Ethan Samson, JD

Managing Principal / Director of Private Markets Client and Partner Strategy

Ethan is a member of Meketa’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. He also manages several of the firm’s strategic client relationships and brings a distinctive perspective informed by his prior experience as an investment banker, transactional attorney, and General Counsel.
He 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 two registered interval funds and is a member of the Meketa’s Co‑Investments and Sustainability Committees and co-leads Meketa’s venture capital research efforts.

  • Private markets
  • Joined Meketa in 2019

    Previous roles:

    • Pension Consulting Alliance, Principal and General Counsel
    • Cambia Health Solutions, Senior Associate General Counsel
    • Stoel Rives, Corporate Associate
    • Deutsche Bank, Associate, Corporate Strategy

    Other responsibilities at Meketa:

    • Private Markets Research Committee
    • Consulting Leadership Committee
    • Sustainability Committee
    • Co-Investments Committee
    • BA, Hobart College
    • JD, cum laude, Lewis & Clark Law School
    • Managing Editor, The Lewis & Clark Law Review
    • Member, Oregon State Bar

    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. He is currently serving on the Board for an independent Montessori school.