Women Leaders

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Wonder Woman in Business, Eleni Delimpaltadaki Janis

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Eleni Delimpaltadaki Janis

Eleni Delimpaltadaki Janis

CEO | CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER

Expertise: ESG Investing | Inclusive & Online Lending | Economic Development | Inclusive Tech Ecosystems

Eleni is an entrepreneur and investment manager who has dedicated her career to building businesses and developing people. Particularly businesses that deliver a meaningful social impact while also generating attractive commercial returns. She brings to any situation resilience and persistence, which has defined her own life as an immigrant to the U.S. and innovator in business.

When Eleni co-founded Equivico at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, she sought to build a company that, like her career, is situated at the nexus of smart, scalable investments and social justice. As an investment professional, she draws on her experience in government, economic development and market research, to invest profitably in businesses, assets and projects that benefit households, societies and investors alike.

Prior to Equivico, Eleni served as vice president at the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC). During her tenure, she established the first ESG investing team, administered a portfolio of 18 tech startup incubators, and advised on investment strategies targeting minority- and woman-owned businesses, life sciences and small businesses. Eleni also co-founded New York City’s corporate attraction team, which coordinated the City’s, initially winning, bid for Amazon’s second headquarters. The project was expected to be the largest economic development project in the U.S. in several decades.

Prior to NYCEDC, Eleni built The Opportunity Agenda’s market research practice where she serviced major social justice organizations and philanthropic institutions nationally. She published extensively on economic, immigration and human rights issues. Previously, she co-founded the Business and Labor Coalition of New York, an advocacy group of over 60 labor unions and large enterprises designing and advancing shared economic policy objectives.

Eleni serves on the Board of Advisors of iQ4, a technology-based cybersecurity skills transfer platform, and the Board of Directors of the Hellenic American Leadership Council. She previously served on the Boards of the American Association of Public Opinion Research, New York University Alumni Association Board of Directors, and the Business and Labor Coalition of New York. She holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from New York University and a Bachelor’s in Media Studies and Communications from the National University of Athens, in her native Greece. She studied Executive Management and Finance at the Wharton Business School and is an American Express Leadership Fellow.

Press and Public Speaking Engagement Highlights:

Small Business Trends: A Different Kind of Lender Can Get You the Loan You Need

On Impact Investing and Social Justice – A Conversation with Eleni D. Janis, Narratives of Purpose, May 2022
The “Social” Component of ESG Investing, EisnerAmper, April 2022
Interview at Behind the Numbers with David Bookbinder, March 2022
Annual Senior Portfolio Manager Panel 2022, 100 Women in Finance
Interview with Peer Insights Report by Family Office Insights, February 2022

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Eleni Delimpaltadaki Janis

CONNECT WITH ELENI

Eleni Delimpaltadaki Janis​Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer

www.equivico.com

+1 646‑454‑5130

eleni@equivico.com

43 W 23rd Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10010

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Wonder Woman in Business, Kym Robison, Esq.

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Kym Robinson, Esq.

Kym is an attorney admitted in the States of New York and Florida. She graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Psychology from Union College. Her interest in psychology and passion for advocacy and problem-solving, lead her to attend Pace University School of Law where she earned her J.D.. Kym continued her studies in the law and earned an L.L.M. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law the following year.  

She is passionate about helping people own their future!

Prior to starting her law practice, Kym worked at several boutique litigation firms in New York City, White Plains, Boca Raton, and Fort Lauderdale. She also participated in several legal clinics, while she was a law student, and volunteered at the New York County Access to Justice Program earlier in her career.

In her current legal practice, Kym serves the legal needs of entrepreneurs, many who are women and mothers, as a counselor, advisor, and advocate. She has been a guest speaker, author, and will be a guest on a podcast that will air later this year, relating to issues including: motherhood-work life balance; attorney wellness and mindfulness; and entrepreneurship/mompreneurship.

Enjoy the podcast.

Kym Robinson

CONNECT WITH KYM

Follow her on Instagram for tips, thoughts, and inspiration on your business endeavors!

Kymberly A. Robinson, Esq.

(914) 462-2021 

kymesq.com

krobinsonesq@gmail.com

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Wonder Woman in Business, Michelle Banks

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Michelle Banks, Esq.

MICHELLE BANKS is a Senior Advisor at BarkerGilmore specializing in providing executive coaching to corporate general counsel. She also leads law department strategic retreats and professional development workshops. Michelle is co-founder of UCLA Law Women LEAD, a network of more than 3,000 women law students and alumnae at her alma mater, where she also guest teaches annually in the professional development program. Before joining Gap Inc. in 1999, Michelle worked as legal counsel for the Golden State Warriors NBA team and in Tokyo as American counsel for Itochu Corporation. Her prior law firm practice with Sheppard Mullin and Morrison & Foerster in California and New York focused on corporate finance and international commercial transactions.

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Michelle Banks, Esq.

Connect with Michelle

LinkedIn:

in/michelle-banks-a462087

Women in Law: Discovering the True Meaning of Success Edited by Tatia Gordon-Troy Foreword by Heidi K. Brown Introduction by Angela Han Copyright 2022 Women Lawyers Book LLC Publisher: Ramses House Publishing LLC Find it on Amazon Amazon ASIN: B09SYHGZ24 ISBN: 979-8985565300 (paperback) Paperback: $21.95; Kindle: $17.95

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Wonder Woman in Business, Lauren Tetenbaum

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Lauren A. Tetenbaum

Lauren A. Tetenbaum, LMSW, JD, PMH-C is an advocate and therapist certified in perinatal mental health. With an approach grounded in empathy and emotional intelligence, Lauren counsels millennial and young women on romantic relationships, career choices, pregnancy and parenting, anxiety, and family dynamics. A mother of two with a decade of experience in the legal industry, Lauren is passionate about supporting working parents and advancing gender equity. She facilitates support groups for postpartum women and frequently speaks on maternal wellness issues in media and via corporate workshops. Lauren strives to build connections and give back to her community.

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Lauren Tetenbaum

Women in Law

Meet 23 women lawyers who are designing their own path and defining success on their terms! And they want you to do the same.

Women in Law Discovering the True Meaning of Success chronicles the stories of 23 women lawyers as each one embarks on her own personal journey of self-love, self-reflection, and self-awareness to define for herself what success means in law—and in life.

Each story is as unique as the author, expressing the trials and tribulations leading up to a defining moment in each author’s life. Some women share heartbreaking stories of challenges they have overcome, while others share stories of how they gained the strength to make the choice, in some cases, to follow a different path.

Women in Law provides uplifting and triumphant recollections with words of encouragement for those considering a career in law. Pre-law students, law students, and new lawyers will find these stories particularly poignant and helpful. In fact, women in any profession will find this book uplifting and encouraging as they embark on their own path toward defining success for themselves. Each story depicts a particularly evocative discovery of what is meaningful and how defining success is a personal endeavor.

The authors are confident that Women in Law will help dispel the myths surrounding the practice of law and its traditional definition of “success” while honoring the sacrifices that many women have made, and feel they must continue to make, to reach the pinnacle.

Proceeds from Women in Law are being donated to the charity, Ms. JD, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the success of women in law school and the legal profession.

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CONNECT WITH LAUREN

Lauren A. Tetenbaum, LMSW, JD, PMH-C

Email:

lauren@latcounseling.com

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenatetenbaum/

Wonder Woman in Business Claudia Miller

Claudia Miller

Claudia Miller has dedicated the last 15 years of her career to supporting SF Bay Area nonprofit organizations focused on social justice and racial equity build stronger communities and advance their missions through effective fundraising.  As Senior Director of Advancement with Venture Leadership Consulting, she creates results-based development plans, leads high-performing teams as an interim fundraising executive, and guides nonprofits in telling their stories. Since joining Venture Leadership in February 2020 (hello COVID!), she has worked with organizations focused on ending the prison pipeline for Bay Area youth, helping foster youth overcome challenges as they transition to adulthood, community organizing and safety net services, and finding permanent solutions to homelessness in SF.  

Prior to joining Venture Leadership, Claudia was the Vice President of Advancement at First Place for Youth, a nationally-recognized leader in providing foster youth the education and employment skills they need to become independent, successful adults. During her tenure, the organization grew rapidly and she was responsible for increasing private revenue from $1 million to more than $7 million annually. Her strategic vision for growing private fundraising led to increased engagement with donors, stronger relationships with funders and corporate partners, and targeted communications and branding. First Place grew from a Bay Area-based nonprofit to a statewide organization, and now a national organization in four states. She successfully completed the organization’s first-ever Growth Campaign which raised more than $16 million from individual donors.

Prior to her work at First Place, Claudia was a reporter and freelance writer covering topics as wide-ranging as education, early childcare, sports features, home + garden, and real estate for the San Francisco Chronicle, the Hayward Daily Review, and various magazines. Like all good newspaper reporters, she got her start writing obituaries and the weather.

She has a BA in Latin American Studies and Political Science from Duke University. Outside of work, an ideal day is an early morning hike with friends and pups in the Oakland hills, an afternoon bike ride along the Bay, and a good meal shared outside with family. She loves nothing more than a day spent at the beach, be it Northern California or her Jersey Shore roots.

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Claudia Miller

Connect with Claudia

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/claudiamiller1226/

Email: claudia@ventureleader.org

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Wonder Woman in Business, Kimberly Marcus

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Kimberly R. Marcus

Director, Supplier Diversity, AARP

Mrs. Kimberly Marcus is the Director of Supplier Diversity for AARP. Mrs. Marcus is responsible for redefining diversity, equity and inclusion within the supply chain at AARP. The AARP supplier diversity program resides at the intersection of who we are, what we do, and how we do it. AARP’s supplier diversity program is directly linked to our mission and why we exist. AARP not only seeks to work with diverse suppliers, we also serve them by helping them grow their businesses and promoting them in the marketplace. 

Mrs. Marcus comes to AARP with over 20 years of combined experience in both the corporate and non-profit worlds. Prior to AARP, Mrs. Marcus was a presidential appointee for the Department of Commerce. Mrs. Kimberly Marcus was appointed in July 2012 to serve as Associate Director for the Office of Legislative, Education & Intergovernmental Affairs (OLEIA) at the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). In this capacity, she led all Agency efforts in the areas of communications, public affairs, external relationships, outreach, research, and policy development. She also oversaw the Agency’s relationships with elected officials, as well as its advocacy and outreach strategies. Mrs. Marcus focused primarily on stakeholder outreach, with an emphasis on global business development. Fortune 500 stakeholders, both domestic and international, were key to her outreach methodology.

One of her career highpoints before her appointment was when she was the National African American Outreach Director for the Democratic National Committee (DNC). In this high-profile role, Mrs. Marcus worked closely with the African American community to emphasize the importance of the African American vote.

Mrs. Marcus also worked for the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, serving as Executive Director of its Public Policy Institute’s Government Relations office. Mrs. Marcus advocated on behalf of urban communities and minorities by interacting with members of Congress, the Executive Branch, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She was responsible for the creation of public forums and the development of influential coalitions, as well as the publication of relevant policy analysis and research studies.

Mrs. Marcus considered her position as Director of Economic Development for the NAACP to be an exciting turning point in her career, as it gave her the chance to tackle issues of immediate relevance to equal opportunity for people of color. Mrs. Marcus is no stranger to the world of minority-owned business, as she owned and ran her own diversity consulting firm, KC Consulting. As the Principal Consultant for her firm, Mrs. Marcus expanded on the type of work she had done for the NAACP. She continued to advise client firms on diversity initiatives, and recommended implementation strategies.

At the outset of her career, Mrs. Marcus worked as a Senior Sales Executive at the Strategic Research Institute (SRI), where she spearheaded the organization’s successful launch of African American/Multicultural conferences and seminars. At Bank of America, she established a Living and Learning Center—a cutting-edge facility designed to help employees enhance skills related to both business and personal issues.

A native of Oakland, California, Mrs. Marcus holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing from Clark Atlanta University. Mrs. Marcus is a recipient of the Top 25 Women in Power Impacting Diversity Award, Top 30 Champion of Diversity Award, 2020 Best of the Best Champions of Diversity Award and 2021 Top 25 Diversity Change Leader by DiversityPlus Magazine, Women of Leadership and Power Award by MEA Magazine, Supplier Diversity Advocate of the Year by Disability: IN and serves on the Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council (CRMSDC) Board, the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) Board, the WBEC Metro NY and WBEC Greater DMV (WBECNY/DMV) Board and is the Vice Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee for WBENC, Board Chair-Elect for WBECNY/DMV, Chair of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee for WBECNY/DMV, Board First Vice Chair for CRMSDC and Chair of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee for CRMSDC . Mrs. Marcus is happily married, with a twin son and daughter.

Enjoy the podcast.

Kimberly R. Marcus

About Kimberly…

In her own words…

Connect with Kimberly

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-marcus-b9386b7/

Email:

kmarcus@aarp.org

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