James E. Meketa
Managing Principal / Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Meketa founded Meketa Investment Group in 1978 to provide a broad range of strategic investment advisory services to institutional clients. Mr. Meketa received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University, and served for many years with the Harvard Management Company, which manages the University’s multi-billion dollar endowment portfolio.
Mr. Meketa has over thirty-five years of experience advising investment funds, and serves as the lead consultant on various defined benefit and health & welfare funds, with Taft-Hartley, non-profit, and endowment plan sponsors. His work includes investment policy design, asset allocation modeling, and analysis of manager and fund performance.
Mr. Meketa is also a member of the firm’s Private Markets Investment Committee. In this role, he is involved in various aspects of policy development, and in the due diligence for each fund that is ultimately recommended for client investment.
Mr. Meketa served as a member of the Investment Committee of the Shady Hill School, as an Overseer of Boston’s Museum of Science, and as a member of the Museum’s Finance and Investment Committees. Mr. Meketa is a member of the American Australian Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry events, including the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, the Advanced Trustee Institutes, and various CFA Societies.