Michael C. Schlachter

Michael Schlachter, a Managing Director and Principal with Wilshire Associates, is a member of Wilshire Consulting. Mr. Schlachter has consulting experience with many types and sizes of investment funds, including corporate and public pension funds, endowments, and foundations. Mr. Schlachter was responsible for creating Wilshire's hedge fund research effort in 2001 and currently serves on Wilshire's Large Capitalization Equities and Emerging Managers manager research committees. He also created Wilshire's internal analyst training program.

Mr. Schlachter joined Wilshire in 1999 and has more than 17 years of industry experience. Previously, he worked for Goldman, Sachs & Co. first as a research analyst in the Medical Device and Hospital Services industries, and later as an equity and derivatives analyst and trader for an in-house investment fund. He earned his B.A. from Princeton University with a joint concentration in Economics and Politics as well as an M.B.A. with concentrations in finance, analytic finance and entrepreneurship and venture capital, from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (formerly the Graduate School of Business). Mr. Schlachter also holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute.