Boston, MA – June 4, 2024 – Nicsa is pleased to announce the winners of its Rising Star Program, a mentorship and awards program aimed at providing networking and career development opportunities to diverse, aspiring leaders in the asset and wealth management industry.
Nicsa’s Diversity Project North America recognizes the importance of supporting emerging leaders with a program that not only provides recognition and exposure for diverse employees, but develops and hones the skills critical for retention and advancement of valued talent within the industry.
The 2024 Rising Stars were nominated by member firms of Nicsa’s Diversity Project North America and will receive the following benefits:
- Recognition at Nicsa’s Fearless Leadership Symposium on June 12 in NYC
- Leadership training via Nicsa’s Accelerator Professional Development Program
- Networking opportunities with senior leaders from Nicsa member firms
The 2024 Rising Stars (representing their Diversity Project member firms) are:
Aegon Asset Management | River Dunne
Allspring Global Investments | Xiomary Sanchez Rodriguez
American Century Investments | Jessica Gonzalez-Smith
Amundi US | Maud Schmitt
Aon | Rohan Kumar
AXA Investment Managers SA | Mounir Oularbi
BlackRock | Alana Davis
BNY Mellon | Nicole Nader
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | Colleen Fitzsimons
Calamos Investments | Nii Ayi
Capital Group | American Funds | Hillary Hurst
CFA Institute | Mercy Ngungu
Citi | Marissa Crespo
Columbia Threadneedle Investments | Nadine Ishimwe
Confluence | Katherine MacNeil
Dimensional Fund Advisors Inc. | Isabel Haring
Edward Jones | Jamie Kauther
Ernst & Young LLP | Brittany Bello
Fidelity Investments | Mara Badali
Franklin Templeton | Deirdre DiMauro
FS Investments | Lexi DiGennaro
HSBC Global Asset Management | Nayali Quezada
J.P. Morgan | Yonas Shiferaw
MFS Investment Management | Meghan Dowd
Nationwide Financial | Waldo Torres
Northern Trust | Yessica Arguello Avila
Payden & Rygel Investment Group | Eduardo Pablin
Polen Capital | Andrew Marceau
Russell Investments | Stacy Joseph
Schroders | Mindy Lau
SS&C Technologies, Inc. | Nicole Floistad
State Street Corporation | Jacqueline Chacon
Thrivent Financial Investor Services, Inc. | Sofia Fuentes
Questions about the Rising Star Program, the Fearless Leadership Symposium, or how to join the Diversity Project North America can be sent to info@nicsa.org.
About Diversity Project North America
The Diversity Project North America is a cross-company initiative that champions DEI as a strategic business priority within the asset and wealth management industry. Through education, advocacy, and idea sharing, we promote the acceptance of diversity in all forms, the elimination of barriers and biases, and the creation of equitable opportunities.
About Nicsa
Nicsa is a not-for-profit trade association striving to connect all facets of the global asset and wealth management industry in order to develop, share, implement, and advance leading practices. With broad industry participation, Nicsa serves a diverse set of industry professionals focused on a wide array of business lines including product, distribution, technology innovation, data, operations, risk management, and accounting.
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