Nancy Donohue
Nancy Donohue is the chief investment strategist and co-founder of Summit Rock Advisors.
Summit Rock provides financial advice and portfolio management for a select number of U.S.-based families and charitable institutions. The firm serves as the outsourced investment office for each client, providing independent advice and customized solutions. Summit Rock oversees approximately $24.1 billion for 49 clients1.
In her role at Summit Rock, Nancy designed, and now oversees, the asset allocation approach, which blends low-fee, tax-efficient assets alongside access to top-tier investment managers in the fields of equity stock picking, hedged strategies, private equity and venture capital.
Prior to Summit Rock, Nancy served as the vice president for external management at Harvard Management Company (“HMC”). She was responsible for $16 billion, approximately half of the university’s endowment. Nancy also led Harvard Master Trust, the university’s $780 million defined benefit pension plan for 12,000 current and former employees. Prior, Nancy worked on Wall Street for a decade, first at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and later at Deutsche Bank.
Nancy is a graduate of Brown University and Harvard Business School. She is on the Board of Overseers of Brown University’s Watson Institute and serves as a member of the school’s Advisory Council for Economics. She is the Treasurer of Mountainfilm, a documentary film festival with worldwide educational tours based in Telluride, Colorado.
1 As of June 30th, 2025.
