Ms. Minard has 19 years of institutional investment experience including the past 9 years building fund of hedge fund firms, notably her roles as President and Partner of Cogo Wolf Asset Management, Partner and Director of Global Marketing for Corbin Capital Partners (a firm she renamed) and Director of Marketing at Cadogan Management. Before Cadogan, Rachel was Vice President and Consultant Advisor for J.P. Morgan Investment Management and served as Director of Business Development for Dakin Partners, opening and managing their New York office. Earlier, Ms. Minard served as Assistant to the Director of Marketing and Client Service for Pareto Partners. Named "Non-Profit Marketer of the Year" (FEMM), Honored Member, Cambridge's Who's Who Among Executives (2005-2010) and a featured speaker on CNBC and global industry conferences, Ms. Minard started her marketing career in 1991 after her marketing company was hired to build the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

Ms. Minard holds a B.A. degree in Journalism with honors from Northeastern University with notable distinction as a Wesley W. Marple Distinguished Lecturer (2009) and Profiles in Leadership: Business Luminaries (2006-2010) by the university. A graduate of the AIMSE/Wharton Institute, Ms. Minard serves on the Advisory Board of the Professional Association of Investment Communication Resources (PAICR), The World Pension Forum and the Investment Management Institute (IMI). Ms. Minard also serves on the Executive Board of the Association of Women in Alternative Investing (AWAI) for which she is also a Founding Member, serves as Chairman of the ProTrak International Advisory Board and the Investment Sub-Committee of the Westover School Endowment. Ms. Minard is quoted in Top Hedge Fund Investors: Stories, Strategies, and Advice published July, 2010 by Wiley Press and is finishing her first book through XENIA Media Publishing.