Featuring Joanne Hill

Joanne Hill has over 25 years of experience in research and strategy with an emphasis on indexes, options and quantitative investments. In addition to her advisory role with Cboe Vest, she is the Managing Partner for her consulting practice, Bear Creek Advisory LLC and an Adjunct Professor at College of Charleston. Prior to these roles, Dr. Hill worked with ProShares for 8 years, as Head of Institutional Investment Strategy, focusing on ETF research and education, and spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs, where she was a Managing Director leading global equity index and derivatives research and advising institutional investors on strategies using index and risk management tools. Prior to her career on Wall Street, Dr. Hill was on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts (Amherst).

A recognized leader in the financial industry, Dr. Hill is a recipient of the William F. Sharpe Indexing Lifetime Achievement Award and has published extensively on quantitative investment topics, index products, and derivatives. Dr. Hill is a co-author (along with Dave Nadig and Matt Hougan) of A Comprehensive Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) published by the CFA Institute Research Foundation. She Chairs the board of the CFA Institute Research Foundation, and serves on the board of Q Group (The Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance). She also is on the Advisory Council of the Financial Analysts Journal.

Money Management Executive named Dr. Hill one of the ten inaugural recipients of the Top Women in Asset Management Awards. She was a Founding Member and Co-President of Women in ETFs and currently serves on their board. She served for many years as a member of the Investment Committee of the Montgomery County Public School Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution pension plans. She has a Ph.D. in Finance and M.B.A. from Syracuse University, and she has an M.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University and graduated with honors from American University where she majored in International Service.