Ed Kolano
Chief Investment Officer at The Heinz Endowments
Profile
Mr. Edward Kolano is Vice President of Finance & Administration & Chief Investment Officer at The Heinz Endowments.
He joined The Heinz Endowments in July 2013.
As the Endowments’ vice president of Finance & Administration and its principal financial officer, he provides operational and financial management leadership.
He is the foundation’s chief investment officer, and is responsible for overseeing, at the direction of the Investment Committee, all investments and investment managers of the Endowments.
Before joining the Endowments, Mr. Kolano was a senior financial executive with The Hillman Company.
Hillman is a private, fully integrated family office, which manages a multi-billion dollar, diversified, global portfolio with an emphasis on private equity investing.
He gained 23 years of investment-related experience with Hillman, where his last position was vice president, treasurer.
Prior to Hillman, he started his career as an analyst with Westinghouse Corp.
and an auditor with KPMG Peat Marwick.
He received his bachelor’s in accounting in 1984 and his Master of Business Administration, concentrating in finance, in 1990, both from Duquesne University.
He is a certified public accountant in the state of Pennsylvania.
Ed Kolano active positions
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The Heinz Endowments
 The Heinz Endowments Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous The Heinz Endowments is an independent, private foundation headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are affiliated with the Heinz family but not with the HJ Heinz Co. or the HJ Heinz Co. Foundation. The foundation was founded in 1986 with combined support from the Howard Heinz Endowment and the Vira I. Heinz Endowment. The firm’s mission is to help Southwestern Pennsylvania prosper economically, ecologically, educationally, and culturally, and to advance the state of knowledge and practice in the fields in which they work. The Heinz Endowments’ fields of emphasis include philanthropy in general and the disciplines represented by the foundation's five grant-making programs: Arts & Culture; Children, Youth & Families; Education; Environment; and Innovation Economy. | Chief Investment Officer | 2013-06-30 |
Former positions of Ed Kolano
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The Hillman Co.
 The Hillman Co. Investment ManagersFinance The Hillman Co (Hillman Co) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1946. The firm is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2013-06-29 |
| KPMG Peat Marwick LLP | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Westinghouse Corp.
 Westinghouse Corp. Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services Westinghouse Corp. is an American company that specializes in providing safe and innovative nuclear and other clean power technologies and services. With over 135 years of innovation, Westinghouse is the preferred partner for advanced technologies covering the complete nuclear energy life cycle. The private company supplied the world's first commercial pressurized water reactor in 1957, and its technology is the basis for nearly one-half of the world's operating nuclear plants. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Ed Kolano
| Duquesne University of The Holy Spirit | Undergraduate Degree |
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The Heinz Endowments
The Heinz Endowments Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous The Heinz Endowments is an independent, private foundation headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are affiliated with the Heinz family but not with the HJ Heinz Co. or the HJ Heinz Co. Foundation. The foundation was founded in 1986 with combined support from the Howard Heinz Endowment and the Vira I. Heinz Endowment. The firm’s mission is to help Southwestern Pennsylvania prosper economically, ecologically, educationally, and culturally, and to advance the state of knowledge and practice in the fields in which they work. The Heinz Endowments’ fields of emphasis include philanthropy in general and the disciplines represented by the foundation's five grant-making programs: Arts & Culture; Children, Youth & Families; Education; Environment; and Innovation Economy. | Miscellaneous |
The Hillman Co.
The Hillman Co. Investment ManagersFinance The Hillman Co (Hillman Co) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1946. The firm is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | Finance |
Westinghouse Corp.
Westinghouse Corp. Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services Westinghouse Corp. is an American company that specializes in providing safe and innovative nuclear and other clean power technologies and services. With over 135 years of innovation, Westinghouse is the preferred partner for advanced technologies covering the complete nuclear energy life cycle. The private company supplied the world's first commercial pressurized water reactor in 1957, and its technology is the basis for nearly one-half of the world's operating nuclear plants. | Industrial Services |
| KPMG Peat Marwick LLP | Commercial Services |
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