Students Hit Wall Street

Alumni in financial services share insights on careers

John Forrey ’83 (left) of Merrill Lynch meets Erin Koen ’05 and Alexis Anastos ’05.

About 70 students interested in the finance field had a unique networking and career assessment experience in October as they traveled to New York City for Finance Day.

Cosponsored by Career Services and the Investment Club, the event gave students the opportunity to gain a broader awareness of careers in the financial industry, practice and improve networking skills, and speak with over 20 alumni (and some of their coworkers) about full-time and summer employment.

“Finance Day was a great way to network and get a feel for the type of company and service I would like to be involved in after graduation,” says Amanda Bochner ’05, a double major in international economics & commerce and Spanish.

Economics and business major Maurice Bennett ’06 realized a number of benefits from the event, including insight into specific careers he might pursue after graduation.

Chip Lewis ’91 (left) and Dick Linthicum ’66 of Citigroup greets Keith Helwig ’05.

“Just having the opportunity to ask someone, especially an alumnus, what they do on a day-to-day basis, there was more of a personal connection,” he says.

The day included a career forum on employment tracks within the financial industry, such as investment banking, asset management, equity research, sales and trading, corporate finance, and cash management.

Alumni who attended the event, along with the companies they represented, were: Chip Lewis ’91, Dick Linthicum ’66, Scott Littlejohn ’84, Francis Mustaro ’72, and Keith O’Brien ’03, Citigroup; David Berdon ’92, Goldman Sachs; Jeremy Arfield ’93, Braeden Rogers ’00, Jeffrey Schor ’79, and Martha Heinze ’86, JP Morgan Chase; John Forrey ’83, Katie McAdams ’82, Dana Morris ’00, and Saad Rasool ’02, Merrill Lynch; Victor Goldman ’96, New England Financial; Frank Austin ’92, Charles Chesebrough ’87, Michael McDonough ’79, and Larissa Reick ’97, The Bank of New York; and Claire Byers ’89, Andrew Cooper ’03, and Dave Thomas ’00, UBS Investment Bank. Dick Simmermacher, father of economics and business major William Simmermacher ’07 (Scarsdale, N.Y.), also attended, representing Goldman Sachs.