Edward J. Grzybowski

Edward J. Grzybowski is Chief Investment Officer at TIAA-CREF.  As Chief Investment Officer, Mr. Grzybowski is responsible for investment policy, strategy and oversight of the company's more than $428 billion in combined assets under management.

Mr. Grzybowski brings over 25 years of experience to his role as CIO. He began his career at Oppenheimer & Company as an analyst and prior to employment at TIAA-CREF was Vice President, Portfolio Manager of Taxable Fixed-Income at Chubb Insurance. Mr. Grzybowski joined TIAA-CREF in 1987 as an Assistant Vice President with responsibilities for structured securities, and, after a series of promotions, was appointed group Managing Director in 1998 and assumed supervisory responsibilities of the mark to market fixed- income accounts/funds, the short-term accounts/funds, bond lending, and the foreign currency and derivative trading unit. In 2003, Mr. Grzybowski was named head of Investment Services, the operational and processing unit within Investment Management.

Mr. Grzybowski is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts, the Association for Investment Management and Research, and the International Association of Financial Engineers. He also holds the Charted Financial AnalystTM (CFA) designation.

Mr. Grzybowski received his B.A. and M.A. in economics from the City University of New York (CUNY).