Michelle Clayman
{{Short description|American businessman}}
Michelle R. Clayman is chief investment officer of New Amsterdam Partners, LLC,[http://www.napllc.com/ New Amsterdam Partners, LLC] a firm she founded in 1986. New Amsterdam Partners offers large cap and mid cap investment strategies to institutional investors. Clayman sits on the Boards of the Society of Quantitative Analysts[http://www.sqa-us.org/ Society of Quantitative Analysts](of which she is a past President), and The Institute for Quantitative Research.[http://www.q-group.org/ The Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance] She is a frequent commentator for CNBC, Bloomberg, and other financial media.
Education
A graduate of Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, Clayman is the first woman to receive the School's Excellence in Leadership Award, in 2008.[http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/headlines/claymanaward_08.html Leadership Award for Michelle Clayman]
Philanthropy & Causes
She is a strong supporter of women's causes, notably as the chair of the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. In 2010, the National Council for Research on Women awarded Clayman the "Making a Difference for Women Award[https://web.archive.org/web/20110719040721/http://www.ncrw.org/events/2010/11/18/test-event-1 Making a Difference for Women Award]" recognizing Clayman's leadership in supporting research on women. In 2018 she was appointed to Stanford University's board of trustees.{{cite news |last1=University |first1=© Stanford |title=Gender research advocate and leader Michelle R. Clayman elected to the Stanford University Board of Trustees |url=https://gender.stanford.edu/news-publications/gender-news/gender-research-advocate-and-leader-michelle-r-clayman-elected |access-date=19 October 2022 |work=The Clayman Institute for Gender Research |date=29 July 2018 |language=en}}
Clayman has been a Girl Scout troop leader for many years and as of 2022 is serving as chair of the board of directors of the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York.{{cite web |title=Board of Directors {{!}} Girl Scouts of Greater New York |url=https://www.girlscoutsnyc.org/en/our-council/about-gsgny/board-of-directors.html |website=Girl Scouts |access-date=19 October 2022 |language=en}}
As of 2015 she was on the board of Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE).{{cite web |title=2015 Annual Recap {{!}} Sustainable Health Enterprises |url=http://sheinnovates.com/2015-annual-recap/ |access-date=19 October 2022}}{{cite web|last=Wise|first=Cat|title=Profile: Scharpf Seeks Affordable Solutions to Women's Hygiene|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/11/elizabeth-scharpf.html|publisher=PBS NewsHour|accessdate=28 November 2012|date=November 28, 2012 }} She is known as a role model for women in finance.{{cite web |title=Voice of Experience: Michelle Clayman, CFA, Founder, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, New Amsterdam Partners LLC |url=https://theglasshammer.com/2010/07/voice-of-experience-michelle-clayman-cfa-founder-managing-partner-chief-investment-officer-new-amsterdam-partners-llc/ |website=The Glasshammer |access-date=19 October 2022 |date=19 July 2010}}
Clayman says she owes her education to her mother, who was evacuated from England to the United States during World War II and there received a college education. Her mother then ensured her children benefited in the same way. Clayman received a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, England (MA Oxon).
Clayman's other volunteer activities include serving as a Director of Children of Bellevue,{{cite web |title=Leadership & Staff – Children of Bellevue |url=http://www.childrenofbellevue.org/about/leadership/ |website=childrenofbellevue.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111074839/http://www.childrenofbellevue.org:80/about/leadership/ |archive-date=11 Jan 2012}} a charity providing services to children at New York's Bellevue Hospital. She is also a member of the Dean's Council at the Harvard Divinity School.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}
Select Publications
Clayman is published in investment management journals on topics mainly concentrating on portfolio construction and asset management. Some of the publications are listed below
=Books=
- Clayman, M.R., Fridson, M.S. and Troughton, G.H., 2012. [http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118217284.html Corporate Finance Workbook: A Practical Approach (Vol. 43)]. John Wiley & Sons.
=Journal articles=
- Clayman, M., 1987. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4479032 In Search of Excellence: The Investor’s Viewpoint]. Financial Analysts Journal, 43(3), pp. 54–63.
- Clayman, M., 1994. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4479748 Excellence revisited]. Financial Analysts Journal, 50(3), pp. 61–65.
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