Nicsa's Diversity Project North America Announces 2023 Rising Stars

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:

• Recognition at Nicsa’s Fearless Leadership Symposium (NYC | June 2023)
• Leadership training via Nicsa’s Accelerator Professional Development Program
• Networking opportunities with senior leaders from Nicsa member firms

 
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