Carmen Thompson

Ms. Carmen Thompson is Investment Director at Rice Management Co. She joined in 2005 and overseeing risk management and asset allocation and currently overseeing Rice's $1 billion allocation to hedge fund and distressed investment strategies.
Prior to joining Rice, Ms. Thompson was Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations for Crown Castle International Corp (NYSE:CCI), having joined the company prior to its IPO.
Prior to CCI, she was Director of Financial Analysis for Torch Energy Advisors, one of the first fund managers offering directly-held oil and gas investments to institutional investors.
She began her career at Ibbotson Associates, where she was a consultant to institutional investors, publishing research on topics such as strategic asset allocation for endowments and foundations; fixed income investing for pension plans; and the value of holding producing oil and gas properties in an institutional portfolio.
She is a frequent speaker at industry events and a periodic author on industry topics.
Her most recent publication is Forget Alpha.
Why Opportunity Cost is a Better Measure of Hedge Fund Performance (NMS Exchange).
Ms. Thompson holds undergraduate degrees in finance and accounting from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Rice University.