# Jennifer Choi

> Jennifer Choi is CEO of the Institutional Limited Partners Association, based in Washington, District of Columbia. Her career spans private equity due diligence, emerging-markets research and investor advocacy. At ILPA she launched its policy advocacy platform and stewarded reporting standards, the ILPA Principles and Diversity in Action before becoming permanent CEO in December 2022.

- **Role:** CEO at Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA)
- **Organizations:** Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA), now Global Private Capital Association (GPCA), Stax Inc.
- **Education:** Master’s degree in Law and Diplomacy, Fletcher School at Tufts University, B.A. in Economics and Political Science, summa cum laude, Augustana College
- **Known for:** Built the industry’s first global database of private equity activity in emerging markets, according to her official biography., Launched ILPA’s policy advocacy platform., Stewarded the ILPA Reporting Template and ILPA Principles.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Consultant at Stax, conducting due diligence and advisory engagements for private equity and venture capital clients.
- **—** — EMPEA Research Director; built its global database of emerging-markets private equity activity.
- **—** — Vice President of Industry and External Affairs at EMPEA.
- **2018** — As ILPA Managing Director of Industry Affairs, testified to Pennsylvania’s Pension Review Commission on July 30 about private equity reporting transparency.
- **2020** — Founded ILPA’s Diversity in Action initiative, according to her PEI event biography.
- **2022-06** — Became Acting CEO of ILPA after eight years as Managing Director of Industry Affairs.
- **2022-12** — Named permanent ILPA CEO on December 5.

## Achievements

- Built the industry’s first global database of private equity activity in emerging markets, according to her official biography.
- Launched ILPA’s policy advocacy platform.
- Stewarded the ILPA Reporting Template and ILPA Principles.
- Founded Diversity in Action in 2020, according to her public event biography.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Under Choi’s leadership, ILPA was reviewing comments on draft updated continuation vehicle guidance after the August 5 comment deadline; its public resource page said final guidance was planned for later in 2026.
- **2026-04** — Choi wrote the foreword to ILPA’s 2025-2026 LP Sentiment Survey, which surveyed 99 heads of private equity in Q4 2025.
- **2026-02** — Appeared with Hugh MacArthur on Bain’s Dry Powder podcast recorded at PEI NEXUS in Orlando, published February 25.
- **2026-01** — ILPA released its Continuation Fund Disclosure Template on January 27, an organizational initiative during her CEO tenure.
- **2025-06** — Featured on episode 314 of The Fiftyfaces Podcast, released June 18.
- **2025-01** — ILPA released updated Reporting and new Performance Templates on January 22; Choi publicly welcomed the industry consultation behind them.

## Links

- Website: https://ilpa.org/team/jennifer-choi/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-carnithan-choi

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Last updated: 2026-10-10