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Associates Council

The Associates Council is comprised of young professionals who are passionate about helping Prep achieve its mission through fundraising, volunteering, and creating leadership opportunities. We are grateful for their generous commitment of time and resources.
JAKE CHASAN
Chair
MBA Candidate,
Stanford University

MAGGIE MORSE
Chair
Investor,
Insight Partners

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SHAZMA ALIBHAI

THOMAS ALSTON (XXII)
Managing Director, Structured Credit
Centerbridge Partners

MARISSA ALTER-NELSON
Partner,
Latham & Watkins LLP

RAY AMIRIAN
Vice President, Global Real Estate,
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 

FRANKLIN AMOO (XIV)
Managing Partner,
Baylis Emerging Markets, LLC

JERRY BRIGHT (IX)
Head of Business Development,
Standard General LP

KUOHSIN CHEN
Managing Director, 
Blackstone

ROMAN CHIPORUKHA
Founder & CFO,
Roman & Erica, Inc.

CHRISTINA CLAUDIO (P9 XIII)
Managing Director, 
Connected Banking
MYLES CHRISTIAN
Relationship Manager, Brown Brothers Harriman

ALEX DANIELS
Principal, 
Fayerweather Capital Partners, LLC

GABRIELLE DIBERNARDI
Private Equity M&A Partner, 
Ropes & Gray LLP

PATRICK DOWD

TIMOTHY ERB
Managing Director,
Allen & Company LLC

JAY GLEACHER
Investment Director,
Vitol 

COURTNEY GOLDSMITH
Co-Founder,
Green Below 14

ADAM S. GOLDSTEIN
Managing Director, 
Harvard Management Company

FRANCES CASHIN HODLER

LAWRENCE P. HOLODAK

SHAIMAA HUSSEIN
Partner, 
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

TRAVIS HUTCHINSON (XXVII)
Product Manager,
LinkedIn

MATTHEW KANN
Vice President,
Sycamore Partners

COLIN KENNEDY
Chief Investment Officer, 
Hexameter Capital Management

KELLY KIMBALL (XXIV)

CORINNE MALONEY LANGDON
Managing Director,
J.P. Morgan Private Bank

MARK H. LEWIS
Managing Director,
Altera Wealth Management Group at Morgan Stanley

JAMES MAHER, JR.
Managing Director,
Sopris Capital

KRISTIN MENDEZ
Vice President on the Investment Team,
TJC, LP
WEI WAYNE MIAO (VI)
Counsel,
Galaxy Digital

KATHARINE M. NADLER
Head of Marketing,
Kosterina

JULIE NOVICK-LEDERER (XXXI)

DANIEL OGUNLOWO
Vice President,
Kelso & Co
 
CHUNG-TAEK OH
Managing Director,
Rabobank

ETTIE PHILITAS (P9 XII) 
Executive Director, 
J.P. Morgan Asset Management 

MELVIN PIÑA
Senior Associate,
M&A JPMorgan Chase 

BETHANY RIEDY
Senior Associate, Portfolio Talent
Silver Lake

FRANCESCA RYAN
Senior Director of Major Gifts,
The Browning School
BENJAMIN SHERMAN
Principal,
Kenwood House LLC

CINDY SOBEL
Partner, 
Bartlit Beck LLP 
NICHOLAS STRONG
Financial Services & Technology Associate, 
GTCR

OMAR SYED (P9 XVII)
VP, Healthcare Services Investment Banking
Jefferies 

ANDREAS TONCKENS

MIGUEL VARGAS (P9 XVIII)
Chief of Staff, Office of the COO
Point72 

NEELIMA VELUVOLU
Global Head of Financial Services and Regulatory Operations & Transformation,
Wells Fargo Bank

MIKE WIEBOLT
Global Head of Securities, Real Estate,
Blackstone

KAREN YOUNG (IV)
Vice President, Procurement, 
Comcast
Roster as of July 2023
Note: Roman numerals following a name denote Prep Contingent. All individuals listed this way are Prep alums.
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