Meet Our Mentors

Adeola Akinrinade is a Partner in the Financial Advisory Services Group and has over 15 years of experience providing financial and strategic advisory services to companies and creditors.

As a leadership and career coach, Ellen is focused on helping high performing professionals and new leaders raise their self-awareness and achieve their personal and professional goals.

Laleh Bashirrad is a Managing Director on the Leveraged Syndicate desk within BNP Paribas’ Global Markets group.

CAROL CHAN, CFA, is the Chief Investment Officer, Retirement Plans at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) overseeing the strategic management and operational aspects of the $8+ billion of retirement trust assets.

Liliana Chang is a partner in the Corporate Department of the law firm of Herrick, Feinstein LLP.

Peggy is the Principal of KnowledgeSources Consulting, a firm that represents a consortium of independent experts and thought leaders in the employee effectiveness arena.

Ishita Deshmukh is a Senior Associate in the Enterprise Strategy & Value practice at Strategy& (PwC), where she has advised executive leadership across financial services, retail, and consumer goods on strategy, operating model design, and large-scale digital transformation since 2023.

Laura is the founder of CareerCraft, a consultancy that partners with organizations to design and implement organizational training strategies and programs.  

Kathy Garramone served as the Chief Financial Officer of the North Bronx Healthcare Network, a regional network consisting of Jacobi Hospital and North Central Bronx Hospital, for 10 years.

Maria is a Director in the Financial Sponsors Group at BMO, where she covers large-cap and upper middle market private equity firms and has transaction experience across LBOs, M&A, and IPOs.

Maria Giraldo is a Managing Director in Guggenheim’s Macroeconomic and Investment Research group.

Anna Gitelman is a Managing Director, COO for the Internal Audit Division. In her role, she oversees multiple functions.

Elizabeth Green is the Director, Global Brand Value Chain Optimization for the Estee Lauder Companies.

Mary Greenebaum is a retired chief investment officer of New York Community Trust, a community foundation with approximately $3 billion in assets in more than 2,000 charitable funds. 

Susan Hume is an Associate Professor of Finance in the School of Business at The College of New Jersey.

Jewell Jones is a strategic finance manager at PepsiCo, leveraging her deep expertise in both finance and technology to drive impactful business decisions.

Mariya currently leads Business and Change Management for the Customer Service Management team at Wells Fargo. 

Bernitza Lafleur is a Senior Manager in EY’s Consulting practice focusing on Technology Risk. 

Jacqueline (Jackie) is a senior financial services industry executive with over 30 years of global banking experience at Citigroup where she held key strategic leadership roles in treasury, finance, and risk management.

Mara MacDonald works at Paramount Global as a Senior Director in Treasury & Capital Markets. Prior, she spent 13 years in Investment Banking.

Nancy Mui is a Director and the Compensation Partner for BlackRock’s Alternatives group.

Catherine is an independent corporate board director and change catalyst recognized for leveraging a distinguished background in global investment and fiduciary leadership to drive growth and stakeholder value.

Jacqueline Ng-Kennedy is a Vice President at The Estée Lauder Companies, where she leads a global enterprise transformation program spanning operating model redesign, P&L recovery, operations, technology / AI enablement, and global business services across 40+ countries.

Maria is a director in the Transaction Banking group at BNPP New York where she joined in 2018 with the task of providing correspondent banking services to banks as part of the Transactions Solutions for Banks team.

Erin is a legal/compliance professional with 17+ years of experience as a regulatory subject matter expert. Erin currently serves as the Chief Compliance Officer for Wedbush Securities, a full-service broker-dealer and registered investment adviser. 

Allison Reid is Associate General Counsel for Legal and Regulatory Affairs with S&P Global, a global financial information and analytics company.

Katie Renken is a senior capital markets executive with 10+ years of experience delivering strategic, client-focused solutions across the Americas.

As a recognized, awarded, and highly praised pioneer in market research, Ellen has excelled in creating methodological approaches and analytics for both quantitative and qualitative applied research.

Irene is a Private Equity Client Director Private Equity in AlterDomus Fund Service provider since 2021.

Sameera is a Vice President in the Global Financial Crimes Compliance Systems & Technology team at MUFG.

Janna Treybick is a PwC Director in the Trust Solutions Innovation & Technology (TSIT), Market Information & Data Analytics (MIDA) practice.

Kit Turner has been in the financial services industry for 30 years and has spent her entire career representing women and minority-owned investment banking firms. 

She started her career at New York Life shortly after graduation and held 4 different Accounting positions within New York Life over her first 8 years with the company.

Betsy Werley is in her third career, dedicated to helping people of all ages realize their full potential.

Karina Williams is currently a Director at UBS. She sits in IB NCL Technology on the High Performance – Agency and Trading Infrastructure team in an Audit and Financial Controls Business Management role.

Aidi is a Director in Global Markets Corporate Banking at BMO Capital Markets.