James G. Clarke

James joined the KU Endowment in late 2015, leading a six-person team responsible for $3 billion in assets.  KU Endowment is the official fundraising and asset management foundation for the University of Kansas.  Previously, James was a partner with Fiduciary Research & Consulting, an $8.5 billion OCIO firm in San Francisco, and director of private investments for the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City.  He is a trustee of KU Endowment and the Washburn University Foundation.  James is a member of the investment committees for the Washburn University Foundation, the KU Center for Research, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum.  He earned his undergraduate degree from Washburn University, an MBA from the University of Kansas, and is a candidate for a master’s specializing in financial history from Harvard.