Dorothy Barbee

Ms. Dorothy Barbee is a Senior Research Analyst at Meridian Credit Management LLC.
Ms. Barbee spent 8 years at TIAA as a Senior Director and Research Analyst with a focus on leveraged loans and high yield credit.
Her coverage included the Healthcare and Business Services sectors.
As a senior member of the research team, she was responsible for managing investments across numerous investment vehicles with a spectrum of investment guidelines and risk appetites.
While at TIAA, Ms. Barbee was instrumental in building the firm’s CLO platform from inception to 4 CLO’s.
Prior to joining TIAA, Ms. Dorothy Barbee was a Research Analyst at Neuberger Berman (via LightPoint Capital Management) for 6 years, covering investments in both the investment grade and non-investment grade credit markets.
Leading up to Neuberger Berman’s acquisition of LightPoint, she supported the growth of LightPoint’s CLO platform and spent time in London building out the firm’s European presence.
Her career foundation was built during 4 years at JP Morgan, where she went through the bank’s credit training program and spent time working in multiple departments, including the bank’s distressed credit division.
She earned her MBA in Finance and Accounting from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 2009 and a BS in Business and Finance from Miami of Ohio in 2001.