Investments Our Team

Letitia Johnson is Chief Investment Officer of Amherst College. Prior to joining the College in 2019, Letitia worked at Cambridge Associates, where she partnered with endowment and foundation clients to invest their long-term assets, including developing strategy, selecting and diligencing managers, and formulating investment and spending policies. She has an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a BA in Mathematics from Brown University. Letitia currently serves on the Investment Committees for Boston University and Mass General Brigham. 

Dawn Bates is the Director of Operations at Amherst College. Ms. Bates graduated from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst in 1991 with a Bachelors of Business Administration degree. She worked for Ernst & Young for two years out of the Boston office before leaving to join PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1993.  She was with PricewaterhouseCoopers for seven years, with responsibilities for several of the firm’s higher education clients, including Amherst College, Smith College and Mount Holyoke College.  She left her post as Audit Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2000 to work as an Investment Analyst at Amherst College.

Shane Levy is an Investment Officer at Amherst College. Prior to joining Amherst in March 2020, Shane was an investment director within the Global Investment Research group at Cambridge Associates, where he researched private credit-oriented funds and strategies.  Shane holds a BA in Economics from Macalester College and is a CFA Charterholder.

Adam McPherson is an Investment Officer at Amherst College. Adam joined Amherst in April 2018 after graduating from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst with a degree in Finance and Economics and a minor in Information Technology.

Kelly Twombly is an Investment Officer at Amherst College. A graduate of Amherst College class of 2018, Kelly holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Economics. Prior to her return to her alma mater, she worked at BDT & MSD Partners and J.P Morgan in New York.

Heather Heath is an Operations Analyst at Amherst College.  Prior to joining Amherst in 2013, Heather served as Executive Assistant at the Center for EcoTechnology (CET), an environmental nonprofit, after spending three years in Client Service at Bridgewater Associates, an institutional investment management firm.  Heather holds a BA in Communication from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst.

Jessica Toukatly is the Office Manager for Amherst College, Boston. She holds a BA in English from Florida State University and a Postgraduate Certificate of Visual Culture from University of Westminster (London). She worked in early, primary, and higher education, as well as a variety of leadership and service roles, before taking on her current position at the College.