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# 2020 Women in Finance Virtual Ceremony
2020 WINNERS
**EXCELLENCE IN FINTECH** Margo Smith Mumma, Co-Head Sales, Dealerweb – Tradeweb **EXCELLENCE IN FINTECH** Sashi Dias Valtz, Global Head of Client Strategy, Symphony **EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP** Radhika Venkatraman, Managing Director and Head of Data and Technology for the Investment Bank, Risk and Compliance and Credit Suisse Holdings (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse **CRYSTAL LADDER** Sylvia Yeh, Co-Head of Municipal Fixed Income, Goldman Sachs Asset Management **TRAILBLAZER** Lynn Bishop, Managing Director & Chief Information Officer, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation **INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT** Mariam Osman, Director, Head of Global Investment Operations Services (GIOS), BlackRock **EXCELLENCE IN COUNSEL**Beverly Prewitt, Director – Senior Counsel, Societe Generale **EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP | HEDGE FUNDS **Tracy Caliendo, Managing Director, Bank of America **EXCELLENCE IN COMPLIANCE** Marjan Quadir, NAM Head of Markets and Securities Services Compliance, Citi **EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS** Allison Scott, Head of External Communications, New York Life Investment Management **EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS** Amy Leith, Senior Vice President, Bank of America **EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS** Liza Horowitz, Head, Marketing and Communications, Beacon Platform **EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS** Mitra Roknabadi, Vice President: Global Head of Marketing, OpenFin **EXCELLENCE IN ETFs** Kelly Brennan, Head of ETF, Citadel Securities **EXCELLENCE IN MARKET STRUCTURE** Kim Russell, VP, Market Structure Specialist, State Street Global Advisors **EXCELLENCE IN DATA**Maurisa Baumann, Global Head of Desktop Sales, ICE Data Services **EXCELLENCE IN TRADING** Kamila Almeida, Director, Citi **EXCELLENCE IN TRADING PLATFORM** Akshata Puri, US Head of ATS Venues, Virtu Financial **EXCELLENCE IN HUMAN RESOURCES** Liz Ceisler, Deputy Chief Human Resources Officer, Mizuho Americas **EXCELLENCE IN CORPORATE CULTURE STRATEGY**Sophia Wajnert, Managing Director, Head of Credit Suisse Raleigh, Global Investment Banking Culture, Credit Suisse **EXCELLENCE IN TALENT ACQUISITION** Melinda Urban, Head of FICC Business Development and Enterprise Recruiting, Citadel **EXECELLENCE IN ASSET MANAGEMENT**Erin Browne, Managing Director, Asset Allocation Portfolio Manager, PIMCO **EXCELLENCE IN FIXED INCOME** Frances Lewis, Senior Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, MacKay Shields Municipal Managers **EXCELLENCE IN BANKING** Bernadette Murphy, Managing Director, Media & Telecom, Investment & Corporate Banking, Mizuho Americas **CEO OF THE YEAR**Cheryl Nash, Chief Executive Officer, Tegra118 **LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT** Lucille Protas, Chief Operating Officer, MacKay Shields **POSITIVE IMPACT**Nancy Reyda, Chief Operating Officer, Global Operations and Technology, BNY Mellon
RISING STARS
Jessie Chen
Vice President – Quantitative Specialist/Algo Team, Societe Generale
India Dulaurent
VP – Head of Fixed Income and Equity Metrics Monitoring, Societe Generale
Kelly Petit de Mange
Director, Technology, Media & Telecom, Investment & Corporate Banking, Mizuho Americas
Adi Herzberg
Co-Head of Product and Business Development for Credit Suisse Asset Management for the U.S. and Latin America, Credit Suisse
Alexandra Hunt
Vice President, OTR Treasury Trading, Dealerweb – Tradeweb
Christine Hogan
Credit Trader, BlackRock
Rana Napoli
Director of Technology Controls, Chicago Trading Company
Kayla Mortello
ETF Operations Analyst, Virtu Financial
Lana Gonzales
Director of Finance & Ops, Chicago Trading Company
Aisling Wallace
Vice President: Technology Solutions Client Experience, Instinet LLC
Liz Brand
Global Cloud Engineering Manager, MarketAxess
Lillian Qian Lin
Senior Vice President, PIMCO
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## PAST WINNERS
2019
| Laura Davis | Excellence in Marketing & Communications | IHS Markit |
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| **[Theresa Elamparo](https://www.marketsmedia.com/women-in-finance-awards-qa-theresa-elamparo-tier1/)** | Excellence in Marketing & Communications | Tier1 Financial Solutions |
| **[Carol Kennedy](https://www.marketsmedia.com/women-in-finance-awards-qa-carol-kennedy-cboe/)** | Excellence in Marketing & Communications | Cboe Global Markets |
| Annabelle Baldwin | Excellence in Business Development | SpiderRock |
| Arlene Klein | Legal Eagle | BlackRock |
| Amy Shelly | Excellence in Risk Management | OCC |
| Lilly Knight | Excellence in Hedge Funds | K2 Advisors |
| Wing Chan | Excellence in Asset Management | Credit Suisse Asset Management |
| Alexandra Wilson-Elizondo | Excellence in Fixed Income | MacKay Shields |
| Keisha Audain-Pressley | Excellence in Compliance | Pimco |
| **[Michele Hillery](https://www.marketsmedia.com/women-in-finance-awards-qa-michele-hillery-dtcc/)** | Excellence in Clearing | DTCC |
| Samantha Stogsdill | Excellence in Operations | Clearpool |
| **[Arianne Criqui](https://www.marketsmedia.com/women-in-finance-awards-qa-arianne-criqui-cboe/)** | Excellence in Options | Cboe Global Markets |
| Erin Stanton | Excellence in Data and Analytics | Virtu |
| Casey Costanza | Excellence in Trading Platforms | Tradeweb |
| [**Peggy Sullivan**](https://www.marketsmedia.com/women-in-finance-awards-qa-peggy-sullivan-vela/) | Excellence in Service Providers | Vela |
| **[Fran Kenck](https://www.marketsmedia.com/women-in-finance-awards-qa-fran-kenck-tassat/)** | Excellence in Exchanges | Tassat Group |
| Traci Creange | Excellence in Trading | Mizuho Americas |
| **[Susan Estes](https://www.marketsmedia.com/women-in-finance-awards-qa-susan-estes-opendoor-securities/)** | Excellence in Treasury Trading | OpenDoor Securities |
| Sadia Halim | Excellence in Banking | BNP Paribas |
| Kelly Sanderson | Excellence in Prime Brokerage | BlackRock |
| Kelly Beatty | Excellence in Fintech | Worldpay, Inc. |
| Ying Cao | Excellence in Fintech | Barclays |
| **[Kate James](https://www.marketsmedia.com/women-in-finance-awards-qa-kate-james-chartiq/)** | Excellence in Fintech | ChartIQ |
| Meena Jeenarian | Excellence in Fintech | Abacus |
| Jennifer Theiss | Excellence in Fintech | IHS Markit |
| Joyce Frost | Legacy Award | Riverside Risk Advisors |
| Jacqueline Stone | Trailblazer | Credit Suisse |
| [**Kathryn Zhao**](https://www.marketsmedia.com/women-in-finance-awards-qa-kathryn-zhao-cantor-fitzgerald/) | Innovation in Quantitative Trading | Cantor Fitzgerald |
| **[Mariam Rafi](https://www.marketsmedia.com/women-in-finance-awards-qa-mariam-rafi-citi/)** | Excellence in Regulation | Citi |
| Carlee Milliken | Excellence in Hedge Funds | Citadel LLC |
| **[Melissa Hinmon](https://www.marketsmedia.com/women-in-finance-awards-qa-melissa-hinmon-glenmede/)** | Excellence in Trading | Glenmede Investment Management |
| Eden Simmer | Excellence in Trading | Pimco |
| Marty Willis | CMO of the Year | Nuveen |
| Laure Richmond | CFO of the Year | Instinet |
| **[Nichola Hunter](https://www.marketsmedia.com/women-in-finance-awards-qa-nichola-hunter-liquidityedge/)** | CEO of the Year | LiquidityEdge |
| Kristen Walters | Leadership in Risk Management | BlackRock |
| **[Doris Brophy](https://www.marketsmedia.com/women-in-finance-awards-qa-doris-brophy-socgen/)** | Individual Achievement | Société Générale |
| **[Claudine Gallagher](https://www.marketsmedia.com/women-in-finance-awards-qa-claudine-gallagher-bnp-paribas/)** | Crystal Ladder | BNP Paribas |
| Amy Hudson | Excellence in Leadership | Credit Suisse |
| Andrea Lisher | Woman of the Year | J.P. Morgan Asset Management |
| Barbara Byrne | Lifetime Achievement | |
| Anya Boutov | Rising Star | Beacon Platform |
| Elizabeth Campbell | Rising Star | Citadel Securities |
| Beatriz Da Cunha | Rising Star | BlackRock |
| **[Caryn Freiberger](https://www.marketsmedia.com/women-in-finance-awards-qa-caryn-freiberger-citi/)** | Rising Star | Citi |
| [**Jessica Gaffney**](https://www.marketsmedia.com/women-in-finance-awards-qa-jessica-gaffney-mizuho/) | Rising Star | Mizuho Americas |
| Lauren Goodwin | Rising Star | New York Life Investments |
| Julie Hansen | Rising Star | Chicago Trading Company |
| Imane Kabbaj | Rising Star | HSBC |
| Ali Lombardo | Rising Star | Marshall Wace |
| **[Estelle Merola](https://www.marketsmedia.com/women-in-finance-awards-qa-estelle-merola-socgen/)** | Rising Star | Société Générale |
| Lauren Silberman | Rising Star | Credit Suisse |
| Wentai Xiao | Rising Star | AllianceBernstein |
| Heather Wootten | Rising Star | Tradeweb |
2018
**Matilde Acerra-Skelton |** Excellence in Prime Brokerage, Barclays
**Amanda Asali |** Rising Star, Mizuho Americas
**Elizabeth Bodisch |** Excellence in Trading Fixed Income, Deutsche Bank
**Heather Brownlie |** Excellence in Trading ETFs, BlackRock
**Lindsey Burik |** Excellence in Trading Platforms, Mizuho Americas
**Abigail Carras |** Rising Star, Deutsche Bank
**Jenny Chen |** Excellence in Multi-Asset Trading, Societe Generale
**Marie Chinnici-Everitt |** Excellence in Marketing & Communications, DTCC
**Karen Choi |** Excellence in Asset Management, Capital Group
**Catherine Clay |** Excellence in Exchanges, Cboe Global Markets
**Silvia Davi |** Excellence in Marketing & Communications, Thesys
**Stephanie Epstein |** Excellence in Marketing & Communications, BlackRock
**Pamela Finelli |** Excellence in Research, Deutsche Bank
**Kate Holleran |** Rising Star, Barclays
**Lydie Hudson |** Individual Achievement, Credit Suisse
**Akiko Imai |** Rising Star, ITG
**Anna Kessler|** Rising Star, Tradeweb
**Michaela Kraenzle |** Excellence in Leadership, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
**Laine Litman |** Rising Star, Virtu Financial
**Marina Lutova Meyers |** Trailblazer, Citadel
**Stacy Mallon |** Excellence in Service Providers, Vela
**Jessica Mandel |** Excellence in Regulation, Credit Suisse
**Izzy Masters |** Rising Star, AllianceBernstein
**Victoria Mellor |** Excellence in Marketing & Communications, NEX Group
**Raakhee Miller |** Excellence in Innovation, Bitsian
**Kristin Morgan |** Rising Star, INTL FCStone
**Tara Muller |** Crystal Ladder, Virtu Financial
**Allison Nave |** Rising Star, Dealerweb – Tradeweb
**Christy Oeth |** Excellence in Compliance, Virtu Financial
**Marie Patton |** CAO of the Year, OpenDoor Securities
**Jennifer Peve |** Excellence in Fintech, DTCC
**Emma Quinn |** Excellence in Trading Equities, AllianceBernstein
**Tracy Rucker-Wilson |** Excellence in Risk Management, Vanguard
**Sachiyo Sakemi |** Legal Eagle, BlackRock
**Krysten Sciacca |** Rising Star, Instinet
**Ann Sebert |** CFO of the Year, Capital Institutional Services
**Megan Spychalski |** Rising Star, Chicago Trading Company
**Kejia sun |** Rising Star, Citadel
**Supurna VedBrat |** Excellence in Global Trading, BlackRock
**Anna Vella |** Excellence in Hedge Funds, Millennium Partners
**Lael Wakefield | **Excellence in Business Development, Itiviti
**Kathryn Zhao |** Excellence in Electronic Trading, Cantor Fitzgerald
2017
**Excellence in Exchange Technology** Julie Armstrong, CME Group
**Excellence in Service Providers** Chitra Baskar, Viteos
**Excellence in Wealth Management** Ann Bergin, DTCC
**Excellence in Marketing (Marketing Maven)** Lorna Boucher, Instinet
**Excellence in ETFs** Samara Cohen, BlackRock
**Top Trader (Fixed Income)** Iseult Conlin, BlackRock
**Individual Achievement** Susan Cosgrove, DTCC
**Trailblazer Joanna Davies, NEX Traiana**
Top Trader (Equities) Lucy DeStefano, Aptigon Capital (a Citadel company)
**Excellence in European Banking & Capital Markets** Marisa Drew, Credit Suisse
**Excellence in Marketing (Content Marketing)** Shelley Eleby, Clearpool Group
**Disruptor of the Year** Susan Estes, OpenDoor Trading
**Excellence in Trading Platforms** Kristina Fan, 7 Chord
**Excellence in Regulation** Joanna Fields, Aplomb Strategies
**CIO of the Year** Cindy Finkelman, FactSet
**Excellence in Fintech** Anna Garcia, Runway Venture Partners
**Excellence in Consulting** Betty Gee, Barclays
**Excellence in Marketing (Video and Design Marketing)** Cheryl Gilberg, Mizuho Americas
**Rising Star** Maryse Gordon, UnaVista (an LSEG company)
**Rising Star** Carolyn Harbaugh, Credit Suisse
**Excellence in Banking** Elinor Hoover, Citigroup
**Excellence in Hedge Funds** Kimberly Jensen, Citadel
**Rising Star** Emiko Kamoda, Goldman Sachs
**Excellence in Research** Kathleen Kelley, Queen Anne’s Gate Capital Management
**Rising Star** Olivia Kelly, OpenDoor Trading
**Excellence in Product Management** Elisabeth Kirby, Tradeweb
**Rising Star** Christina Landry, trueEX
**Crystal Ladder** Andrea Leung, Deutsche Bank
**Excellence in Marketing (Retail Marketing)** Anita Liskey, CME Group
**Rising Star** Kristin Lyons, Cowen & Co.
**Legal Eagle** Vivian Maese, Latham & Watkins
**Excellence in Exchange Data** Lynn Martin, ICE Data Services
**Excellence in Asset Management** Marie-Helene McAndrew, Perella Weinberg Partners
**Excellence in Institutional Sales** Khristina McLaughlin, Macquarie Group
**Rising Star** Amanda Meatto, Tradeweb
**Excellence in Private Equity** Kristin Mott, Seamax Capital Management
**Lifetime Achievement** Eileen K. Murray, Bridgewater Associates
**CEO of the Year** Jennifer Nayar, Vela
**Excellence in Leadership** Karen O’Connor, trueEX
**Excellence in Algorithmic Trading** Sharon Pinter, Deutsche Bank
**Rising Star** Lauren Rauch, Chicago Trading Company
**Excellence in Marketing (Marketing Entrepreneur of the Year)** Marisa Ricciardi, The Ricciardi Group
**Rising Star** Natasha Shamis, Liquidnet
**Rising Star** Meghan Suriani, INTL FCStone Financial
**Excellence in Blockchain** Andrea Tinianow, State of Delaware
**Excellence in Marketing (Brand Marketing)** Brenda Tsai, FactSet
**Rising Star** Gabriela Wilewska, Citadel Securities
**Excellence in Fixed Income Trading** Thea Williams, T. Rowe Price
**Rising Star** Vivian Yiu, Cboe Global Markets
2016
**Excellence in Marketing** Kelli Annequin, Convergex
**Excellence in Trading Platforms** Erica Barrett, Tradeweb Market
**Rising Star** Kate Bauernschmidt, INTL FCStone Financial
**Achievement in Diversity** Tina Byles Williams, FIS Group
**Excellence in Hedge Funds** Olga Chernova, Sancus Capital Management
**Excellence in Clearing** Marisol Collazo, DTCC
**Rising Star** Iseult Conlin, BlackRock
**Excellence in Fixed Income** Samantha Coyne, KC
**Excellence in Data Services** Elizabeth Duggan, Intercontinental Exchange | ICE Data Services
**Entrepreneur of the Year** Susan Estes, OpenDoor Trading
**Excellence in Equities** Heidi Fischer, Deutsche Bank
**Excellence in Exchanges** Adena Friedman, Nasdaq
**Rising Star** Sabrina Gagliotta, Bloomberg Tradebook
**Trailblazer** Ali Hackett, London Stock Exchange Group
**Excellence in Asset Management** Jacqueline Hurley, QS Investors
**Achievement in Innovation** Sheri Kaiserman, Wedbush Securities
**Excellence in Information Services** Jenny Knott, ICAP
**Individual Achievement 2016** Sophia Lee, IEX
**Excellence in Blockchain** Caitlin Long, Symbiont
**Excellence in Trading Technology** Jennifer Nayar, Vela Trading Technologies
**Lifetime Achievement** Annette L. Nazareth, Davis Polk & Wardwell
**Rising Star** Erin Preston, Dash Financial
**Excellence in Banks** Diane Reyes, HSBC
**Crystal Ladder** Tami Schademann, Bats Global Markets
**Excellence in Buy Side Technology** Julia Sears, TIAA
**Excellence in Leadership** Supurna VedBrat, BlackRock
**Rising Star** Julie Waring, KeyBanc Capital Markets
**Excellence in Rates Trading** Nicola White, Citadel Securities
2015
**Excellence in ETFs** Julie Abbett, Detusche Bank
**Entrepreneur of the Year** Bhavani Balasubramaniam, COSI Consulting
**Excellence in FX** Denise Bandl, Detusche Bank
**Excellence in Social Responsibility** Hermina Batson, MUFG
**Excellence in Client Development** Marta Cotton, Matarin Capital Management
**Excellence in Exchanges** Stacey Cunningham, NYSE
**Rising Star** Nancy Davis, Quadratic Capital Management
**Excellence in Financial Planning** Jeanne Gibson Sullivan, Financially in Tune
**Excellence in Derivatives** Stacey Gilbert, Susquehanna Financial Group
**2015 Achievement** Seema Hingorani, Girls Who Invest
**Excellence in Block Trading** Elizabeth Hunter, Guggenheim
**Excellence in Operations** Martha Jaramillo
**Excellence in FinTech** Blythe Masters, Digital Assets
**Excellence in Investment Management** Michelle McCloskey, Man FRM
**Excellence in Trading Technology** Ann Neidenbach, Convergex
**Excellence in Hedge Funds** Betsy O’Farrell, Gemima Capital Partners
**Excellence in Market Structure** Sapna Patel, Morgan Stanley
**Lifetime Achievement** Amanda Pullinger, 100 Women in Hedge Funds
**Excellence in Institutional Sales Trading** Amy Reichard, Bloomberg Tradebook
**Excellence in Trading** Johanna Rossi, Alden Global Capital
**Excellence in Sustainable Investing** Stephanie Sfakianos, BNP Paribas
**Excellence in Strategic Investing** Rana Yared, Goldman Sachs
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