Professional experience

Exec. Director, Maguire Center for Ethics:  July 2020 - present

Associate Professor, The American College for Financial Services

As the only ethics center within an academic institution focusing exclusively on the financial services industry, The American College Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics in Financial Services promotes ethical behavior by offering programs that go beyond the rules of market conduct to help executives and producers be more sensitive to ethical issues and think more critically about ethical solutions.

V.P., Investment Stewardship:  May 2019 - June 2020

As a member of the Investment Stewardship team, I led and executed on engagements in a portfolio of companies in which BlackRock is invested on behalf of clients. The Investment Stewardship team is an investment function, serving as the corporate governance and proxy voting team of the company.

Executive Director: September 2015 - April 2019

Using behavioral science, Ethical Systems builds bridges between the academic research on ethical behavior and culture, and business practice. The organization is a collaboration of the leading social and behavioral scientists at a range of business schools in the U.S. and abroad.

Adjunct Professor: September 2016 - present

I teach, or have taught, a combination of M.B.A. and undergraduate business classes on professional responsibility, business stakeholder management, and leadership.

Board Member, July 2017 - May 2019

I serves as an independent trustee/board member for a '40 Act interval fund, managed by Union Square Capital Partners; a fund providing low-fee real estate investment opportunities to retail investors.

Assistant V.P. and Ethics Officer, Compliance Function, July 2012 – August 2015 

Counsel, Bank Supervision & Markets, Legal Function, Sept 2007 – July 2012 

Attorney, Bank Supervision & Markets, Legal Function, Sept 2007 – Dec 2009

Associate, Corporate Transactions:  September 2005- August 2007

International law firm based in NYC.

Sr. Program Assistant, Development & New Initiatives:  Dec 1999 - June 2001

International NGO focused on election monitoring and institution-building. 

J.D., May, 2005

M.A., May, 2005 (D.C. & Bologna)

B.A., Echols Scholar, May 1999