Contributor

David Salem is a consultant to institutional investors and family offices, a Contributor to Epsilon Theory, a frequent speaker on investment-related topics, and served most recently (2018 - 2019) as Co-Chairman of New Providence Asset Management (NP).

Prior to NP, David served as Chief Investment Officer of Windhorse Capital Management, which combined with NP at year-end 2017. Previously, David served for 18 years as founding president and chief investment officer of The Investment Fund for Foundations (TIFF), which managed upon David’s departure over $8 billion on behalf of more than 800 endowed charities. Prior to TIFF's founding in 1992, David was a partner at GMO.

David received a JD cum laude from Harvard Law School and an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was elected a Baker Scholar. A longtime member of the District of Columbia Bar, David has held adjunct faculty positions at Middlebury College, from which he earned his undergraduate degree summa cum laude, and the University of Virginia, and served in the White House Counsel’s office while enrolled at Harvard.

David's active speaking schedule has included talks at numerous universities, including Harvard, Northwestern, and Oxford and at conferences organized by the Association of Governing Boards, CCC Alliance, the CFA Institute, the Council on Foundations, the Foundation Financial Officers Group, the London Business School and NACUBO among other organizations.

David's extensive volunteer labors have included service as a trustee of Middlebury College, the Center for Effective Philanthropy, the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and the Core Knowledge Foundation, and as a member of the investment committee of The Atlantic Philanthropies.