Biography

Diana Cantor is a partner with Alternative Investment Management, LLC, an independent, privately-held investment management firm. Prior to joining the firm, she was a Managing Director of New York Private Bank & Trust and the founding Executive Director of the Virginia College Savings Plan, the state agency that created and administers Virginia’s 529 college savings plans. Under her leadership the plan grew to be the largest in the nation with over $27 billion in assets under management at the time of her departure. Prior to her state service, she was a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York, serving as chief administrator of their leveraged buyout and internal investment funds and merchant banking operations. She also practiced law in the real estate department of the New York office of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays and Handler.

Diana is a C.P.A. and holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Florida’s School of Accounting, an M.B.A from the University of Miami, and a J.D. from New York University. She is affiliated with numerous civic and professional associations including the Bon Secours Richmond Health Care Foundation; the UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing) Foundation President’s Council; and the National Chamber Foundation of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce where she serves as the Chairman of its supporting foundation, the Policy Forum Endowment Fund. Diana is a Director of several public and private companies including Media General, Inc. and Domino’s Pizza, Inc., where she serves as Chairman of their Audit Committees. She is currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System, the 22nd largest pension plan in the nation.