Nicholas Smirensky, CFA
Board Member
Nick Smirensky has served on the New York State Teachers Retirement System board since 2007. He is vice president of the board and chairs the Investment Committee.
He was most recently the chief investment officer of the New York Health Foundation, where he was responsible for managing the Foundation’s investment portfolio and developing its investment strategy. Prior to joining the Foundation, Smirensky was deputy chief investment officer and director of private equity with the New York State Common Retirement Fund. He previously served as director of New York’s College Savings Program. He was deputy director for tax policy analysis at the New York State Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee. Smirensky holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, a B.A. degree from Columbia College, and an M.A. degree from Columbia University. Smirensky was also an adjunct associate professor at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and was an adjunct faculty member of Columbia-Greene Community College, where he taught business classes for Hudson Link for Higher Education at Greene Correctional Facility. He has also taught at Union College’s Graduate School of Management. Smirensky is a board member of the National Health Law Program.
CANY Board Members
Martha King
William Snipes
Kenneth Henderson
Arti Finn
Michelle Daniel
Wesley Caines
Jessica Charles, PhD
Stanley Richards
Caitlin Sikes
Nicholas Smirensky
