Faculty and Affiliates

Directors

The Center is led by:

 

Carl Luft
Academic Director

Associate Professor

Department of Finance

1 E. Jackson Blvd
DePaul Center 6122
Chicago, IL 60604

 

Phone (312) 362-8428

Email: cluft@depaul.edu

Jim Prieur
Industry Director

Department of Finance

1 E. Jackson Blvd
DePaul Center 5526
Chicago, IL 60604

 

Phone (312) 362-7995
Email cprieur@depaul.edu

 

 

Faculty

The Center's faculty include:

Carl Luft
Associate Professor
cluft@depaul.edu

Elijah Brewer
Professor, Chairman of the Finance Department
ebreweri@depaul.edu

Sanjay Deshmukh
Associate Professor
sdeshmuk@depaul.edu

Adam K. Gehr
Professor
agehr@depaul.edu

Timur Gök
Visiting Associate Professor
tgok@depaul.edu

Thomas Jacobs
Assistant Professor
tjacobs6@depaul.edu

Joan C. Junkus
Associate Professor
jjunkus@depaul.edu

Jack Mosevich
Clinical Professor
jmosevic@depaul.edu

Karim Pakravan
Visiting Associate Professor
kpakrava@depaul.edu

ADVISORY GROUP

Carl Luft
Director of The Arditti Center for Risk Management

Ali Fatemi
Alumni Professor

Thomas Cosgrove
Investment Manager, Glenwood Capital Investments, LLC

Julie Holzrichter
Managing Director, Operations, CME Group, Inc.

Alexander Lurye
Director of Quantitative Research at Citadel

Mike McLaughlin
Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP 

Jamal Oulhadj
Chief Risk Officer, R.J. OBrien & Associates

Stephan Schoess
Chief Economist of Options Clearing Corporation

Scott Schweighauser
Aurora Investments, LLC

Michael Tari
Global Seed Portfolio Manager of Deutsche Asset Management

David Villa
Chief Investment Officer for State of Wisconsin Investment Board

Stephen Vogt
Chief Investment Officer for Mesirow Financial