Annual Dinner

2026 Annual Dinner

About Our 2026 Annual Dinner

More than 200 members, guests and university students joined us for our 2026 Annual Dinner on April 23, offering a powerful reminder of the strength of our community and the value of coming together around a shared purpose.

We were especially honored to hear from former Google executive Steve Lerch, whose keynote on AI strategies and tactics challenged us to think differently about how we approach innovation and the future.

We’re incredibly grateful to our sponsors for making this event possible, especially Title Sponsor Blue Owl Capital and Platinum Sponsor HPS Investment Partners, LLC.

About Our Next (2027) Annual Dinner

Our 2027 Annual Dinner is tentatively set for Thursday, April 22 - save the date now!

Thank You To Our 2026 Annual Dinner Sponsors

Title Sponsor:

  • Blue Owl Capital

Platinum Sponsor:

  • HPS Investment Partners

Gold Sponsors:

  • Goldman Sachs Asset Management
  • J.P. Morgan Asset Management
  • Milliman
  • TPG Capital

Silver Sponsors:

  • Ares Management Corporation
  • Bayview Asset Management
  • BlackRock
  • Brookfield
  • CIM Group
  • Gilbert & Cook Private Wealth Management
  • Invesco
  • MetLife Investment Management
  • Pemberton
  • PIMCO
  • State Street Investment Management

Bronze Sponsors:

  • Aegon Asset Management
  • American Equity
  • EMC Insurance
  • Farm Bureau Financial Services
  • FHLB Des Moines
  • Franklin Templeton
  • Hamilton Lane
  • Institutional Insurance Group (IIG)
  • McGill Junge Wealth Management
  • Modern Woodmen
  • Morgan Stanley
  • NCP, Inc.
  • PPM America, Inc.
  • Principal Asset Management
  • Vanguard

Technology Sponsor:

  • Bloomberg

Transportation Sponsor:

  • Barclays

Dessert Sponsor:

  • Income Research + Management