Meet Our Advisory Board
A UFIIN Advisor is a Content Expert in their field, providing their expertise and insight to UFIIN and associated members to guide them towards success.

John Brennan
CEO & Co-Founder @ AITEC | ECI Board Advisor

Emily Foshag, CFA
Portfolio Manager at Principal Asset Management

Kathy Hendrickson
Retired Director of UConn Business Career Development Office

Bridget Lyons
Professor of Finance @ Welch College of Business

Sophie Garret
Analyst at Ruane Cunniff LP

Ernst Knacke, CFA
Head Of Research at LeifBridge and Shard Capital

Kathy Marshall
Business Education Teacher at Tolland High School

Anu Chhabra-Coulter
Nosirrah Capital Limited Founder

Julianna Cushner
Commercial Banking Analyst at Citi

Pennie George, CFA
Investor and Community Builder, The University of British Columbia

Jamie Lewis
Founder of One Step Capital

Tara McCarthy
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

David Noble
Director of the Peter J. Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Shannon O’Mara, CFA
Head of Credit Research

Nikki Pirrello
Senior Executive Connecting Thought Leaders in Retirement, Institutional Investing and Global Asset Management

Helen Schoeb
Founder & CEO of XFS Coaching Solutions | Executive Coach & Mentor for Senior Leaders in Financial Services

Amanda Pullinger
CEO of Debbie’s Dream Foundation: Curing Stomach Cancer; Co-Founder at Global Female Investors Network; Advisory Board – Women in Finance Group; Advisory Board – CMI Women

Alex Stamboulis
Sales & Trading Associate at Morgan Stanley

Caroline Ritter
Co-Portfolio Manager, Lyrical Asset Management

Tanya Tracey
CEO, GAIN UK (Girls Are Investors) | Board Trustee, GAIN Sweden | Diversity & Inclusion Champion

Grace Van Tartwijk
Manager, Partnership Management at The Female Quotient

Ishita Panwar
Strategy & M&A, Office of the CEO, at Altimetrik
Meet our Campus Ambassadors

ELIZABETH BRASSART
Campus Ambassador Program Director
University of Minnesota
Year: Junior
Major: Finance

Joy Yang
University of British Columbia
Year: Junior
Major: Finance

Skye Coffey
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Year: Junior
Major: Commerce

Kathrine Eckerty
Fordham University
Year: Junior
Major: Business

Ivanna Duenas-Garcia
Sterling University [Scotland]
Year: Senior
Major: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Meet the Leadership Team

Lauren Feffer
University of Connecticut
Year: Sophomore
Major: Finance

Camden Becker
University of Connecticut
Year: Junior
Major: Finance

Elizabeth Brassart
University of Minnesota
Year: Junior
Major: Finance

Skye Coffey
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Year: Junior
Major: Commerce

Nehir Yurtsever
University of Exeter
Year: Junior
Major: Computer Science & Mathematics

Olga Drobockyi
University of Connecticut
Year: Sophomore
Major: Finace

Joy Yang
University of British Columbia
Year: Junior
Major: Finance

Persephone Deeds
University of Connecticut
Year: Junior
Major: Finance

Steven M. Wilson
Founder and Managing Director
University of Connecticut School of Business