Markets Media Group’s 11th-annual U.S. Women in Finance Awards event was held Nov. 11 at The Plaza in New York City.
A sincere thank you to all who supported our event– sponsors, nominators, nominees, finalists, and attendees.
Congratulations to the winners!
| Salute to Service | Heather Burns | Jefferies |
| Positive Impact | Anu Jayanti | Nomura |
| STEM Champion | Serena Tchorbajian | Goldman Sachs |
| Mizuho Corporate Culture Award | Betty Chen | Citi |
| Excellence in Marketing & Communications | Elizabeth Coogan | Nasdaq |
| Excellence in Compliance | Sun Kim | Nasdaq |
| Excellence in Compliance | Krista Santoro | JP Morgan |
| Excellence in HR | Dominique Prunetti | MIAX International Holdings |
| Excellence in HR | Morgan Ingber | BlackRock |
| Mentorship | Marianna Rayetskyy | Liquidnet |
| Excellence in Regulation | Stephanie Dumont | Finra |
| Excellence in Operations | Clair Williams | State Street |
| Excellence in Fintech | Jessica McAnneny Burt | BlackRock |
| Excellence In Finance | Jennifer Corwin | Citadel LLC |
| Excellence In Finance | Nehal Udeshi | BNY |
| Excellence in Exchanges | Priya Rege | MIAX International Holdings |
| Excellence in Syndicated Loans | Dhuane Stephens | Societe Generale |
| Excellence in Prime Services | Taryn Siglain | State Street |
| Excellence in Prime Services | Kate Holleran | Barclays |
| Individual Achievement | Julie Feng | Virtu Financial |
| Innovation | Vietta Grinberg | JP Morgan |
| Rainmaker | Christine Lee | Liquidnet |
| Excellence in Trading Platforms | Iseult Conlin | Tradeweb |
| Excellence in Strategic Client Engagement | Sharon Biran | DTCC |
| Excellence in Equity Derivatives | Natasha Dadlani | Societe Generale |
| Excellence in Options | Tanya Patwa | Nasdaq |
| Excellence in Rates Trading | Audrey Wu | Bank of America |
| Excellence in Syndicate and DCM | Katie Karoll Lavino | Mizuho Americas |
| Excellence in Trading – Equities | Urvashi Batra | Barclays |
| Excellence in Trading – Equities | Rebecca Lahar | T Rowe Price |
| Excellence in Trading – Fixed Income | Amanda Deckelman | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
| Excellence in Trading – Fixed Income | Inga Norton | Mizuho Americas |
| Excellence in Trading – Fixed Income | Bari Spielfogel | Citi |
| Excellence in Trading – Fixed Income | Jenny Xiao | BlackRock |
| Excellence in Trading – Multi Asset | Linda Dao | Walleye Capital |
| Rising Star | Corryn Birken | Citi |
| Rising Star | Nina Clark | Societe Generale |
| Rising Star | Gabriella Gambino | Virtu Financial |
| Rising Star | Sharon Hou | Instinet |
| Rising Star | Chelsea Jiang | Mizuho Americas |
| Rising Star | Casey Kenny | Tradeweb |
| Rising Star | Laura Marafetti | Societe Generale |
| Rising Star | Emma Nealis | Deutsche Bank |
| Rising Star | Ayaki Okubo | Barclays |
| Rising Star | Nancy Straub | Deutsche Bank |
| Excellence in Wealth Management | Padideh Raphael | Goldman Sachs |
| Excellence in Hedge Funds | Francine Fang | Balyasny Asset Management |
| Excellence in Banking | Vanessa Bogaardt | Bank of America |
| Excellence in Fixed Income | Jessica Dahlman | Deutsche Bank |
| Crystal Ladder | Megan Fritz | Barclays |
| Trailblazer | Gergana Thiel | JP Morgan |
| Leadership | Mitali Sohoni | Citi |
| COO of the year | Jennifer Kaiser | Marex |
| CMO of the year | Cheryl Gilberg | Mizuho Americas |
| CEO of the year | Kelly Young | Acadian Asset Management |
| Lifetime Achievement | Stephanie Fraser | Baillie Gifford |
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