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New York, New York, United States

Financial Institutions Group - Depositories

• Lead executive board and society of 400+ members focused on guiding students through career paths available within financial services, growing active member involvement by 6x compared to prior semester
• Host Capstone Stock Pitch competition in the Fall semester and twice-weekly education meetings; execute financial topic discussions, alumni networking opportunities, company information sessions, and internship.

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Sector Coverage: FinancialsCommittee: Derivatives

• Business and Consulting Career Community
• Plan and facilitate career programming, including alumni panels and career readiness information sessions, to guide students to a potential career in financial services, especially investment banking
• Assist students through career guidance, resume/cover letter reviews, and other office administrative duties

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

• Support student academic success by organizing collaborative learning opportunities for diverse learners by creating a variety of content tools
• Facilitate study groups of 7 students and one-on-one tutor sessions to guide students through statistics and accounting coursework

• Managed company’s morale and engagement by implementing incentive and recognition programs
• Acted as a confidential resource for company members to address problems they may have, especially through class re-design and adaption during the Coronavirus pandemic

• Guide financial modeling bootcamps from the creation of the three main financial statements to a leveraged buyout analysis
• Develop further understanding of key concepts in financial modeling, accounting, corporate finance, intrinsic and relative valuation, and leveraged buyout transactions

• Developed 70+ page Confidential Information Memorandums and general marketing materials for specialty insurance private placement transactions
• Presented final project to a mock Board of Directors of a ~$8B asset size bank to show four potential acquisition targets given the current depository landscape, including peer group, DDM, and precedent transaction.
• Constructed 3 FinTech weekly newsletters with FactSet and Cap IQ data, including share price performance and recent capital raising and M&A transactions, to distribute to firm clients

• Build a sense of community among 500 high achieving Bucknellians, providing a variety of events to attend, a platform to develop leadership skills, and multiple financial support offerings through scholarships
• Major Events: 2021 First-Year Induction Ceremony, The Giving Tree Project (100% of gifts collected requested from 14 local non-profits), Brain Breaks, Internship & Research Panels, Trivia & Bingo Nights, First-Year.

• Managed Chapter's funds of over $9,000 and constructed budget for Fall 2020 semester to successfully fund events and programs during the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Financial Institutions Group: Depositories
• Assist with inquiries from Blue Foundry Bank clients and major brokerage firms via phone, email, and in-person meetings to clarify the conversion process of $278 million mutual bank IPO
• Determine share allocations for individual orders based on account balance at a predetermined date to equitably distribute 27.8 million shares available in the stock offering
• Identified peer companies from past one-step mutual bank conversions and relation to Blue Foundry Bank’s IPO

• Utilized Excel to construct comparable home analyses for potential clients
• Constructed marketing materials to facilitate additional client acquisition, such as through direct outreach to local homeowners

Summit, NJ

• Analyzed real estate listings with Excel to determine absorption rates for buyer/seller reports
• Developed Welcome to Our Town packets for prospective homeowners, promoting community-recommended local businesses

Borough Of Chatham, NJ

• Organized 2019 Fishawack Festival with 10,000 in attendance: facilitated vendor and interdepartmental communications and recruitment of volunteers realizing a 250% profit increase compared to the prior year
• Researched, developed, and presented an $88,289.63 grant for the construction of the Garden Park Pedestrian Walking Path, providing safe access to school/recreational facilities; accepted December 2019

Chatham, NJ

• Coordinate volunteers for community events, such as the Farmers’ Market, Fishawack Festival, and Spring Clean; awarded 2017 Volunteer Award and Commendation from Mayor Bruce Harris

Bachelors, Finance Major With Economics & Real Estate Minors

• GPA: 4.0 / 4.0 • Honors: President’s Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement, ALD Honor Society, Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.

Education record

• GPA: 4.106 / 4.0 • Honors: National Honor Society, High Honor Roll, Key Club Award, Pep Club Award • Activities and Societies: Sailing.