Joseph Rest

Mr. Joseph Rest is an Advisor at Waud Capital Partners LLC.
In addition to that, Mr. Rest, CAIA, is a Private Equity Investment Officer for the 430,000 member New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS).
Mr. Rest works on a team that manages 143 partnerships with 66 private equity firms and $14 billion in commitments which account for approximately 7% of the System’s invested assets.
Mr. Rest has been a part of the NYSTRS Private Equity team since December 2008.
Prior to joining NYSTRS, Mr. Rest was employed as an Internal Auditor at Trans World Entertainment (Nasdaq: TWMC), the parent company of independent media chain For Your Entertainment (FYE) stores.
Prior to Trans World Entertainment, Mr. Rest spent approximately two years as an Internal Auditor at Trustco Bank (Nasdaq: TRST), a retail bank based in Upstate New York with branches in New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Jersey, and Florida.
Mr. Rest received his MBA from Hawaii Pacific University and a BS in Business Administration from The College of Saint Rose.
Mr. Rest is a Chartered Alternative Investments Analyst (CAIA) and a CFA Level II candidate.