Ethan Samson, JD

Ethan is a member of Maketa’s leadership team, where he directs the firm’s service offerings for the wealth management industry and leads private markets business development initiatives across Meketa’s institutional practice.

As a private markets consultant, Ethan advises public pensions, endowments, foundations, and labor union clients on their private market investments. He manages several of the firm’s strategic client relationships and brings a distinctive perspective informed by his prior experience as a transactional attorney and dedicated legal counsel to both a strategic investor and its portfolio companies.

Ethan serves on Meketa’s Private Markets Research Committee for both private equity and private real estate and co-leads the firm’s venture capital research efforts. He also serves on the investment committees for the Primark Meketa Private Equity Fund (PMPEX), the Meketa Infrastructure Fund (MIFAX), and Meketa’s institutional private equity co-investment fund.

Previous Role

• Meketa Investment Group, Managing Principal, Private Markets Consultant and Private Markets Counsel
• Pension Consulting Alliance, Principal and General Counsel
• Cambia Health Solutions, Senior Associate General Counsel
• Stoel Rives, Corporate Associate
• Deutsche Bank, Associate, Corporate Strategy

Education, Credentials, and Memberships

• BA, Hobart College
• JD, cum laude, Lewis & Clark Law School
• Managing Editor, The Lewis & Clark Law Review
• Member, Oregon State Bar

Community

Ethan has two boys, Ford and Palmer. He’s making good progress in his long-term plan to get them to love fly fishing, skiing, and the Denver Broncos as much as he does.