Markets Media Group is pleased to present the finalists for the 2023 U.S. Women in Finance Awards.
We’re thrilled to have such a strong and diverse roster of finalists, ranging from rising stars who are early in their careers to some of the most well-known and influential senior leaders in the financial industry.
The ninth-annual program will be held on the evening of Thursday, November 16, at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York City.
Congratulation to all Finalists!
| Rana | A.Razek | Head of Treasury Sales | Banque du Caire |
| Marianne | Abdou | VP, Electronic Trading | TD Cowen |
| Michelle | Adler | Head of Marketing and Marketing Intelligence | Fitch Solutions |
| Nidhi | Arora | Director – project manager | Société Générale |
| Erica | Attonito | Senior Business Development Executive | HRT |
| Sarita | Bakst | Global Head of the Data Management Product Line for Global Technology at JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase |
| Caroline | Baron | Vice President, Rates Sales and Client Management, Tradeweb | Tradeweb |
| Judith | Barry | Co-Head of Global Equities | Wells Fargo |
| Margaret | Belluche | Executive Director, Human Resources | Mizuho Americas |
| Cathy | Bessant | Retired | Bank of America |
| Meytal | Benichou | Managing Director, Head of Prime Clearing and Services Solutions | Societe Generale |
| Marta | Bezoari | EVP, Co-Head of Human Resources | PIMCO |
| Chaitali | Bharucha | Assistant Vice President | Moodys Investors Service |
| Allison | Bishop | President | Proof Trading, Inc. |
| Mariko | Boswell | EVP, Account Manager | PIMCO |
| Fouzia | Boufayssi | Managing Director and Deputy Head of Fixed Income Financing | Societe Generale |
| Sarah | Bratton Hughes | SVP, Head of ESG & Sustainable Investing | American Century Investments |
| Kimberly | Bridges | SVP, Director of Financial Planning | BOK Financial |
| Christine | Buckley | VP | Citi |
| Tina | Bustamante-Matos | Director, Lead Data Cloud Product Manager | RBC Capital Markets |
| Renee | Calabro | Chief Marketing Officer | TS Imagine |
| Mary | Callahan Erdoes | CEO | JP Morgan Asset & Wealth Management |
| Tammy | Camp | CEO and co-founder | Stronghold |
| Michelle | Carroll | Managing Director, COO Office, Investment & Corporate Banking | Mizuho Americas |
| Marianne | Caswell | President of Park Avenue Securities & Innovative Underwriters | Park Avenue Securities |
| Betty | Chen | Global Head of Strategy for Financial Institutions Sales and Solutions | Citi |
| Si | Chen | EVP, Portfolio Manager | PIMCO |
| Tonya | Chen | AVP, Markets Origination | Citi |
| Grace | Cheung | Vice President, Senior Algo Developer | Societe Generale |
| Sue | Childs | SVP and Head of Marketing | Venn by Two Sigma |
| Sabrin | Chowdhury | EVP, Head of Inclusion and Diversity | PIMCO |
| Veronica | Clark | US and Canada Economist | Citi |
| Lori | Coakley | Global Head of Fund Connect ETF and Cash Business Solutions within GlobalLink Fixed Income | State Street |
| Mandi | Cogsdill | SVP, Senior Finance Manager | PIMCO |
| Agnes | Crane | EVP, Deputy Head of Corporate Communications | PIMCO |
| Rebecca | Crowe | COO, Markets and execution services | BNY Mellon |
| Luna | Cui | Operations Analyst | Virtu Financial |
| Maura | Cunningham | Founder and CEO | Rock the Street, Wall Street |
| Samantha | Darryanto | Senior Vice President | Jefferies |
| Leslie | Dawe | Trader, Executive Director | UBS Securities |
| April | Dennis | Director – Senior Compliance officer | Société Générale |
| Kristen | DePre | Vice President, Account Manager | PIMCO |
| Christa | DeSpirt | Senior Vice President, Head of Brand and Marketing Shared Services | M&T Bank |
| Anissa | Dhouibi | MD, Global Head of Equities Quantitative Analysis | Citi |
| Kassandra | Dolor | Marketing Communications Specialist | Virtu Financial |
| Alison | Doyle | Head of ETP Listings | Nasdaq |
| Shari | Dreisiger | Head of People | Trumid |
| Courtney | Duff | Business Operations Lead, Product & Engineering | Symphony |
| Meaghan | Dugan | Head of Options | NYSE |
| Deirdre | Dunn | MD | Citi |
| Stephanie | Eagle | SVP, business manager/ Chief of Staff for Citi’s Markets CAO organization | Citi |
| Renee | Emmet | Managing Director, Counterparty Portfolio Management | Mizuho Americas |
| Gloria | Ezeakor | EVP, Head, Austin Human Resources | PIMCO |
| Sharon | Flanagan | Senior Technical Project Manager | IntelligentCross |
| Nancy | Follon | Director, Head of Cross-Asset collateral management | Societe Generale |
| Lily | Forouraghi | Managing Director, Head of Endowment and Foundations | BlackRock |
| Katie | Flood | Managing Director | Deutsche Bank |
| Jane | Fraser | CEO | Citi |
| Ofri | Frider | Director, Sales & Relationship Management | NYSE |
| Preeyam | Gandhi | SVP, Product Strategist | PIMCO |
| Susan | Gaughan | Managing Director, Chief of Staff/Head of Chicago Office | Societe Generale |
| Kaela | Gibbons | EVP, Account Manager | PIMCO |
| Linda | Gibson | CEO, Chair | PGIM Quantitative Solutions |
| Stacey | Gilbert | CIO | Glenmede Investment Management |
| Susan | Gilbertson | Head of US Equity Research | Mizuho Americas |
| Alejandra | Glass | Managing Director, Head of SIFMU (Systemically Important Financial Market Utilities) First Line Resilience and Control | DTCC |
| Holly | Goodwin | Senior Equity Trader | Janus Henderson Investors |
| Emily | Gray | Head of AI/ML User Experience (UX) | JPMorgan Chase |
| Prerna | Gupta | SVP, Fixed Income Strategist | PIMCO |
| Shannon | Hales | General Counsel | Citi |
| Jackie | Ham | Syndicate Trader | FMR |
| Suni | Harford | President | UBS Asset Management |
| Momoko | Hasegawa | Vice President | Societe Generale |
| Anne | Hilton | Director, Markets Compliance | Scotia Bank |
| Roseann | Hilway | Managing Director, Head of Real Money Account Sales, Rates | Tradeweb |
| Ashley | Horne | Director, Corporate Sponsorships & Events | Mizuho Americas |
| Jill | Jacobson | Senior Sales/Trader | Societe Generale |
| Aniqa | Jannath | Director, Global Treasury Solutions Officer | Bank of America |
| Mona | Jasani | Head of Communications and Marketing | Trumid |
| Min | Jeong Oh | FX Trader | BlackRock |
| Amanda | Jiménez | Business Development | HRT |
| Jenny | Johnson | CEO | Franklin Templeton Investments |
| Austin | Kastelic | SVP, Product Marketing Manager | PIMCO |
| Kshamta | Kaushik | MD & Head, Global Capital Markets U.S. | Scotia Bank |
| Yana | Keresteliev | Director – Head of Systematic Strategies Institutional Sales and Origination | Citi |
| Svetlana | Kheyman | Director | Citi |
| Joan | Khory | Managing Director & Chief Marketing Officer | Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. |
| Shannon | Koenig | Executive Director, Analytical Products | Instinet |
| Patricia | Koetzner | MD, Equity Sales & Trading | Siebert Williams |
| Jamie | Kopsachilis | MD Head of HR transformation and Talent Acquisition | Societe Generale |
| Ashley | Kryshtalsky | Global Head of EMS Product | Virtu LLC |
| Carmela | Lao | Risk Manager | Virtu Financial |
| Christine | Laspalakis | Director, Head of Special Events | Société Générale |
| Kristen | Lawler | Business Development | XTX |
| Sage | Lee | Head of Product for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) Lifecycle Management and Governance | JPMorgan Chase |
| Rebecca | Lewinson | Vice President | BlackRock |
| Serena | Lin | Managing Director, Head of Agency Mortgage Backed Securities Trading Desk | Mizuho Americas |
| Ali | Lombardo | Head of Trading | Corbets Capital |
| Ellen | Luntz | Director, Loan Sales & Trading | Societe Generale |
| Beijia | Ma | Managing Director | Alkeon |
| Betty | Mah | MD, global Head of Markets Relationship Management | Citi |
| Nemu | Manjezi | Director, Markets Diversity Advocate | Citi |
| Arielle | Marcigliano | Senior Dealer Credit Sales -VP | Liquidnet |
| Heather | Masciotti | Managing Director | Citi |
| Laura | McNally | Deputy General Counsel | Symphony |
| Meriam | Meghirbi | Technology executive | JPMorgan Chase |
| Lauren | Mendelsohn | Sr. HR Business Partner | Societe Generale |
| Tamela | Merriweather | Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Northern Trust | Northern Trust |
| Kimberly | Metzger | Director, Credit Management Team Leader | Societe Generale |
| Loraine | Nascimento | Vice President | Citi |
| Jen | Nayar | President & CEO | Sterling Trading Tech |
| Sophie | Nguyen | Head of US Investment Grade Trading | AllianceBernstein |
| Kathryn | Novak | Team Lead, North America Analytics Coverage | Virtu Financial |
| Jennifer | Opheim | SVP, Senior Counsel | PIMCO |
| Antonia | Peabody | Chief Operating Office and Senior Deputy General Counsel, Citadel Legal & Compliance | Citadel |
| Tara | Phelan | CMO | Templum |
| Rachel | Pike | Chief Operating Officer | Modern Treasury |
| Shelley | Pressman | VP – Head of Environmental & Social Risk, Société Générale Americas | Societe Generale |
| JoAnn | Price | Co-Founder, Managing Partner | Fairview Capital Partners |
| Leela | Ramnath | Senior Vice President and Head of Sustainability Strategy | Warburg Pincus |
| Natalya | Rasmussen | COO, Fixed Income Division | Mizuho Americas |
| Natalie | Razdolsky | Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | Jefferies |
| Marie | Reece | Vice President, Customer Success and Revenue Operations | IPC Systems |
| Patricia | Ribeiro | Co-CIO Global Growth Equities | American Century Investments |
| Melissa | Reeves | EVP, Global Head of Brand and Client Experience | PIMCO |
| Justine | Robertson | Head of U.S. Sales and Client Strategy | Trumid |
| Heather | Robertson Fortner | CEO | Signature FD |
| Cristina | Rosenberg | Global Head of Citi Velocity | Citi |
| Priya | Sadarangani | Managing Director | BofA |
| JoAnn | Schaub | Director, Institutional Wealth | BOK Financial |
| Jennifer | Schiffman | Portfolio Manager | Verition |
| Lisa | Schirf | Managing Director, Global Head of Data & Analytics | Tradeweb |
| Laura | Schisgall | General Counsel | Societe Generale |
| Ann | Shiflett | Director | Citi |
| Kanti | Shrestha | Executive Director and Head of Communications for Tech Platforms, Cybersecurity & Technology Controls | JPMorgan Chase |
| Kate | Skubisz | Chief of Staff, Technology and Operations | BlackRock |
| Jamie | Slusher | Director of Client Project Management | Canoe Intelligence |
| Corry | Starr | Director, Strategic Accounts | Symphony |
| Carla | Stent | Non executive Director | Marex Financial |
| Tipsy | Talwar | Managing Director | Morgan Stanley |
| Sonali | Theisen | Global Head of FICC E-Trading | Bank of America |
| Renee | Tierney | SVP, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer | PIMCO |
| Jessica | Tom | EVP, Credit Research | PIMCO |
| Lauren | Tracy | EVP, Head of Consultant Relations Americas | PIMCO |
| Winnie | Tung | AI/ML | JPMorgan Chase |
| Nogie | Udevbulu | Head of Global Research and Analytics | Blackrock |
| Kimberly | Unger | President | STANY |
| Lisa | Utasi | Director and Senior Equity Trader | ClearBridge Investment |
| Theodora | Vardis | MD, FX Sales and Relationship Management | Citi |
| Christina | Villa | Chief Operating Officer | Broadridge Financial Solutions |
| Alla | Vodarsky | Head of Executive Compensation and Payroll | Virtu Financial |
| Aisling | Wallace | Executive Director | Instinet |
| Eva | Walsh | Executive Director | JP Morgan Investment Management |
| Ivy | Wanta | US Electronic Product Lead | Scotiabank |
| Katherine | Whitby | Director, Co-Head Project Management | Societe Generale |
| Michelle | Wilson | Head of Product | Canoe Intelligence |
| Courtnay | Wood | Counsel | Societe Generale |
| Kathleen | Wrynn | Executive Director, Chief Technology Office | JPMorgan Chase |
| Catherine | Wu | Sr Financial Planning & Analysis Specialist | Societe Generale |
| Jenny | Xiao | Head of Global Rates Trading | BlackRock |
| Tansy | Xiao | Head of Quant, S&P Options | Chicago Trading Company |
| Jessica | Zall | Chief Marketing Officer | Percent |
| Rachel | Zhang | Managing Director | Jefferies |
| Yinglu | Zhang | Managing Director, Head Structured Solutions Sales | Citigroup Inc. |
| Jenny | Zhou | Director, Liquidity and Regulatory Reporting Manager | Société Générale |
| Noemi | Zibuts | MD, Markets Govenance & Control | Citi |
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