09.28.2026
Markets Media Group is pleased to present finalists for the 2026 U.S. Women in Finance Awards.
The 12th-annual iteration of MMG’s flagship Women in Finance Awards program will be held Monday, November 16 at Gotham Hall in New York City.
| First Name | Last Name | Title | Company |
| Julie | Abbett | Head of Americas ETF Sales | JP Morgan |
| Kirsten | Adelhock | MD, Global FICC | Bank of America |
| Faiza | Alwy | Managing Director | Deutsche Bank |
| Georgette | Anderson | Managing Director, Aladdin Client Business | BlackRock |
| Lyndsey | Anderson | Head of Credit & Market Insights | Fitch Solutions |
| Maria | Anthony | Vice President, Venture | Motive Partners |
| Erica | Attonito | Global Head of Sales | Hudson River Trading |
| Loreta | Bahtchevanova | Head of Marketing | Rapid Addition |
| Stephanie | Beer | Regulatory Reporting Manager | BMO Capital Markets |
| Nataliya | Bershova | Head of Equity Electronic Trading | Truist Securities |
| Lindsey | Bertone | Associate, Debt Capital Markets | Barclays |
| Julie | Bond | President & CEO | Bond Consulting Group |
| Ayesha | Boulware | Business Development Relationship Manager | Liquidnet |
| Kristin | Boyd | SVP, Global Head of Derivatives Sales and Distribution | Cboe Global Markets |
| Sharon | Bradley | MD, GM COO | Bank of America |
| Leda | Braga | CEO | Systematica Investments |
| Shannon | Braley | Chief People Officer | Forward Financing |
| Hillary | Budds | Head of U.S. Crossing | Liquidnet |
| Lauren | Burke | MD, Global FICC | Bank of America |
| Pollyana (Polly) | Camargo | Director, Brazil – Cross Asset Sales | Barclays |
| Bhavna | Chablani | Co-Head of Americas Distribution & Head of Client & Digital Strategy – Global Markets Distribution | UBS |
| Agnes | Chang | Director, Capital Markets | Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan |
| Sunny | Chang | Principal Product Manager | Nasdaq |
| Gracy | Chen | CEO | Bitget |
| Martina | Cheung | CEO and President | S&P Global |
| Clare | Chong | MD, Global FICC | Bank of America |
| Christen | Cohen | MD, Global FICC | Bank of America |
| Julia | Cohen | Regulatory Reporting Supervisor | Marex |
| Louise | Cohn | Director of Institutional Relationships | Marex |
| Ankur | Crawford | Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager | Alger |
| Jessica | D’Alton | Executive Director, Head of Americas Market Structure & Liquidity Strategy | UBS |
| Dishti | Dave | AVP, Site Reliability Engineer | Barclays |
| Laura | Davis | Chief Marketing Officer | Rimes |
| Shana | Davis | Customer Success Manager | SimCorp |
| Jacqueline | Desautels | Client Analytics Associate | Quantitative Brokers |
| Sara | Devereux | CIO, Vanguard Capital Management, Global Head of Fixed Income | Vanguard |
| Elisabeth | Diana | Head of Communications | Kalshi |
| Allison | DiClemente | Executive Director, Global Head of Capital Introductions and Business Development | Marex |
| Eileen | Ding | Legal & Compliance AI, Analytics Lead | Citadel |
| Olivia | Engel | Head of Strategy & Operations, Investments | State Street Global Advisors |
| Meryem | Erzi | Chief Compliance Officer | Pagaya Technologies |
| Jessica | Esposito | Managing Director & Counsel, Legal Division | Mizuho Americas |
| Kathy | Farrell | Head of Truist Asset Finance | Truist Financial |
| Stephanie | Ferris | CEO and President | FIS |
| Soraya | Fiammetti | Senior Risk Officer | Societe Generale |
| Andrea | Fiederer | Chief Marketing & Customer Officer | Forward Financing |
| Alex | Ford | MD, Global FICC | Bank of America |
| Adaire | Fox-Martin | CEO and President | Equinix |
| Adrienne | Franklin | Chief Operating Officer – US Prime Services | Marex |
| Jessica | Fricke | Deputy General Counsel | Citadel |
| Elena | Fyodorova | Senior Trader | Insight Investment |
| Sarah | Gang | Global Head of Underwriting for Credit Financing | JP Morgan |
| Yvonne | Garcia | Executive Vice President, Client Portfolio Head – Asset Managers | State Street |
| Kathryn | George | Partner, Board Member | BBH |
| Sofia | Gertsberg | Managing Director, Head of Quantitative Investment Science (QIS) | HarbourVest Partners |
| Jaimi | Goodfriend | Head of Investment Professional Development | Point72 |
| Pinar | Gozalan | Managing Director | Societe Generale |
| Kelly | Granat | Co-CIO | Lone Pine Capital |
| Jen | Grenside | MD, Global Equities | Bank of America |
| Deirdre | Guice | Senior Relationship Manager | T. Rowe Price |
| Erin | Haggerty | Director, Senior Relationship Management | Barclays |
| Jennifer | Hallahan | Head of Marketing and Communications, Americas | Marex |
| Isabel | Hallett | Vice President, Capital Formation & Investor Relations | Motive Partners |
| Jessica | Hamilton | Head of Execute Analytics | JP Morgan |
| Naureen | Hassan | CEO | DriveWealth |
| Clare | He | Managing Director of Capital Formation | 1kx |
| Pam | Holding | Senior Advisor, Asset Management | Fidelity Investments |
| Liza | Horowitz | Managing Director, Global Head of Marketing | Fitch Solutions |
| Natalie | Horton | Global Head of Financing | UBS |
| Sari | Hutchen | Senior Fixed Income Business Manager | Millennium |
| Ann | Hynes | Managing Director | Mizuho Americas |
| Jennifer | Ilkiw | President | ICE Futures U.S. |
| Remzil | Jacob | Chief Data Office for Americas and US Consumer Bank | Barclays |
| Ellen | Jacobson | Managing Director, Head of Loan Sales | Societe Generale |
| Amanda | Jimenez | Quantitative Client Strategist | Hudson River Trading |
| Brooke | Jones | Managing Director | CAIS |
| Megan | Joyce | Senior Credit Trader | Jane Street |
| Nicole | Kagan | Head of Research | Kalshi |
| Sandy | Kaul | Head of Digital Assets and Innovation | Franklin Templeton |
| Ellyse | Keller | Vice President, U.S. Credit | Trumid |
| Liz | Kirby | Head of Market Structure | Tradeweb |
| Katy | Knox | President | Bank of America Private Bank |
| Sarah | Kouch | Director, Global FICC | Bank of America |
| Jamie | Kramer | Head of Global Multi-Asset Solutions | JP Morgan Asset Management |
| Katherine | Kroll | Head of Sustainable Investing | Brown Advisory |
| Elizabeth | Lamie | Associate | Deutsche Bank |
| Claire | Langevin | Managing Director – Chief Financial Officer SG Americas | Societe Generale Americas |
| Shannon | Larson | President | AE Wealth Management |
| Laurie | Lawler | Head of Capital Call Financing | Societe Generale |
| Asha | Lepore | Global Head of Credit & Public Finance E-Sales | JP Morgan |
| Sandy | Lim | Director & Lead Analyst | S&P Global Ratings |
| Tina | Lindstrom | Head of Oil Derivatives Trading, North America | Marex |
| Rachel | Lojko | President | Fitch Solutions |
| Michelle | Louie | US Head of Trading and Portfolio Management, Global Equity Index Mgmt | Vanguard |
| Christine | Ma | Head of Americas Analytics Client Support | Virtu Financial |
| Kristin | Magnier | Head of Client Service | CAIS |
| Jaime | Magyera | Head of US Wealth Advisory | BlackRock |
| Charu | Maheshwari | Product Finance & Strategy | Anthropic |
| Virginie | Maillot | Head of HR Operations | Societe Generale |
| Laide | Majiyagbe | Global Head of Markets | BNY |
| Bipasha | Majumdar | Barclays Americas Controller | Barclays |
| Charu | Mani | MD, Global FICC | Bank of America |
| Pratyusha | Manukonda | Technology Delivery Lead, Sustainability & Applied AI | Barclays |
| Solita | Marcelli | Global Head of Investment Management | UBS Global Wealth Management |
| Ange | Matthews | Founder | The Happy Investor Method |
| Lucille | Mayer | Chief Solutions Officer | Apex Fintech Solutions |
| Amanda | McAdams | Vice President, Corporate Access | Roth Capital Partners |
| Bridget | McDermid | Senior Manager, Enterprise Digital Strategy, Research | TD Bank Group |
| Erin | Miles | Partner and Head of Alpha Engine | Bridgewater Associates |
| Laura | Morrison | Director, Strategic Advisor | Texas Stock Exchange |
| Joanna | Munjack | Managing Director | CAIS |
| Kara | Murphy | President and Chief Investment Officer | Kestra Investment Management |
| Jennifer | Nayar | President & CEO | Sterling Trading Tech |
| Liz | Nieves | MD, Global FICC | Bank of America |
| Nkonye | Okoh | Global Head Quantitative Investment Solutions Distribution | JP Morgan |
| Keri | Peacock | Chief Operating Officer | Mawer Investment Management |
| Agostina | Pechi | Managing Director and Head of Global Capital Markets Latin America | Scotiabank |
| Abbey | Perkins | Executive Vice-President | StoneX |
| Nina | Ponjavic | Customer Success Manager | SimCorp |
| Emily | Portney | Global Head of Asset Servicing | BNY |
| Khush | Rajpoot | Enterprise Operational Resilience – Assessments & Exercises Associate | JP Morgan |
| Supriya | Randev | Head of U.S. Business Development | Caius Capital |
| Isha | Rao | Assistant Vice President, Investor Relations | Tradeweb |
| Katherine | Relle | Director, US Investment Team (Deal Originations/BD) | Headway Capital Partners |
| Maryanne | Richter | Global Business Manager (COO/CFO) for Global Credit Trading, Public Finance, FI Syndicate & CPG (Corporate Portfolio Lending) | JP Morgan |
| Maren | Rix | Senior Manager, Service Delivery (Investments Operations & Finance) | British Columbia Investment Management |
| Justine | Robertson | Managing Director, Head of U.S. Sales and Client Strategy | Trumid |
| Caroline | Rose | Director, Sales | Barclays |
| Farah | Ruthnam-Sandys | Head of Sales, Americas | Neudata |
| Elaine | Sam | Managing Director, Global Markets, Americas | UBS |
| Alexandrina | Sapunova | Head of Global Quantitative Investment Strategies (QIS) Trading | UBS |
| Ann | Sebert | CEO | CAPIS |
| Imane | Seghrouchni | US Rates Trader | JP Morgan |
| Sandra | Seppalainen | Director, Global FICC | Bank of America |
| Montserrat | Serra-Janer | Global Head of the Private Markets Sales team | JP Morgan |
| Li | Shao | Executive Director, Head of Central Bank Sales | Daiwa Capital Markets America |
| Nadia | Sheikh | Global Head of Product & Strategy | Barclays |
| Taryn | Siglain | Head of Financing and Portfolio Solutions | State Street |
| Sarah | Simmonds | Senior Partner, Head of Operations Practice – North America | Alpha FMC |
| Sarah | Smith | Managing Director | Apex Capital |
| Kaikun | Song | Data Science Manager | Cboe Global Markets |
| Julia | Spina | Head of Research | IG Group North America |
| Pooja | Sriram | Director, Economics | Barclays |
| Kelli | Stieh | Managing Director | Societe Generale |
| Jennifer | Stokes | Head of Wealth Custody & Clearing | State Street |
| Vesna | Straser | Trading Analytics | Virtu Financial |
| Mary Beth | Sweeney | Head of Product & Client Services | LTX, A Broadridge Company |
| Jessica | Tan | Head of Global Product Solutions | BlackRock |
| Jedarlyn | Tang | Director | Societe Generale |
| Ani | Tchorbajian | Investment Banker | Barclays |
| Taryn | Thompson | MD, GM COO | Bank of America |
| Anni | Timm | Solutions Engineer | SimCorp |
| Amrita | Tiwari | Investment Oversight | New York Life Investment |
| Kristy | Trieste | Founding Partner, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operations Officer | Motive Partners |
| Bari | Trontz | Managing Director, Global Head of Marketing & Communications | MUFG Investor Services |
| Ashley | Tumminio | Chief Compliance Officer, GQS and EQR | Citadel |
| Allison | Uhl | Director – Liquid Financing BOC | Barclays |
| Michele | Ushkowitz | Managing Director, Head of Operational Risk | Societe Generale |
| Anne | Valentine Andrews | Global Head of Private Markets | Manulife Investment Management |
| Bridget | van Kralingen | Partner, Investments & Chair of Create | Motive Partners |
| Gabby | Vennitti | Head of ETPs | Nasdaq |
| Rosemarie | Vigneron | Vice President, Regulatory Affairs Compliance Officer | Societe Generale |
| Elena | Villena | Managing Director – Latam Sales | Societe Generale |
| Monali | Vora | Head of Wealth Investment Solutions | Goldman Sachs Asset Management |
| Iris | Wang | COO, Strategy and Transformation | Citadel |
| Staci | Warden | Senior Advisor | International Capital Strategies |
| Joanna | Welsh | Chief Risk Officer | Citadel |
| Nicole | Wolf | Managing Director | Deutsche Bank |
| Jephine | Wong | Executive Director, Private Markets | UBS |
| Deanne | Woodring | President and CEO | Government Portfolio Advisors |
| Dawn | Yiannoullou | Co-Chief Information Officer | Mizuho Americas |
| Kate | Zapekina | Head of Marketing and Communications | dxFeed |
| Nancy | Zimmerman | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | Bracebridge Capital |
Please note: This U.S. Women in Finance Awards finalists list represents a snapshot of where we are in the evaluation process. The list is not final, and not being listed does not preclude consideration for an award. We reserve the right to drop, modify or add award categories, and/or award winners for the final program.
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