The University's Business Diversity Program is fundamental to our commitment to obtain a portfolio of critical and valued business partners. Fostering and maintaining this portfolio ensures that the University has access to the most creative and innovative talent and helps to strengthen the business community both locally and nationally.
The Office of Business Diversity works to create opportunities for minority- and women-owned businesses in a variety of areas, with the primary focus on creating sustainable relationships with professional service firms. Our professional services symposium provides an opportunity for senior leaders at the University to network and begin building relationships with minority- and women-owned firms. This forum has resulted in groundbreaking relationships for the University. For the first time, the University of Chicago, hired two African American owned money management firms to invest a portion of our endowment funds. Also, last year we began advertising in Ebony and Black Enterprise Magazines. Our partnerships with these premier publications has provided new opportunities for students and their families to learn about the University and consider whether they would like to be a part of this extraordinary intellectual community.
Through our business diversity efforts, we're building partnerships with minority- and women-owned businesses and setting the standard for urban universities everywhere.
Nadia M. Quarles, Esq.
Assistant Vice President for Business Diversity, The University of Chicago
Business Partner Spotlight
Holland Capital Management LLC, established in May 1991, the firm is a SEC registered investment advisor, and first began managing institutional client assets at that time. Holland Capital offers a range of portfolio management services for institutional investors, namely, U.S. Equity Large Cap Growth, U.S. Equity Mid Cap Growth, U.S. Core Fixed Income, U.S. Intermediate Fixed Income and Short Term Fixed Income.
