Thomas Schneeweis, Ph.D.

CAIA Board of Directors

Thomas Schneeweis, Ph.D. is President of Alternative Investment Analytics, LLC. He is the Michael and Cheryl Philipp Professor of Finance at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts and founding Director of the Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets (CISDM) at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts. He is a founding Board Member of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association.
He is also the founding Editor of the Journal of Alternative Investments.

He has served in various Board positions at both the Managed Funds Association and the Alternative Investment Management Association.  He is also an outside trustee of The Managers Funds, a family of multi-manager mutual funds. He was on the advisory board for the Dow Jones - AIG Commodity Index, as well as holding a similar position at the London Metals Exchange.

Professor Schneeweis has published widely in academic and practitioner journals in the areas of traditional and alternative investment, has been quoted in most major financial publications, and has provided commentary on various US, Europe, and Asian financial news programs. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin, and a B.A. from St. John's University. 

When time allows, Tom tries to prepare for his next life as a piano player and to golf.