Ana Marshall is vice president and chief investment officer for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. She is responsible for the asset allocation and strategic investment policy recommendation and implementation of the $9 billion endowment portfolio. Ms. Marshall was recently named on Trusted Insight’s 2017 Top 30 Women Chief Investment Officers. Her interview is split into two parts. In the first part, she shares her experience as a female institutional investor and why she believes men and women have equal chances to succeed in this industry despite a wide gender gap currently.