Lawrence E. Davanzo, President of Wilshire Associates and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, currently oversees Wilshire Funds Management. He is also a member of Wilshire’s Executive Committee. Mr. Davanzo, who first joined Wilshire Associates in 1977 and founded Wilshire Consulting in 1980, rejoined the firm in October 2004 to further develop the Firm’s asset management activities.

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

Mr. Davanzo earned both his B.B.A. and M.S. in Finance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.