Derek Drummond Selected to With Intelligence’s Alts 50 Class of 2026

SWIB Head of Funds Alpha Derek Drummond has been selected as part of With Intelligence’s Alts 50 Class of 2026, marking his second consecutive year in the Alts 50 class. Derek was selected for “being a practice leader at a phenomenal program,” with the “technical skills that surpass many in the endowment and foundation sector,” according to his nominator. The judges lauded SWIB as “an obvious choice that had to be represented,” and Derek specifically as “a star.”

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.