Ira Kawaller

Prior to founding Kawaller & Co. and the Kawaller Fund, Mr. Kawaller was the Vice President-Director of the New York Office of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, where he was responsible for promoting financial futures and options to the professional financial community. Before the CME, he held positions at J. Aron & Company, AT&T, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Mr. Kawaller has held adjunct professorships at Columbia University and Polytechnic University. He received a Ph.D. in Economics, from Purdue University.