Deborah Gallegos joined middle-market private equity manager Palladium Equity Partners as a managing director.
She will have broad responsibilities in the position, a spokesman said in an email. The position is new. Ms. Gallegos will report to Marcos Rodriguez, chairman and CEO.
Previously, Ms. Gallegos was senior investment manager at CSAA Insurance Group, and has also served in the past as director of manager research at investment consultant Strategic Investment Solutions and CIO of the $228.7 billion New York City Retirement Systems in 2005 and 2006.
Palladium Equity Partners has nearly $3 billion in assets under management.