Kay Torshen
President
Torshen Capital Management, LLC.
Professional
Kay Torshen is the president of Torshen Capital Management, LLC. The firm is a Registered Investment Advisor and has managed an investment fund for over 10 years.
She is the author of numerous articles and a book, The Mastery Approach to Competence-Based Education, (Academic Press, New York, 1977) in the field of educational psychology.
Prior to founding Torshen Capital Management LLC, Dr. Torshen was a professional trader of equities and derivatives for over twenty years.
Education
- PhD, Educational Psychology, University of Chicago
- MA, Harvard University
- BA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Memberships & Affiliations | Honors & Awards
- Vice Chair, Advisory Board, Masters of Science in Financial Mathematics, University of Chicago
- Member, Visiting Committee, Division of Social Sciences, University of Chicago
- Member, Visiting Committee, Art History, University of Chicago
- Trustee, Illinois Institute for Psychoanalysis
- Sustaining Fellow, Art Institute of Chicago
- Member, Director’s Vision Council, Museum of Contemporary Art
- Member, Dean's International Council, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
- Mentor, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
- Member, Board of Directors, Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL)
- Member, Board of Directors, Illinois Humanities Council
- Member, Chicago Council on Science and Technology
