Speaker Series

Speaker Series events bring insightful finance and business speakers to our NYU chapter. The events follow an interview style followed by audience Q&A. Past conversations have explored topics like climbing the corporate ladder, work-life balance, recruiting, relationship building, and maintaining healthy habits, as well as staying true to one's morals and values in the corporate world.

The events are designed to be incredibly informative and impactful for both students and speakers. They provide a way to connect with professionals in the industry who can help illustrate how and why SOF’s core values of integrity, compassion, humility, curiosity, impact, and courage are needed in finance today. They are also a great way to network with finance leaders.

Former Guest Speakers

  • Elizabeth Sandler

    Founder & CEO of Echo Juliette, Former COO at Blackstone, Deutsche Bank

  • Rick Bensignor

    Founder and MD of Bensignor Investment Strategies, formerly at Morgan Stanley & Bloomberg

  • Leah Dillon

    COO and Head of Partner Engagement at Alliance Global Advisors

  • Sam Stovall

    Chief Investment Strategist at CFRA Research

  • Werner Rehm

    Partner at McKinsey & Company in the Corporate Finance Practice

  • Heidi Roisen

    Partner at Threshold Ventures

  • Schuyler Heuer

    Chief Operating Officer at Goldman Sachs Bank USA

  • Daniel Hoffman

    Managing Director at Cerberus Capital Management

  • Anthony Paquette

    Chief Financial Officer at Point72

  • Jonathan Cary

    Senior Managing Director at Guggenheim

  • Agostina Pechi

    Managing Director at Goldman Sachs

  • Stephen Orlins

    President of the National Committee of US-China Relations

  • Patrick Clancy

    Director at KKR Credit

  • Alex Lass

    Director at Greensledge

  • Umit Alptuna

    Partner & COO at Rudius & Former MD at Goldman Sachs

  • Dena Samad

    Financial Analyst at Google & Former Investment Banking Analyst at Citi

  • Joe Di Salvo

    Managing Partner at Di Salvo Howard PLLC

  • Tanya Baker

    Managing Director at Goldman Sachs

  • Skylar Dabbar

    Vice-President, Investment Banking (Healthcare) at Goldman Sachs

  • David Ke

    Managing Director, Equity Capital Markets at J.P. Morgan

  • Michelle Barone

    Former COO at Goldman Sachs

  • Anna Gitelman

    CFO of Technology and Operations at Morgan Stanley

  • Kevin Lee

    Investment Management Associate at Goldman Sachs

  • Tom Cole

    Former Head of Leveraged Finance and Recruiting for Capital Markets at Citi

  • Elizabeth Lewis

    Managing Director and Deputy Head of ESG at Blackstone

  • Teri List

    Board Member at Microsoft and Visa

  • Drew Goldman

    Global Head of Investment Banking Coverage and Advisory at Deutsche Bank

  • John Taft

    Vice-Chairman at Baird

  • Steve Anderson

    Managing Director at Charles Schwab

  • Anne Black

    President at Goldman Sachs Gives

  • Daniel Fridman

    Investment Banking Analyst at J.P. Morgan

  • Alexia Gallian

    Investment Analyst at Partners Group

  • Jay Woods

    NYSE Floor Governor

  • Vishal Mathur

    Executive Director at J.P. Morgan

  • Kayler Body

    Executive Director at Morgan Stanley

  • Debbie Heard

    Partner at KMPG US

  • Vik Jindal

    Former Managing Director at Evercore

  • Korinne Ellis

    Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion and VP of Audit at Morgan Stanley