Alison Romano serves as deputy chief investment officer at the State Board of Administration of Florida (SBA). She provides strategic leadership and oversight of the SBA’s investment portfolios, collaborates with senior staff to identify and manage risk, and develops and implements investment policies and the strategic plan. Previously, she was senior investment officer, global equity, responsible for directing the investment of active and passive strategies, leading the team in the management of internal funds and selecting external equity and currency strategies. Preceding that role, she served as senior portfolio manager.
Prior to joining the SBA, Romano held various positions at Goldman, Sachs & Co., last as vice president in investment banking, where she advised health care companies on mergers, acquisitions, and financings. Romano graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s in bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s from The Wharton School.