Carlos Oblites is Senior Portfolio Strategist and Investment Pool Strategist at Chandler Asset Management. He is responsible for building and maintaining client relationships with public agencies along with participating actively in the portfolio management process. Carlos has 29 years of investment and financial experience, focused largely on managing short-term fixed income and pension strategies for governmental and institutional non-profit clients. Carlos currently serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Multi Asset Class Committee. He also serves as a member of the Government Finance Officers Association’s (GFOA) Committee on Retirement and Benefits Administration (CORBA), which tracks new industry practices, regulatory and legislative developments, and issues best practices to assist public pension and personnel officers effectively manage state and local retirement funds and employee benefits.

Prior to joining Chandler, Carlos served as the Administrative Services Manager at Central Marin Sanitation Agency (CMSA) and was responsible for all aspects of the Agency’s financial, human resources, administrative support, and information systems activities. He also has significant expertise in serving California public agencies, healthcare, and insurance clients through his roles as Director at PFM Asset Management, and as a Principal at Wells Capital Management. Previous responsibilities include managing a variety of institutional client relationships and developing, implementing, and monitoring customized investment strategies for operating funds, bond proceeds, pension, and post-retirement funds. Carlos has also worked as a teacher for the Long Beach Unified School District.

Carlos holds a B.A. degree in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and earned a M.B.A. from San Francisco State University.