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Dennis is President of Cliffwater LLC. Prior to forming Cliffwater in 2004, Dennis was a Managing Director and principal of Wilshire Associates from 1992 to 2004 where he was a senior consultant leading a team of professionals in working with high profile and complex public funds, corporate plans and endowments/foundations on their investment strategies and implementation. Dennis began his career with the Los Angeles City Council where he was a Senior Legislative Analyst and became involved with recommending investment changes to the City's pension plans. He was Chief Investment Officer of the Los Angeles Police and Fire Pension system where he worked from 1986 to 1992, and was responsible for its multi-billion dollar investment fund and initiating investments in real estate, small cap and non US equity and emerging manager programs. He earned a BS in Environmental Management from California State University, Dominquez Hills, and an MA in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dennis is a member of the CFA Institute and the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts. | 