Mr. Stark is an Associate Partner with The Townsend Group providing services to several of the firm’s institutional clients, including multiple domestic and international public pension plans, endowments, and fund of funds. His responsibilities include portfolio analytics, portfolio management, research, strategic planning, and monitoring performance at the fund and client levels.

Prior to joining Townsend in 2010, Mr. Stark was an Institutional Consulting Analyst for Graystone Consulting, a business of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. At Graystone, Mr. Stark was a member of a team that managed capital for foundations, endowments, pensions, hospitals and high net worth clientele. His responsibilities included preparing asset allocation models, investment policy statements, customized performance measurement reports, and investment decisions.

Mr. Stark currently serves on the NCREIF PREA Reporting Standards Council. Mr. Stark received his MBA and BSBA in Finance, both from the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University.