Yale University

Founder & CEO at Edquity — We’re Hiring!  -  Forbes 30 Under 30

Edquity is the first of its kind college financial planning app for high-school and college students, ensuring students are supported through the complex financial inflection points when both planning for and navigating college.

Edquity

Founder

The Clearing House is the leading financial trade association and payments company, representing the interests of the nation's largest commercial banks.

As Chief of Staff, I worked directly with TCH’s president to ensure alignment of organizational
advocacy with broader strategic priorities.  In addition to overseeing project management across every corporate department, I was also responsible for managing the Executive Operating Committee.

The Clearing House

Vice President, Chief of Staff

The Clearing House is the leading financial trade association and payments company, representing the interests of the nation's largest commercial banks.

Named the youngest VP in corporate history, I helped manage the strategic communications function and was one of two staff members responsible for overseeing the launch of Banking Perspective, the quarterly journal of TCH.

Vice President, Strategy and Operations

UniFi Scholars is a non-profit provider of college financial planning education for low-income high school students -- with a focus on ensuring that students can realize a positive return on investment from their college decision and will have the financial means to graduate.

As a co-founder, I helped spearhead a new and innovative approach to supporting students around the financial pressures of college.  In less than 18 months of full-time operation under my leadership, we served over 300 students at leading public, charter and private high schools -- including KIPP, Achievement First, and the Packer Collegiate Institute -- as well as leading community-based organizations, including the largest provider of after-school programming in New York

During this time, UniFi Scholar received recognition from the New York Education Forum sponsored by Village Capital and Citi Community Development and 4.0 Schools.

UniFi Scholars

Co Founder, Chief Executive Officer

The Clearing House is the leading financial trade association and payments company, representing the interests of the nation's largest commercial banks.

As the lone junior member of the strategic communications department, I directly supported the Director of Strategic Communications in all media relations functions and was principally responsible for content of weekly newsletter for TCH Owner Bank CEOs and 2000+ customers as well as all press releases, messaging themes, and Q&A’s for outward facing content.

AVP, Strategic Communications

Research, proofreading, fact-checking, and editing.

Bloomberg View

Intern

One of 3 initial writers at launch-date; wrote multiple blog posts daily

SportsGrid

Compiled research for daily live shows MLB Tonight and Quick Pitch and worked on set for shows

MLB Network

Copyedited columns, opeds, and editorials, and contributed to page layout; op-ed, "Scoring for a Nation, printed on August 17, 2007.

David Helene