Lawrence E. Davanzo, president of Wilshire Associates and member of the Board of Directors, currently oversees the asset management areas of the firm including Wilshire Funds Management and Wilshire Private Markets. Mr. Davanzo, who first joined Wilshire Associates in 1977 and helped to develop the precursor to today's Wilshire Atlas investment analytics solutions before founding Wilshire Consulting in 1980, rejoined the firm in October 2004 as a senior managing director.

Mr. Davanzo left Wilshire Associates in 1991 to form Asset Strategy Consulting. In 2000, Asset Strategy merged to form InvestorForce, an Internet technology platform serving institutional investors. Mr. Davanzo began his career at Endowment Management and Research, the investment arm of Yale University.

Mr. Davanzo earned both his BA and Master of Finance at the University of Wisconsin.