Guest Speakers

Hear from industry professionals across various fields of finance.

Portrait of Brendan Hermanspan

Brendan Hermanspan

Private Wealth Management

Goldman Sachs

A Private Wealth Management professional at Goldman Sachs and Boston College graduate. He previously co-founded Scholars of Finance, one of the leading student-run finance organizations in the country.

Private Wealth ManagementStudent OrganizationsBreaking Into Finance
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Lenise Miller

VP of Enterprise Risk Management

Credit Agricole CIB

An enterprise risk and regulatory compliance leader with nearly a decade of experience across banking and FinTech. Previously at KPMG and Capco, she now serves as VP of Enterprise Risk Management at Crédit Agricole CIB.

Enterprise RiskRegulatory ComplianceBanking Careers
Portrait of Steven Zhang

Steven Zhang

Software Engineer

PaveFinance

A Carnegie Mellon graduate in Mathematics and Machine Learning. He spent two years as a Software Engineer at Amazon before joining PaveFinance, and serves as BFN's Web Development Advisor.

Software EngineeringFinTechWeb Development
Portrait of Bryce Viorst

Bryce Viorst

CEO & Founder

StreetSmart

Founder and CEO of StreetSmart, a finance recruitment platform built to level the playing field for students breaking into Wall Street. He previously worked in investment banking at Stifel and private equity at I Squared Capital.

Finance RecruitingInvestment BankingCareer Development
Portrait of Jonathan Schudmak

Jonathan Schudmak

Former Managing Director (Energy & Power)

Wells Fargo

A former Managing Director at Wells Fargo Securities with nearly two decades in investment banking. A Harvard Business School graduate, he has recruited, managed, and coached over 100 finance professionals throughout his career.

Investment BankingCareer CoachingRecruiting
Portrait of Patrick Curtis

Patrick Curtis

CEO & Founder

Wall Street Oasis

Founder and CEO of Wall Street Oasis, the largest online community for finance careers with over 700,000 members. He previously worked in investment banking at Rothschild and private equity before earning his MBA from Wharton.

Investment BankingFinance CareersEntrepreneurship