Karen Jakobi
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Ms. Jakobi is a senior managing director and cofounder of Pathway with more than 20 years' private equity experience. She is also Pathway's chief investment officer. Based in Pathway's California office, Ms. Jakobi is involved in all aspects of Pathway's investment and client-servicing activities, with particular emphasis on the oversight and direction of Pathway's New Investment Department, which is responsible for screening, analyzing, negotiating, conducting due diligence on, and completing private equity investments for Pathway's clients. Ms. Jakobi chairs Pathway's Investment Committee. Before cofounding Pathway, Ms. Jakobi was the assistant treasurer at Wilshire Associates Inc. Joining that firm in 1984, she was responsible for all financial reporting to management and regulatory agencies. Since the formation of Pathway, Ms. Jakobi has assisted clients with more than 300 private equity limited partnerships, which represent more than $50 billion in capital commitments. Ms. Jakobi currently serves on the advisory boards and valuation committees of several private equity investment limited partnerships. She received a BS in accounting from the University of Dayton and earned an MBA at Loyola Marymount University.