Eric Levene, CFA Investment Director, CFA Eric Levene, CFA, is an investment director for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, where he provides oversight for the Foundation’s globally diversified portfolio, including asset allocation, manager selection, and due diligence. In particular, Levene focuses on the Foundation’s public equity investments. Before joining the Kauffman Foundation, Levene was a fund analyst with American Century Investments, where he performed competitive analysis of American Century investment products for use with financial advisors across the nation. Levene earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration with an emphasis in finance and banking, and a minor in economics from the University of Missouri – Columbia. He is a chartered financial analyst (CFA) charterholder and member of the Kansas City CFA Society.