~ LEADERSHIP ~

Leadership Profiles

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Joshua Shannon, CFA

Deputy Chief Investment Officer & Vice President, Strategy

  • Joshua's Bio & Highlights

    Joshua Shannon is Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Vice President of Strategy at Hershey Trust Company, where he plays a leading role in overseeing the multi-asset investment portfolio and team supporting the Milton Hershey School. Since joining the firm in 2019 and being appointed Deputy CIO in 2022, Josh has worked in close partnership with the CEO / CIO to set investment strategy, oversee portfolio construction, and lead day-to-day investment management activities. Josh has primary responsibility for portfolio rebalancing and capital allocation, leads investment team research and manager diligence, risk management, and serves as a key point of continuity between investment strategy and implementation. In addition, Josh leads strategic and financial analysis for Hershey Trust’s “Controlled Companies,” oversees the MHST co-investment program, and is responsible for investment management for the M.S. Hershey Foundation and the Hershey Cemetery.


    Josh brings more than 20 years of investment experience spanning public equity investing, manager research, and portfolio construction. Prior to joining Hershey Trust, he was a Portfolio Manager at Goldman Sachs Asset Management within the U.S. Fundamental Equity franchise. Earlier in his career, he held senior investment roles at Honeywell Capital Management, where he was responsible for public equities across both internally managed and external manager portfolios, and began his career at JPMorgan as a consumer staples equity research analyst.


    Josh earned a degree in Economics, with Honors, from Lafayette College and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

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Muzzamil Mussani, CFA

Vice President, Investment Operations and Portfolio Analytics

  • Muzzamil's Bio & Highlights

    Muzzamil Mussani, CFA is the incoming VP-Investment Operations and Portfolio Analytics and is responsible for building and leading the investment operations function for all investment portfolios managed by the Hershey Trust Company, including the development and oversight of all investment reporting. Muzzamil has over 17 years of experience in investments and investment operations. Over the last decade, Muzzamil built and led the investment operations function at Advocate Health Care /Advocate Aurora Health. Previously he worked in investment operations at RH Investment Management in Chicago. Prior to that, Muzzamil served at a leading investment banking firm in Pakistan as a research analyst and equity trader.


    Muzzamil holds an MBA in Finance from the Institute of Business Management in Pakistan and is a CFA charter holder. Muzzamil is an active community leader and has served as the Vice President of OPEN Chicago, an entrepreneurial and leadership not-for-profit. Muzzamil lives in Hummelstown, PA with his wife and three lovely kids.

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Evril Clayton

Vice President, Public Markets

  • Evril's Bio & Highlights

    Evril joined Hershey Trust Company (“HTC”) in 2023 as Vice President, Public Markets and is responsible for leading the public market investments for the Milton Hershey School Trust, including public equity, public real assets, and public fixed income. His responsibilities with respect to public markets include portfolio construction, manager selection and due diligence. He most recently served as Managing Director of Marketable Investment at Rockefeller University in New York, NY. Prior to that he spent 12 years with the New York State Common Retirement Fund in Albany, NY with his most recent position being Deputy Director of Global Equity since 2018. Evril brings over 16 years of investment experience to HTC.


    Evril earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the State University of New York at Potsdam and his MBA from Clarkson University in Schenectady, NY.

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Laura Minteer

Vice President, Corporate Services

  • Laura's Bio & Highlights

    Laura joined the Hershey Trust Company in 2022 as Vice President, Corporate Services and is responsible for planning and directing the administration functions of Hershey Trust Company, including human resources and organizational development, information technology, public/community relations, internal and external corporate communications and other office and facilities services. Laura has over 29 years’ experience in human resources and organizational development. Prior to joining Hershey Trust Company, Laura served on the senior leadership team at Menno Haven Retirement Community as Executive Director, Human Resources & Organizational Development. Prior to that Laura served as Vice President, Human Resources at Meritus Health, a regional health system in Hagerstown, MD.


    Laura is a graduate of Shippensburg University where she earned a Bachelors’ degree in Business Administration and a graduate of Saint Francis University in Loretto, PA where she earned a Masters’ degree in Human Resource Management.