WAVE - Women's Association of Venture & Equity

On behalf of the 2024 WAVE Career Forum held on October 18th in NYC, we would like to thank our amazing Leading Ladies in Alternative Investments panelists: (Moderator) Guillemette Chamayou, Investment Funds Partner - Kirkland & Ellis Taffi Ayodele, Director of Emerging Manager Strategy - Office of the New York City Comptroller Kathryn Gernert, MBA, CAIA, Head of Emerging Manager Program - Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation Kara Herskowitz, Managing Director, IR - Ares Management Corporation Bhavika Vyas Vincent, Managing Director Private Equity - StepStone Group 530+ scholars and alternative investment professionals attended the Eighth Annual Career Forum – our largest event to date!?Thank you to everyone who attended and participated. The Career Forum provides a platform for young female Scholars to learn and network with established industry professionals while helping teams identify female candidates across all levels of experience within alternative investments – the Career Forum supports the community by widening the funnel of female talent. To learn more about the Women’s Association of Venture & Equity (WAVE), the Career Forum, membership, and engage with our growing alternatives community, visit:?https://women-wave.org Event photos by Purple Photo Group. #WAVE #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital #CareerFair #CareerForum

On behalf of the 2024 WAVE Career Forum held on October 18th in NYC, thank you to our Platinum Sponsors Campbell Lutyens, Kirkland & Ellis, Kinzie Capital Partners LP, MPowered Capital, StepStone Group, Sterling Bay, and your on-the-ground teams of panelists, roundtable captains, and attendees. We are incredibly grateful for your support, and our Scholars benefit from these amazing partnerships! To learn more about the Women’s Association of Venture & Equity (WAVE), the Career Forum, membership, and engage with our growing alternatives community, visit: https://women-wave.org Event photos by Purple Photo Group. #WAVE #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital #CareerFair #CareerForum

On behalf of the 2024 WAVE Career Forum held on October 18th in NYC, thank you to our Host Sponsor, Trilantic North America, for your on-the-ground team of roundtable captains and attendees. We are incredibly grateful for your support, and our scholars benefit from this amazing partnership! To learn more about the Women’s Association of Venture & Equity (WAVE), the Career Forum, membership, and engage with our growing alternatives community, visit: https://women-wave.org Event photos by Purple Photo Group. #WAVE #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital #CareerFair #CareerForum

On behalf of the 2024 WAVE Career Forum held on October 18th in NYC, thank you to our Lead Sponsor, Ares Management Corporation, and your on-the-ground team of panelists, roundtable captains, and attendees. We are incredibly grateful for your support, and our scholars benefit from this amazing partnership! ? To learn more about the Women’s Association of Venture & Equity (WAVE), the Career Forum, membership, and engage with our growing alternatives community, visit: https://women-wave.org Event photos by Purple Photo Group. #WAVE #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital #CareerFair #CareerForum

On behalf of the 2024 WAVE Career Forum held on October 18th in NYC, thank you to all our Roundtable Captains, including representatives from numerous GPs, industry professionals, WAVE supporters, and 50+ institutional investors! 530+ scholars and alternative investment professionals attended the Eighth Annual Career Forum – our largest event to date!?Thank you to everyone who attended and participated. The Career Forum provides a platform for young female Scholars to learn and network with established industry professionals while helping teams identify female candidates across all levels of experience within alternative investments – the Career Forum supports the community by widening the funnel of female talent. To learn more about the Women’s Association of Venture & Equity (WAVE), the Career Forum, membership, and engage with our growing alternatives community, visit:?https://women-wave.org Event photos by Purple Photo Group. Align Impact Aksia Aon APG Asset Management Babson College Endowment Bank of America Brighthouse Financial Cornell University Endowment Crewcial Partners LLC ? Dartmouth College Endowment EquiTrust Life Insurance Company Ford Foundation GCM Grosvenor Granger Management, LLC Hershey Trust Company Hartford Investment Management Co. (HIMCO) IH International Advisors IMRF Investment Office Resources (IOR) Mellon Foundation Mercer Morgan Stanley Mount Sinai Health System New Catalyst Strategic Partners Northwestern University Endowment NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND NYCERS PGIM PreserverPartners, LLC SC Retirement System Investment Commission StepStone Group Teacher Retirement System of Texas Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation TIAA The Hillman Company UCLA Xavier University #WAVE #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital #CareerFair #CareerForum

On behalf of the 2024 WAVE Career Forum held October 18th in NYC, a huge thank you to our Male Perspectives on Alternative Investment Diversity panelists: (Moderator) Kerstin Dittmar, Founder, Managing Partner - L2 Point Peter Braffman, Managing Director - GCM Grosvenor Jeffry Brown, Advisory Board Member – UCLA Anderson Fink Center for Finance & Investments Kenyatta K. Matheny, CIO - EquiTrust Life Insurance Company Sylvester McClearn, Investment Director - NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 530+ scholars and alternative investment professionals attended the Eighth Annual Career Forum – our largest event to date!?Thank you to everyone who attended and participated. The Career Forum provides a platform for young female Scholars to learn and network with established industry professionals while helping teams identify female candidates across all levels of experience within alternative investments – the Career Forum supports the community by widening the funnel of female talent. To learn more about the Women’s Association of Venture & Equity (WAVE), the Career Forum, membership, and engage with our growing alternatives community, visit:?https://women-wave.org Event photos by Purple Photo Group. #WAVE #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital #CareerFair #CareerForum

On behalf of the 2024 WAVE Career Forum held on October 18th in NYC, we would like to thank our incredible Learning from the Alternative Investment Experts - Breaking into Alternative Investments panelists: (Moderator) Suzanne Yoon, Founder & Managing Partner - Kinzie Capital Partners LP Trish (DiGirolomo) Spurlin, Investments Director - Babson College Endowment Jocelyn Doe, General Partner - Builders VC Stephanie Geveda, Founder & Managing Partner - Coalesce Capital Katie Alberti Price, Managing Director - Campbell Lutyens 530+ scholars and alternative investment professionals attended the Eighth Annual Career Forum – our largest event to date!?Thank you to everyone who attended and participated. The Career Forum provides a platform for young female Scholars to learn and network with established industry professionals while helping teams identify female candidates across all levels of experience within alternative investments – the Career Forum supports the community by widening the funnel of female talent. To learn more about the Women’s Association of Venture & Equity (WAVE), the Career Forum, membership, and engage with our growing alternatives community, visit:?https://women-wave.org Event photos by Purple Photo Group. #WAVE #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital #CareerFair #CareerForum

On behalf of the 2024 WAVE Career Forum held on October 18th in NYC, we would like to thank our amazing Leading Ladies in Alternative Investments panelists: (Moderator) Guillemette Chamayou, Investment Funds Partner - Kirkland & Ellis Taffi Ayodele, Director of Emerging Manager Strategy - Office of the New York City Comptroller Kathryn Gernert, MBA, CAIA, Head of Emerging Manager Program - Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation Kara Herskowitz, Managing Director, IR - Ares Management Corporation Bhavika Vyas Vincent, Managing Director Private Equity - StepStone Group 530+ scholars and alternative investment professionals attended the Eighth Annual Career Forum – our largest event to date!?Thank you to everyone who attended and participated. The Career Forum provides a platform for young female Scholars to learn and network with established industry professionals while helping teams identify female candidates across all levels of experience within alternative investments – the Career Forum supports the community by widening the funnel of female talent. To learn more about the Women’s Association of Venture & Equity (WAVE), the Career Forum, membership, and engage with our growing alternatives community, visit:?https://women-wave.org Event photos by Purple Photo Group. #WAVE #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital #CareerFair #CareerForum

On behalf of the 2024 WAVE Career Forum held on October 18th in NYC, we would like to send a huge thank you to our Fireside Chat guests Nayeema Raza, Journalist, Filmmaker & Co-Host of Mixed Signals, and Jennifer Lum, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Biospring Partners!?We appreciate your support of the 2024 WAVE Career Forum! 530+ scholars and alternative investment professionals attended the Eighth Annual Career Forum – our largest event to date!?Thank you to everyone who attended and participated. The Career Forum provides a platform for young female Scholars to learn and network with established industry professionals while helping teams identify female candidates across all levels of experience within alternative investments – the Career Forum supports the community by widening the funnel of female talent. To learn more about the Women’s Association of Venture & Equity (WAVE), the Career Forum, membership, and engage with our growing alternatives community, visit:?https://women-wave.org Event photos by Purple Photo Group. #WAVE #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital #CareerFair #CareerForum

On Friday, WAVE held a Virtual Open House covering recruiting trends and strategies for career advancement. This event was part of WAVE's series of virtual programs designed for women looking to explore or advance their careers in alternative investments. Thank you to Harisha Koneru Haigh, Managing Director of Private Investments & Real Assets at Northwestern University Investment Office, and Aaron M. Clubb, Partner, Investment Professional Practice & Co-Head of the Diversity Practice at True Search, for leading this insightful discussion and for sharing your extensive knowledge on recruiting with our audience! #WAVE #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital #WomenInvestors #WomenInFinance #PE #VC