Matthew Hoffman

The YMCA Retirement Fund (YRF) is the pension fund of YMCA of the USA, which is headquartered in New York City. It was founded in 1921 by a special act of the legislature of the State of New York. YRF’s sole purpose is to provide retirement benefits for YMCA employees throughout the US. The Fund offers two plans to help YMCA employees build their retirement savings: the Retirement Plan and the Savings Plan. The Retirement Plan is a 401(a) defined contribution church pension plan, while the Savings Plan is available to all employees of participating Ys from their first day of employment.

Forester Capital LLC (Forester) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Trent Carmichael in 1999. Forester provides discretionary investment advisory services to private investment funds – Forester Funds. Investors in the Forester Funds are based in the US and outside of the US and consist of endowments, foundations, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, high net worth individuals, private funds, family offices, trusts, estates, corporations, insurance companies and other business entities.