Michigan's local units of government on a not-for-profit basis. | Portfolio Manager-Equities | 2012-12-31 |
SPV-NA1 LLC
SPV-NA1 LLC Agricultural Commodities/MillingProcess Industries SPV-NA1 LLC produces FeedKind protein, a traceable nutritional ingredient for fish, livestock and pets. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN. | Director/Board Member | 2015-12-31 |
S&P Ingredient Development LLC
S&P Ingredient Development LLC Food: Specialty/CandyConsumer Non-Durables S&P Ingredient Development LLC develops and produces low sodium salt. The company is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Ed Mikolay
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Michigan Office of Retirement Services | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Calysta, Inc.
Calysta, Inc. Agricultural Commodities/MillingProcess Industries Calysta, Inc. provides sustainable industrial products for food and energy security. The firm develops new Biological Gas-to-Liquids and Biological Gas-to-Chemicals technologies using methane, the primary component of natural gas. It’s technology allows conversion of a plentiful energy resource into high value chemicals and transportation fuels. The company was founded in 2012 by Joshua Silverman and Alan Shaw and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Heitman Capital Management LLC
Heitman Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Heitman Capital Management LLC (Heitman Capital Management) is a real estate private equity firm a subsidiary of Heitman LLC founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Ed Mikolay
Brown University | Undergraduate Degree |
Kellogg School of Management | Masters Business Admin |
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Heitman Capital Management LLC
Heitman Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Heitman Capital Management LLC (Heitman Capital Management) is a real estate private equity firm a subsidiary of Heitman LLC founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | Finance |
S&P Ingredient Development LLC
S&P Ingredient Development LLC Food: Specialty/CandyConsumer Non-Durables S&P Ingredient Development LLC develops and produces low sodium salt. The company is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN. | Consumer Non-Durables |
Michigan Office of Retirement Services | Finance |
The Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Michigan
The Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Michigan Investment ManagersFinance The Municipal Employees' Retirement System (MERS) of Michigan is a State-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Lansing, Michigan. The firm was founded by the Michigan Legislature in 1945, and by 1996, they were granted independence from the state. MERS administers the retirement plans for Michigan's local units of government on a not-for-profit basis. | Finance |
Calysta, Inc.
Calysta, Inc. Agricultural Commodities/MillingProcess Industries Calysta, Inc. provides sustainable industrial products for food and energy security. The firm develops new Biological Gas-to-Liquids and Biological Gas-to-Chemicals technologies using methane, the primary component of natural gas. It’s technology allows conversion of a plentiful energy resource into high value chemicals and transportation fuels. The company was founded in 2012 by Joshua Silverman and Alan Shaw and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Process Industries |
SPV-NA1 LLC
SPV-NA1 LLC Agricultural Commodities/MillingProcess Industries SPV-NA1 LLC produces FeedKind protein, a traceable nutritional ingredient for fish, livestock and pets. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN. | Process Industries |
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