Boston, MA – June 14, 2023 – Nicsa is pleased to announce the 2023 awardees 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 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 2023 Rising Stars were nominated by member firms of Nicsa’s Diversity Project North America and receive the following benefits:
The 2023 Rising Stars (representing their Diversity Project member firms) are:
Aegon Asset Management | Emily Phelps, Tactical Portfolio Manager
Allspring Global Investments | Bithja Pierre, Communications Strategist
American Century Investments | Jennifer Simmons, Financial Consultant
Amundi Asset Management | Amber Jiang, Investment Associate
Aon Investments, USA Inc. | Margaret Uhlein, Senior Consultant
Aviva Investors | Jane Xie, Portfolio Manager Fixed Income
AXA Investment Managers | Daniela Ramos, Financial Controller
Bank of America Merrill Lynch | Ana Schaja, Business Strategy & Initiative Manager
BlackRock | Jenny Wu, Associate
BNY Mellon | Pershing | Alexis Marans, Vice President
Broadridge Financial Solutions | Timothy Leung, Manager Compliance
Calamos Investments | Meagan Polidoro, Compliance Associate
Capital Group | Michelle Cremar-Rodriguez, Intermediary Services Manager
CFA Institute | Lilia Greenwald, Director, Talent Development
Citi | Eugene Smith II, Assistant Vice President - Talent and Diversity
Columbia Threadneedle Investments | Catarina Pontes, Senior Manager, Instructional Design
Confluence Technologies Inc. | Katelyn Cummings, Senior Product Designer
Dimensional Fund Advisors | Yajnaseni Savarna, Associate Investment Strategist
Edward Jones | Riley Harshbarger, Product Analyst
EY | Alina Ehsan, Manager
Fidelity Investments | Katie Wong, Research Analyst
FS Investments | Krista Bowers, Executive Director, Sales Strategy & Analytics
Hartford Funds | Ozzie Bryan, Senior Research Analyst
HSBC Asset Management (USA) | Christina Vu, Vice President, Institutional Sales
ICG | Meg Donlin, Associate, Strategic Equity
J.P. Morgan | Brittany Gibler Dalton, Vice President – Corporate Investment Bank
Janus Henderson Investors | Trevor O'Hara, Product Operations Manager - Global Technology
John Hancock Investment Management | Angan Sarker, Investment Analyst
MFS Investment Management | Amaris Sok, Business Continuity Engineer
Nationwide | Gregory “Robbie” Martinez, Sr Analyst, Brokerage Service Team
Northern Trust | Simona Ilies, Team Lead-Second Vice President
Payden & Rygel | Alexander Velazquez, Portfolio Analyst
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