New York Hedge Fund Regional Board
Melinda Butler
Bio | Biography
Mendy Haas
Third Point
Mendy Haas | Biography
Mendy Haas, based in New York and is currently the CFO at Third Point. Mendy brings experience from previous roles at DiMaio Ahmad Capital, Tiber Asset Management and at Deloitte where he started his career. Mendy holds a JD/MBA from Fordham University and a BS in Accounting from Brooklyn College.
Ed Levy
Omega Advisors
Edward Levy | Biography
Edward Levy, CPA – Omega Family Office/Chief Financial Officer
Prior to joining Omega, Ed was the Chief Financial Officer at Seneca Capital, a New York based hedge fund, from 2005 to February 2006. Prior to Seneca, Ed was the Chief Financial Officer at two Connecticut based hedge funds from 2002 to 2005. Prior to this, Ed was previously at Omega as Co-Controller and then as Co-CFO from 1993-2002. From 1988 to 1993 Ed was a supervisor at the public accounting firm of Goldstein Golub Kessler & Company, P.C. As a certified public accountant, he is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Ed, who received a BS in Accounting from the State University of New York at Albany in 1988, splits his time between Mahopac, New York and St Petersburg, Florida with his wife, Lisa.
Michelle McGurk
Millburn Ridgefield, LLC
Michelle McGurk | Biography
Michelle McGurk is the Deputy Chief Operating Officer of Millburn Ridgefield LLC, a quantitative alternative investment manager with roots dating back to 1971 and over $11 billion in assets under management. Prior to joining Millburn in 2024, she was the co-founder, COO, CFO & CCO of Strobus Capital LLC, a discretionary macro investment manager, where she oversaw all accounting, operations, legal/compliance, marketing, and investor relations functions for seven years. Prior to Strobus, Michelle worked at Metacapital Management L.P., a fixed income manager specialized in the mortgage and structured credit markets. Before that, she was at Protégé Partners, LLC, an asset manager focused on investments in small and emerging managers across various strategies. Michelle began her career at Ernst & Young providing audit and advisory services to various asset management clients. She graduated with distinction from The Pennsylvania State University, earning a B.S. in Accounting with a Finance focus and a Minor in International Business. She is a New York State licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
Sandy Satz
Sandglass Capital Management
Sandy Satz | Biography
Ms. Satz is the Chief Financial Officer of Sandglass Capital Advisors LLC and is responsible for overseeing all financial and operational matters. Ms. Satz has over 25 years of experience supervising finance, compliance, accounting, tax and operations at a range of registered investment advisers and family offices, working most recently as Director of Operations for the investment arm of one of the world’s largest single family offices. She has held a Series 27 license as the Financial and Operations Principal of a registered broker-dealer. Ms. Satz began her career at the accounting firm of Spicer and Oppenheim. She graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Accounting from Brooklyn College and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Ajai Thomas
Hollis Park Partners
Ajai Thomas | Biography
Ajai, Partner and Head of Business Development, brings 25 years of finance experience to Trevally Capital, including ten years dedicated to structured products.
In 2014, Ajai helped launch Hollis Park Partners, a structured products focused alternative asset manager, and served as Head of Investor Relations and Business Development there for 10 years. Before that, he was Vice President of Sales at Deutsche Bank Alternative Fund Services, where he provided operational outsourcing, financing, and distribution solutions to hedge funds, funds of funds and family offices. Prior to Deutsche, Ajai was at Fortis Prime Fund Solutions, where he provided liquidity and currency hedging solutions, fund administration and custody services to funds of hedge funds. Before that, Ajai organized a $4-billion retail separately managed accounts distribution platform at Salomon Brothers Asset Management and launched the Pricing and Corporate Actions Group at Lord Abbett.
Ajai began his career at Merrill Lynch as a Pricing Specialist for the Securities Pricing Service group, where he evaluated and provided valuation support for U.S. government securities, high yield bonds, municipal bonds, and mortgage-backed securities. He earned a B.S. in Finance from St. John's University and holds a Credit Analysis Diploma and Certificate in Financial Risk Management from New York University.
Brian Tsai
Ardinall Investment Management
Brian Tsai | Biography
Brian is the COO/CFO of Ardinall Investment Management. Prior to Ardinall, he was the COO/CFO at a $3.5B multi-strat, $6B PE, and a $450M healthcare fund. While his portfolio managers were shorting broker dealers in 2007, he suggested and transferred $1B of assets to Northern Trust. Brian began his career in portfolio management at JP Morgan Private Bank. He is a graduate of Duke (BS, BA), Johns Hopkins (MA), and Fordham University (MS in Taxation). Brian is also a pilot, and his colleagues prefer to fly together on business trips.