Alternatives at AB

Matthew Bass is Head of Private Alternatives and a member of the Operating Committee. As head of AB’s Private Alternatives SBU, he is responsible for the leadership and strategic growth of the business, which includes all of AB’s private market investment strategies. Previously, Bass held various roles in the firm’s Alternatives business (including as head of Alternatives and Multi-Asset Business Development, and COO), where he was responsible for business strategy, sourcing of new investment teams, product development and capital raising. Prior to joining the firm in 2010, Bass was a program director at the US Department of the Treasury, responsible for the design and implementation of various real estate and real estate capital-markets programs pursuant to the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Before that, he was a vice president at The Blackstone Group’s GSO Capital Partners unit, where he was involved in analyzing, evaluating and executing private debt and equity investments. Bass began his career in the Financial Institutions Investment Banking Group at UBS, where he was responsible for executing M&A and capital-raising transactions for banks, asset managers and specialty finance companies. He holds a BS in finance from Lehigh University. Location: New York

Brent Humphries joined AB in 2014 as a founding member and President of AB Private Credit Investors, where he has primary responsibility for overseeing all aspects of the business, including chairing the investment committee, fundraising, investor relations, investment originations, structuring and underwriting, as well as ongoing portfolio management and compliance. He previously held the same position with Barclays Private Credit Partners. Prior to joining Barclays, Humphries served as group head, generalist financial sponsor coverage for Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, and later led its structured private equity initiative. Before that, he served as a partner and managing director of the Texas Growth Fund, a middle market private equity firm. Humphries previously worked in leveraged finance with NationsBank and J.P. Morgan, and as a financial analyst with Exxon. He holds a BBA in finance with an emphasis in accounting from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Location: Austin

Lucas Detor is a managing principal and member of the Investment Committee for AB CarVal, responsible for leading the firm’s investment strategy and management. He also leads the firm’s transportation investments and oversees capital formation, emerging markets and real estate investments for the firm. Detor joined AB CarVal from Morgan Stanley, where he most recently served as managing director and co-head of the global distressed and US leveraged loan business. He has also served as a special agent with the United States Secret Service, as well as serving in the US Army Reserves and New York National Guard. Detor holds an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business and a BS in accounting from SUNY Albany. He is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive). Location: Minneapolis

Jody Gunderson is a Managing Principal and member of the Investment Committee for AB CarVal, responsible for leading the firm’s investment strategy and management, as well as its global loan portfolios and clean energy businesses. In addition, she manages investments in asset-backed securities globally, including residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities and collateralized loan obligations. Prior to joining AB CarVal in 1994, Gunderson was a manager in the financial services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she served investment fund, commercial banking and thrift clients. She holds a BS in business from the University of Minnesota and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive). Location: Minneapolis

Peter J. Gordon is Head and Chief Investment Officer of the US Commercial Real Estate Debt (US-CRED) team. US-CRED oversees nearly $12 billion in committed capital from insurance companies, pension funds and banks, across four vintage closed-end funds and various other institutional mandates. Previously, he was managing director of Commercial Real Estate Debt. Prior to joining the firm in 2016, Gordon served as managing director and head of commercial real estate (CRE) whole loan originations at Angelo, Gordon & Co., a global alternative investment-management firm, where he led the CRE whole loan team, responsible for sourcing, pricing, financing and structuring transactions, as well as managing assets in the investment portfolio. Prior to that, he was a senior member of the real estate finance and investment banking groups at both Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, where he was involved in all aspects of commercial real estate lending, from originations for balance sheet and commercial mortgage-backed securities to loan structuring, syndication and securitization. Gordon has been working in the commercial real estate space since 2001, including four years in construction management. He holds a BS in mathematics from the University of St. Andrews and an MBA from Columbia University. Location: New York

Clark Coffee is the Chief Investment Officer and Head of European Commercial Real Estate Debt. His previous business, Lacarne Capital, was acquired by AB in 2020 to establish the firm’s real estate debt business in Europe. Previously, Coffee was head of Tyndaris Real Estate, where he was responsible for building the business into a top-10 real estate debt fund in Europe. Prior to that, he co-headed origination for Deutsche Bank’s European commercial real estate credit business and oversaw the risk management and restructuring of more than €2 billion of troubled loans during the global financial crisis. Coffee holds a BA in economics from Lake Forest College and an MBA from the University of Michigan. Location: London/Frankfurt

Ted Etlinger is a Senior Vice President and the Head of Structured Private Placements. He oversees AB’s Structured Private Placement Strategy within Private Alternatives, including origination, underwriting and portfolio management. Prior to joining the firm in 2024, Etlinger spent 27 years at AIG Life & Retirement (now Corebridge Financial), most recently as the head of Private Credit, with overall responsibility for investment-grade private credit, including the structured, infrastructure and corporate teams, as well as direct lending and collateralized loan obligation teams. He previously served as a board member of Varagon Capital Partners, now Man Varagon. Etlinger holds a BA from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the University of Houston. He is a CFA charterholder. Location: Houston

Monique Meany is a Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate Private Placements with over 38 years of experience in the industry. In 2023, she assumed the role of portfolio manager after more than 35 years as a private placement credit analyst. As portfolio manager, Meany is responsible for constructing and managing the private placement portfolio to implement investment strategies that meet client goals. Previously, as a credit analyst, she was responsible for sourcing, analyzing and monitoring private placements. Meany was also responsible for workouts and special situations within Private Placements for over 20 years. Prior to joining the firm in 2004, Meany was a managing director at MONY Capital Management, where she was responsible for underwriting private placements, bank loans and public high yield. Meany holds a BA in economics from St. Lawrence University. Location: New York

Mr. Hedberg is the chief operating officer for AB CarVal and leads capital formation for AllianceBernstein's Private Alternatives platform, including all capital raising, investor relations, business development and marketing efforts. He serves on the Executive Committee for AB CarVal. Mr. Hedberg joined AB CarVal in 2002 and has held a variety of financial management positions, including serving as the firm’s chief financial officer and global controller for AB CarVal’s corporate credit business. Prior to joining AB CarVal, Mr. Hedberg was with Cargill and Dain Bosworth. He received his M.B.A. from the University of St. Thomas and his B.S. in finance, magna cum laude from the University of Colorado.