University of Rhode Island

Study Abroad: Le Collège International de Cannes

Marlboro High School

Building something great.

Mission Driven Finance is an impact investment firm & certified B Corp that gets capital to flow where it doesn't but should. Our mission is to increase inclusive and equitable access to education, health, and wealth -- and we've already flowed more than $75 million into the community.

Mission Driven Finance™

Chief Of Staff

Fast Company Executive Board is an invitation-only community of company founders, executives, and industry experts who are defining the future of business through design, innovation, creativity, and impact.

Fast Company Executive Board

Founding Member 

Republic's global network of mission-driven venture investors and executives is known as Venture Partners. They're the closest partners in the goal to democratize investing. They talk the talk and walk the walk, and they have the skills to make a difference. They are made up of venture capitalists, ecosystem builders, and founders.

Republic is an investment platform spun out of AngelList that allows anyone to invest in pre-seed to Series B startups.

Republic

Venture Partner

Left Tackle Capital's mission is to select, connect and future-proof a visionary league of diverse fund-managers and investors who will reshape asset management.

Left Tackle Capital

Founding Partner

NationSwell is a leading social impact media company dedicated to powering the solutions and innovations that will move our country forward. 

I led curation for the NationSwell Council, an invitation-only membership community of 1k+ service-minded leaders from across the country. The Council exists to support their work and bring them together - across sectors, geographies, party lines, issues - to explore, experience, and accelerate the ideas that are working. Individually they are the movers and shakers of the finance, media, art, business, government, nonprofit, tech & social enterprise sectors; together they work to spur collective leadership and sustained impact.

NationSwell

Council Curator

I joined LinkedIn Sales Solutions to help build out their Financial Services vertical. A pioneering start-up, our team helped expand the concept of social selling within financial institutions around the country using social data and qualitative insights. I partnered directly with firms like A16Z to implement gamification tools, elevate executive thought leadership strategy and amplify meaningful relationship development efforts. 

LinkedIn operates the world’s largest online professional network with 500M+ members in 200+ countries.

LinkedIn

Relationship Manager

Managed & built key relationships with top NYC investment banks and advisory firms like Credit Suisse.

Intralinks has been the leading innovator in financial technology for more than two decades, ensuring the most secure collaboration for M&A, Alternative Investments and Banking & Securities. That’s 4M+ global users and $35T worth of financial transactions.

Intralinks

Account Executive

I supported 15+ Account Executives across Life Sciences, Alternative Investments, M&A/Corporate Advisory teams; responsible for inbound lead management, successfully prospected into boutique IB/PE firms without previous revenue generation, and initiated junior relationship development within key enterprise accounts.  

​Intralinks is a trusted global leader for providing secure content management and collaboration solutions.

Melissa Barash