Nellie Mae Education Foundation Welcomes New Board Member

The Nellie Mae Education Foundation, the largest charitable organization in New England focused exclusively on education, welcomes Nicholas Warren, Chief Investment Officer at Brandeis University, to its board of directors.  The years of experience in finance and higher education that Warren brings to this role will help Nellie Mae succeed in making education across New England more equitable and effective.

“We offer a very warm welcome to Mr. Warren to Nellie Mae’s board of directors,” said Nick Donohue, president and CEO of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.  “He brings a unique perspective that pairs finance with education, which will bring value to the group and offer critical insight to Nellie Mae’s strategy to help achieve long-term success in our educational system.”

Warren has worked in finance for more than 15 years, specializing in the higher education space.  In his current role as Chief Investment Officer at Brandeis University, he manages the university’s endowment, which supports the mission of the university to advance the humanities, arts and social, natural and physical sciences. Warren leads his team in setting the university’s investment policy, determining the target asset allocation and approving new investment managers, while also building meaningful relationships with centers, institutes, and academic programs that support Brandeis University’s goal of enriching students’ lives and preparing them for society.

Before joining Brandies University, Warren was a Hedge Fund Consultant and Managing Director at Cambridge Associates, where he managed client relationships, including endowments and universities, with $2.3 billion allocated to hedge funds.  He undertook a leadership role as he conducted manager searches and consulted with clients and designed internal banking models with large universities. 

Warren resides in Lexington, Massachusetts.

About the Nellie Mae Education Foundation:

The Nellie Mae Education Foundation is the largest charitable organization in New England that focuses exclusively on education. The Foundation supports the promotion and integration of student-centered approaches to learning at the middle and high school levels across New England—where learning is personalized; learning is competency-based; learning takes place anytime, anywhere; and students exert ownership over their own learning. To elevate student-centered approaches, the Foundation utilizes a three-part strategy that focuses on: developing and enhancing models of practice; reshaping education policies; and increasing public understanding and demand for high quality educational experiences. The Foundation’s initiative areas are: District Level Systems Change; State Level Systems Change; Research and Development; and Public Understanding.  Since 1998, the Foundation has distributed over $165 million in grants. For more information about the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, visit www.nmefoundation.org.