Alifia Doriwala, Managing Director

Alifia Doriwala is a Managing Director at RockCreek, responsible for Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) portfolios. She focuses on sourcing and establishing relationships across public and private investments, as well as portfolio management, asset allocation, and investment decisions. Alifia works closely with endowments and foundations in the ongoing investment management of their portfolios.

Prior to joining RockCreek, Alifia was an Equity Arbitrage Trader at Wolverine Trading, L.P., where she was responsible for sourcing, analyzing, and modeling equity linked trades together with equity options. She started her career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Merrill Lynch and member of the Financial Sponsors Group assessing the suitability of potential targets for private equity portfolio companies.

Alifia graduated from Georgetown University, magna cum laude, with a B.A. in Economics and English and holds an MBA in Finance and Marketing from New York University’s Stern School of Business. She is a board member and Chair of the finance committee at The Maret School, advisory board member of the Georgetown University Baratta Center and member of The Economic Club of Washington DC. She is a board member for Teach for America-DC Region and WETA, a public broadcasting company. Alifia is a frequent panelist and speaker at investment conferences focused on sustainable investing and alternative investments, and supports various non-profit organizations focused on educational initiatives.