SWIB Awarded Investment Operations of the Year at The Allocator Prizes by With Intelligence

The State of Wisconsin Investment Board’s (SWIB) Global Public Market Strategies (GPMS) and Private Markets & Funds Alpha (PMFA) Operations Divisions were honored October 28 in New York City, winning Investment Operations of the Year at The Allocator Prizes by With Intelligence.

Led by Business Directors Chelsey Barczak and Ed Martinez, the team was recognized by one consultant as “a tier above everybody else,” going on to say that the leaders have been “very thoughtful about the architecture and data.”

The winners of The Allocator Prizes are selected by a panel of institutional investment industry luminaries – leading figures from both the allocator and manager communities.

Click here to learn more about The Allocator Prizes.

About SWIB

The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB), created in 1951, is an independent state agency responsible for managing the assets of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), the State Investment Fund (SIF), and other state trust funds. As of December 31, 2025, SWIB managed more than $178 billion of total assets, approximately 87% representing WRS assets. SWIB’s management of the WRS trust funds aims to provide a fully funded public pension for over 703,000 current and former employees of state agencies, the university system, school districts and most local governments. The WRS consistently ranks among the 10 largest public pension funds in the U.S. SWIB, a steady economic pillar for the state of Wisconsin, focuses on growing the trust funds, managing risk, and optimizing costs over the long term.