Adeola Akinrinade is a Director in the Financial Advisory Services Group and has over 15 years of experience providing financial and strategic advisory services to companies and creditors.
Meet Our Mentors
Neha has 20 years of experience in the IT Industry, Neha joined IBM in August 2008 and her current role is IBM Managing Director
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.
Barbara Bergman has 30+ years of experience in the finance and banking industry.
Marietta came to Baruch from BMO Capital Corp., where she was Vice President and Senior Human Resources Business Partner supporting Investment Banking/Equity Products.
CAROL CHAN, CFA, is the Deputy Chief Investment Officer/Finance Director at EY US LLP overseeing the strategic management and operational aspects of the $28+ billion of retirement trust assets.
Liliana Chang is a partner in the Corporate Department of the law firm of Herrick, Feinstein LLP.
Julia Coto is currently the CFO at ChartSpan Medical Technologies. Julia has 15+ years of leading finance and accounting organizations within start-ups as they scale.
Grace is a chartered accountant with over 10 years' experience in accounting and finance.
Claudia is a Director for the Global Corporate Transaction Banking at BMO Capital Markets in Chicago.
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 Giraldo is a Managing Director in Guggenheim’s Macroeconomic and Investment Research group.
Anna Gitelman is a Managing Director and Head of Technology, Operations & Firm Resilience Business Management at Morgan Stanley.
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.
Ms. Halpern is a graduate of New York University and holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics and a Master of Business Administration from the Stern School of Business.
Ms. Hertenstein is entering her 6th year as an FWA/Baruch mentor, in addition to being a part of the 2016 FWA Pacesetter class and former Co-Chair of the Pacesetter Program for the 2019-2020/2020-2021 class.
Stacey Huber is a Talent Development Partner supporting the CIB Americas region at BNP Paribas.
Susan Hume is an Associate Professor of Finance in the School of Business at The College of New Jersey.

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.
Stephanie is a Tax Director with PwC's National Tax Services and Process Businesses practice, with over 16 years of experience in the banking, capital markets, and insurance and asset management industries.
Lucille Licciardello is an inspired, strategic leader with a proven history of managing projects and effecting change desired by stakeholders with timely results.
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 is an Executive Director in Leveraged Finance within Morgan Stanley’s Global Capital Markets group.
Salome is a managing director in Alternatives Capital Markets and Strategy (ACMS) within Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Kathryn Mayer is President and Founder of KC Mayer Consulting, Inc., a strategic leadership firm providing both individual executive coaching and group seminars with a special focus on women in competitive businesses.
Maureen has been an FWA member for more than 20 years and an FWA Baruch mentor since 2003.
Karen is the former US Partner in Ernst & Young's (EY) New York Consulting Practice as part of the Financial Services Office.
Nancy Mui is a Director and the Compensation Partner for BlackRock’s Alternatives group.
Fang Fang is currently a Senior Solutions Engineer at Alloy (an identity verification company based out of NYC).
Mindy is an assurance Senior Manager at CohnReznick LLP’s New York office and a member of the firm’s Not-for-Profit and Education Industry practice.
Jemi is a finance professional with over a decade of experience in the Capital Markets Space.
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 has 16+ years of experience performing legal and compliance functions, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements for brokerage, investment adviser, and proprietary trading business lines.
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 Vice President, Americas for the Global Financial Institutions Group (GFIG).
Fran is founder and President of Riemer Consulting Inc., which specializes in Executive/Leadership Coaching and Organization Development.
Tunisia Riley is a DE&I Specialist at New York Life where she’s been able to bring her academic training, institutional knowledge, passion for social justice, strategic thinking, and communications skills to her role.
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.
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.
Aidi is a Director in Global Markets Corporate Banking at BMO Capital Markets.
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.