About

The Georgetown University Wall Street Alliance brings together Georgetown alumni, parents and friends in the business community. Since 1995, the Wall Street Alliance has developed into a significant force in the business and financial community.

The group works to raise Georgetown’s profile and that of its alumni, parents and friends in business; to create and participate in networking opportunities for business professionals; to provide networking, mentoring and scholarship support to current and future Georgetown students and to build relationships between members’ firms and the university for the mutually beneficial exchange of resources.

Leadership

The Wall Street Alliance Board of Advisors consists of Georgetown alumni and parent volunteers. There are four chairs who head the board.

History

In 1993, William P. Frank (C’63), Victor R. Wright [father of Jennifer (C’96) and Samantha (C’99)] and James F. Higgins (B’70) independently proposed that the university develop a Wall Street affinity group. Each had seen similar groups at peer institutions and recognized the benefits of such an alliance, both for individual members and for universities and their students.

In 1995, the Wall Street Alliance was founded. It sponsors several events annually featuring prominent speakers.

In 2000, the alliance established The Wall Street Alliance Scholarship Fund for undergraduate students. The Fund was inaugurated at the first annual Wall Street Alliance Scholarship Dinner in March 2001.

The alliance also helps Georgetown students explore careers in business through connections with alliance members and by providing ongoing assistance to the Main Campus, MBA, SFS, and Law Center career centers.

Board of Advisors

Board Chairs

Joseph V. Amato (B’84, Parent’13, ’17, ’19)
President, Neuberger Berman Group LLC and Chief Investment Officer, Equities

Robert Bovo (B’00)
Senior Vice President
D.E. Shaw Group

Suzanne Donohoe (C’92)
Chief Commercial Officer & Head of EQT-Ext (“CXO”)
EQT

Damien Dwin (B’97, Parent’26, ’28)
Founder & CEO
Lafayette Square

Board Members

Kobby Adu-Diawuo (C’17)
Private Equity Associate
Ares Management

Patricia Anaya (SFS’12)
Transfer Pricing Senior Manager
EY

William D. Anderson, Jr. (B’88, L’94, P’16, P’23)
Senior Managing Director
Evercore

Erik Andrieux (B’07)
Private Equity Associate
Ares Management

Stephen F. Arcano (F’84, L’88, P’15)
Partner, Mergers and Acquisitions
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP

James L. Atwater, Jr. (B’85)
Managing Director
Marathon Asset Management

Thomas L. Bianco (B’77)
General Partner
Bianco Management, LLC

Brian W. Bolster (C’94, MBA’98, P’23)
Global Head of Power and Infrastructure Investment Banking, Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Robert M. Bovo (B’00)
Chief Investment Officer
WestWind Asset Management

Tim Brosnan (C’80, Parent ’16, ’21)
Managing Director
Tim Brosnan, LLC

Dan Brupbacher (B’04)
Partner
Two Creeks

David Caracta (SFS’00)
Roadshow Coordinator
Nomura Securities

Helen Carey O’Neill (C’81)
Managing Director
USBank

Cindy Chu (B’19)
Manager, Growth Strategy
Capital One Travel

Patrick Clancy (B’13)
Director
KKR

Tim Creedon (SFS’98)
Managing Director
Neuberger Berman

David E. Czerniecki, CFA (B’87)
Chief Investment Officer
Nassau Financial Group

Frank J. D’Ambrosio (B’77, P’17, P’19)
Senior Business Development Officer
MAI Capital Management, LLC

Marisa DeAngelis (SFS’11)
Director
BlackRock

Joseph Della Rosa (Parent ’05, ’07)
Private Investor
Della Rosa Investment Partners

Richard F. Dziedziula (B’79)
Vice President – Directors & Officers
Financial Lines Claims
AIG Property Casualty

Irene Edwards (B’00)
Partner, Head of Investor Relations
Lovell Minnick Partners

Aziz El-Tahch (SFS’00)
Managing Director
Stout

Steven D. Feldman (L’97)
Attorney at Law
Murphy & McGonigle Professionals

Gregory A. Fernicola (L’85)
Partner, Corporate Finance
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Frank J. Folz, III (SFS’72)
Managing Director
Generational Equity, LLC

Tim Fording (B’89, Parent ’25)
Managing Director
Cerberus Capital Management

William P. Frank (C’00)
Operating Partner
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

Gavin Fraser (B’88)
CEO
Small Planet

Julian Fu (SFS’12)
Customer Success Manager
Airtable

Mackenzie Fulk (B’06)
President
Wolfe Research

Thomas M. Galvin (B’83, P’18, P’20)
Lead Portfolio Manager
Columbia Management

Anne Gilliland (C’16)
VP Investor Relations
Stone Point Capital

Charlotte Gilliland (C’19)
Associate
Palladium Equity Partners

Cindy Gori (B’19)
Manager
Capital One

Eric Han (SFS’16)
Principal
KKR

Thomas J. Healey (C’64, P’95)
Partner
Healey Development LLC

Emma Hinchcliffe (C’15)
Senior Writer
Fortune

Brian R. Hogan, Jr. (C’86)
Managing Director
Macquarie Capital

Jessica Holton (B’12)
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, OURS
Co-Founder, Access Distributed

Jeffrey Kelly, CFA (B’02)
Partner
Summit Rock Advisors

Julia Kosygina (SFS’10)
Principal, Public Affairs
KKR

Christopher Landon (C’98)
Executive Director
UBS

Philip Lo (B’04)
Head of Investor Relations
GPI Capital

Jill Lohrfink (B’82)

Timothy Machir (C’05)
Managing Director
Wolfe Research

Andy Marte (C’13)
St. John the Baptist

David F. McBride (C’69, L’73, P’98, P’02, P’07)
Chief Executive Officer
McBride Enterprises, Inc.

Frank McDonough (C’72, P’12)
Founder & Managing Partner
Lightower Capital, LLC

Nikola Mirkovic (SFS’20)
Analyst
ING

Jordan R. Mittman (C’07)
Managing Director
Vestian Global Workplace Services

Joseph Murgida (C’21)
Associate
Americans for Tax Reform

Debbie Murphy (C’15)
Director of Student Affairs and Community Service
Dwight-Englewood School

Alejandro Neira (SFS’13)
Senior Project Finance Analyst
GE Energy Financial Services

Adeline Horner Neubert (F’85)
Executive and Team Coaching
Plus Coaching

Louis Ng (B’06)
Director of ETF Capital Markets
Milliman FRM

Leo J. O’Donovan, S. J.  (C’56)
President Emeritus
Georgetown University

Daniel P. Paduano (C’66)
Senior Portfolio Manager & Managing Director
Neuberger Berman

Stephen Paluszek (B’79)
Principal
PRB Investors

Darrin Peller (MBA’05)
Managing Director
Wolfe Research

Matthew J. Petrillo (C’09, MBA’13)
Vice President
Clarion Partners

Peter A. Poulakakos (C’98)
Founder
HPH

Michael G. Psaros (B’89, P’21)
Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner
KPS Capital Partners, LP

Nick Savone (B’95)
Global Head of Institutional Equities Sales
Morgan Stanley

Zachary Scharf (C’17)
Medical Student & MBA Candidate

Tim Seymour (B’88)
CIO
Seymour Asset Management

Marc H. Sulam (B’84)
Portfolio Manager
Healy Circle Partners

Erin Summe (C’08)
Director
Intrinsic Exchange Group

Thomas M. Thees (C’82, P’08, P’11, P’15)
Former Interim CEO/Executive Director
VNACJ Community Health Center

Joseph P. Toce, Jr. (C’73, P’02, P’05, P’07, P’14)
Regional Managing Director
Andersen Tax LLC

Brent R. Tomlinson (B’09, L’12)
Chief Strategy Officer
Prime Clerk

Jason De Sena Trennert (F’90)
Chief Executive Officer
Strategas Research Partners

Vanessa Washington (C’08)
Special Agent
Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General

John Wooters (C’75)

Samantha Wright (C’99)
VP & Senior Executive Producer
CNBC

Jenny Xu (C’21)
Digital Strategist
Veracity Media

Bessie Zavidow (SFS’18)
Business Analyst
Viking Global Investors, LP

 

Emeritus Members

*Joseph P. Baratta (B’93)
Global Head of Private Equity
The Blackstone Group L.P.

*Mary Taylor Behrens (C’83, P’16, P’18, P’22)

*Robert L. Billingsley (F’68, P’99, P’03)
Vice Chairman
Cushman & Wakefield

*Lloyd E. Campbell (B’79)
Consultant
Spencer Stuart

*Deborah J. Canty (C’78)
First Vice President – Wealth Management Advisor
The GCCA Group

*Jeff Chapski (B’91)
Founder | Hoya Gateway
President Emeritus|Georgetown University Alumni Association

*Kelly C. Coffey (MSFS’89)
Chief Executive Officer
City National Bank

*Betsy Comerford (B’80, P’15, P’18)
Managing Director
JPMorgan Securities Inc.

*Anthony R. Coscia (F’81, P’10, P’12, P’16)
Partner
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP

*Peter N. Crnkovich (B’78, P’11, P’13)
Senior Advisor
Morgan Stanley

*Timothy E. Cronin (P’12, P’14, P’14)
President
Jefferies International Limited

*Thomas F. Dempsey (C’88)     
Managing Director
Corsair Capital

*Alan Di Sciullo, Esq. (C’72, L’77, P’06)
Retired Director of Global Real Estate
Shearman & Sterling LLP

*Mary Callahan Erdoes (C’89)
Chief Executive Officer, Asset Management
J.P. Morgan

*Paul H. Farfel (B’87)
Partner, Risk Management and Regulatory Practice
Ernst & Young LLP Assurance and Advisory Business Services

*Thomas W. Farley (C’97)
Chief Executive Officer, President & Chairman
Far Point Acquisition Corporation

*Shawn K. Feeney (B’81, P’14, P’17, P’19)
Chief Administrative Officer, North America Markets
Citigroup, Inc.

*Henry A. Fernandez (C’79)
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
MSCI Inc

*James E. Fitzgerald, Jr. (C’74, P’00, P’09, P’18)
Executive Vice President
New York Metro Middle Market Banking Division
Wells Fargo

*Thomas M. Fitzgerald, III (B’80, P’16)   
President
Longbow Capital Partners

*Andrew S. Gundlach (F’93, MSFS’94)
Chief Executive Officer
Bleichroeder

*Maria G. Hackley (B’83, P’15)
Managing Director, Financial Institutions Corporate Banking, Citibank, N.A.

*Brian P. Hehir (P’02, P’04, P’06)
Independent Director
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp

*Brian C. Henderson (F’72,  P’13, P’17)   
Founding Partner
Henderson International Advisors, LLC

*Peter W. Henderson, Jr. (B’81, P’10, P’14, P’16, P’16)
Henderson Financial Group

*Michael S. Hyland (P’00, P’02, P’05, P’09, P’09)

*Timothy M. Joyce (B’87, P’18)
Managing Director and Head of Portfolio, Management Group, Credit Suisse

*Kenneth J. Kencel (B’81, P’13)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Churchill Asset Management Financial

*Catherine R. Kinney (H’04, P’02, P’08)

*Peter Labbat (C’87)
Partner
Energy Capital Partners

*Kate A. Lawton (B’79)
Retired Principal, Investment Banking
Sandler O’Neill & Partners, LP

*Ann Gillin Lefever (B’86)

*Daniel R. Lenihan (C’77, P’10, P’12, P’12, P’19)
Partner
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

*Thomas J. Moran (B’87)

*John Jeff Mullen (C’91, L’95)

*Gerard J. Murray (C’85)
Managing Director
J. P. Morgan, Chase & Co.

*Victor J. Nesi (B’82, L’85)
Co-President & Director, Institutional Group
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company

*Timothy J. O’Neill (L’77, P’08, P’11, P’12, P’15, P’21)
Global Co-Head of the Investment Management Division
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

*Elaine Pochtar (B’79, P’16)

*Mark A. Polemeni (C’88, L’91, P’22)
Partner, Chief Compliance Officer & Chief Regulatory Counsel, Corporate
Perella Weinberg Partners

*Joseph A. Pollicino (B’81, P’16)
Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking
Wells Fargo

*Thomas W. Purcell, Jr.  (F’93, P’23)
President of Lake Trail Capital

*Bradley G. Razook (P’07)
Partner and Managing Director
CS Capital Advisors LLC

*George A. Roche (C’63)

*Matthew J. Ruesch (C’02, L’09)

*Dave Schwartz (B’00)
Partner, Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending
Ares Management LLC

*Hazel R. Shanken (F’75)
Former, Senior Vice President

*Francis “Jay” Sweeney (C’79, P’09, P’12)
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

*Joseph W. Sprouls (C’72)
Chairman
The Sprouls Group

*Esta E. Stecher (P’07)
Non-Executive Chair
Goldman Sachs International Bank

*Robert H. Steers (B’75, P’06, P’08, P’10)   
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc.

*Laurence A. Tosi, III (C’90, L’94, MBA’94)
Founder & Managing Partner
WestCap

Contact the Alliance for more information or to learn how to participate in its programs and services.