Amit Chandra is a Managing Director at 57 Stars, responsible for sourcing, due diligence, structuring, and monitoring private equity partnerships and co-investments across global emerging markets. With over a decade of experience in private equity across the US and emerging markets, he serves on multiple fund advisory boards.

Previously, he worked at Key Principal Partners and KeyBanc Capital Markets, focusing on mezzanine, equity, and leveraged finance transactions. He holds a B.E. from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, an M.S. in Management Science from Case Western Reserve University, and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Kevin Edwards joined the Investment Office of Carnegie Mellon University in 2023.

Prior to joining the university, he served as Senior Investment Director/Deputy Chief Investment Officer for Hartford HealthCare, investing and building out several programs in the pension, endowment, and insurance portfolios. 

He also led investments at The University of Connecticut Foundation, Inc. as VP of Finance/Chief Investment Officer, managing endowed, non-endowed, and deferred gift portfolios.

Kevin serves on the Investment Advisory Board of the Student Managed Funds Program and as an Advisory Board member for the Financial Risk Management Program, both at the University of Connecticut, and has taught in the M.S. in Financial Risk Management program. He earned his B.S. in accounting from the University of Connecticut. Edwards is a CFA® charterholder.

Lee Tilghman joined the Dietrich Foundation in May 2015 and serves as a Managing Director at the foundation. 

He focuses on manager selection and portfolio monitoring with a special interest in emerging managers. He was formerly a Transaction Associate with BNY Mellon’s Global Corporate Development team where he analyzed acquisitions, divestitures, and early-stage financial technology investments for the bank. 

Prior to BNY Mellon, he was a field artillery officer in the US Army’s 101st Airborne Division. Lee earned his BA in Mathematics at Vanderbilt University and his MBA at the University of Pittsburgh.  Outside of the Foundation, Lee serves as a Trustee of Thiel College and as a member of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission.