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CONTRIBUTORS
By Journal of Indexes Staff


Burton G. Malkiel
Burton G. Malkiel is the Chemical Bank Chairman’s Professor of Economics at Princeton University and author of the widely read investment book, A Random Walk Down Wall Street. He is also the chief investment officer of AlphaShares Inc., an investment management firm specializing in China and China-linked investments. He is a past appointee to the President’s Council of Economic Advisors, and currently serves or has served on the boards of several financial corporations, including Prudential Financial and the Vanguard Group.
   

David Blitzer
David Blitzer is the chairman of the S&P 500 Index Committee and a member of Standard & Poor’s Investment Policy Committee and Economic Forecast Council. He previously served as corporate economist at McGraw- Hill and as senior economic analyst with National Economic Research Associates. Blitzer is often quoted in the national business press and is the author of Outpacing the Pros: Using Indexes to Beat Wall Street’s Savviest Money Managers, McGraw-Hill, 2001.
   

Tom Haines
Tom Haines is a managing director at NYSE Euronext, where he is part of their ETF & Index Group in charge of Index Structured Products Listings. Prior to joining NYSE Euronext, Tom was an index and American Depository Receipt (ADR) arbitrage trader at BNP Paribas’ New York and Paris offices. He holds a B.S. in quantitative finance from James Madison University.
   

Brian J. Jacobsen
Brian J. Jacobsen, Ph.D., CFA, CFP, is associate professor of business administration at Wisconsin Lutheran College, a conservative Lutheran liberal arts college in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He also lectures at the graduate level in money and banking, financial strategy, and advanced investment theory. Brian is also chief economist and partner at Capital Market Consultants, an investment research firm in Milwaukee. He is responsible for original investment research and analysis on the economy, the market and investment products.
   

Steven A. Schoenfeld
Steven A. Schoenfeld is the chief investment officer for the Global Quantitative Management business of Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI), which manages more than $260 billion in index and quant-active strategies. Prior to joining NTGI, he was a managing partner of Global Index Strategies LLC and a managing director of Barclays Global Investors. Steven received a M.A. in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He is the editor of Active Index Investing, Wiley, 2004.
   

Brad Zigler
Brad Zigler formerly served as head of marketing, education and research for the Pacific Exchange and Barclays Global Investors. Zigler is a founding member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals Education Committee, and has contributed to theStreet.com, MarketWatch.com, Institutional Investor, Financial Planning, CRB Trader, Mutual Funds and Registered Rep.