Alice A. Ruth, joins Dartmouth as CIO

Ms. Ruth will manage the $4.5bn endowment from the Boston investment office. x Willett and Quadrangle (Bloomberg), x Moore Fdn, x Montgomery Securities. AB, Dartmouth ‘83

Jason T. Perlioni, new CIO at Johns Hopkins University

Mr. Perlioni will manage JHU & Hospital’s $6bn fund after 10 yrs at Pritzker Group AM. MBA, U Chicago, BS chem eng, Rice U.

Scott Hayward, joins Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo as CEO

GMO recruits Mr. Hayward from QMA (Quantitative Mgm Assoc). x Jennison Assoc, x JPMorgan. BA, Boston College

Ben Wall promoted to VP of investments at Texas A&M

Janet Handley, VP Investments retires at year end after 15 years.  Mr. Wall, currently Alternative Investments Dir, x AIG, x Ernst & Young, MS, BS Texas A&M

Harvard Endowment names Columbia’s N.P. “Narv” Narvekar as CEO

Mr. Narvekar joins HMC as president and CEO on Dec 5. Prior: 14 years at Columbia, 14 years at JP Morgan. MBA, U Penn, BA, Haverford College