StreetWise Partners Junior Board

Stephanie Beer has worked in media and consulting, and has twice mentored clients of StreetWise Partners. She is a member of the Fundraising and Events team.

Amelia has been a mentor and officer for 5 program cycles with StreetWise Partners, and has spent two years on the Junior Board. Amelia has worked with the New York City public schools for the past eight years. First as a Cohort 5 NYC Teaching Fellow, teaching in East Harlem, and then responsible for the New York City K-6 Sales for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's School division. Amelia is passionate about Public Education reform and is involved in several related causes. Amelia graduated with Thesis Honors in Political Science and French Literature from the George Washington University and the Sorbonne. She has a Master's Degree in Education from Hunter College. Amelia is happy and excited to serve as Vice-Chair of this year's Junior Board.

Kevin R. Doherty has supported StreetWise Partners, Inc. for several years, is a veteran Junior Board Member and also sits on the StreetWise Partners Development Committee. Kevin is an attorney at Blank Rome LLP and concentrates his practice on complex commercial and corporate litigation. He serves a wide range of clients in areas involving commercial disputes and arbitration, environmental/superfund matters, coverage disputes and counseling for policyholders. He graduated cum laude from Bucknell University where he received degrees in both economics and political science, studied in London, and received his Juris Doctor degree from Seton Hall University School of Law where he was president of the Corporate Law Association. He is the recipient of a number of awards and scholarships and is currently admitted to practice law in New York, New Jersey, DNJ, SDNY, and EDNY. Kevin is a Hoboken, New Jersey resident and enjoys traveling, golfing, and cycling. As a seasoned member of several non-profit organizations he is an avid believer in the mission of StreetWise Partners.

Scott Glowinski has been a member of the StreetWise Partners Junior Board since 2009. Additionally, Scott served as a StreetWise Partners mentor for two cycles and will begin his third cycle in Spring 2011. Scott is currently an investment banking associate with Cain Brothers & Company, where he focuses on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, and financial advisory in the healthcare sector. Prior to starting his career at Cain Brothers, Scott received a B.S. in Finance and a B.A. in Economics from Penn State University. His interests include traveling, tennis, music/concerts, sailing, wine, and dining.

Born and raised in Jacksonville, FL, Elizabeth moved to NYC after graduating from Boston University. She started her career in Entertainment Public Relations, subsequently moving into the medical field. Elizabeth managed outpatient clinics for cancer patients at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and eventually coordinated and sold plastic surgeries for a private practice on the Upper East Side. Later, she found herself as a Director of her own recruiting desk, engineering career deals for companies and candidates. Ultimately, she found that she thoroughly enjoys spending her time now in the non-profit sector. This is her second year on the StreetWise Partners Junior Board after being a Mentor for two cycles and an Officer for one, as well as currently assisting with the Alumni Program. Last year, Elizabeth was a Co-Chair of the 4th Annual 'Go All In!' Poker Fundraiser. She has also been the Events Director for the largest youth-oriented political organization in the city, as well as the most active in America - The Manhattan Young Democrats - since January 2010, and has been involved with the group since the Summer of 2008. She is the incoming Events & Development Committee Co-Chair on the Associate Board at Gilda’s Club NYC, where she has been a Board member for two years. She has also spent time volunteering her knack for career guidance as a seminar leader, and English language skills partner in numerous partnerships, with international immigrants at The International Center in New York since 2007. Elizabeth loves the looks she gets from people with a random "ya'll" speckled into her conversations, the color of the sky when it snows, Britney Spears, sunflowers and her friends.

Jeff Meyers has been involved with StreetWise Partners since 2007, serving as a mentor and officer in the organization’s Career Ventures Program and has been a member of the Junior Board since 2009. Most recently Jeff has helped facilitate the launch the monthly Alumni Workshops, which focus on providing graduates with ongoing soft skill development and job retention support. Jeff is currently an Associate in the Municipal Securities Division at Citigroup, where he focuses on structured lending and investment opportunities in urban markets around the country. A graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, Jeff moved to New York in 2006 while an Analyst in the Debt Capital Markets group at Banc of America Securities, where he focused on clients in the real estate, gaming, and lodging sectors. He is active in planning the organization’s social activities and is an avid traveler and car enthusiast.

Bhavik Patel has been a mentor with StreetWise Partners for five program cycles and has served on the Junior Board since 2009. Currently, Bhavik works at Ziff Brothers Investments, where he focuses on Private Equity transactions in the Energy sector. Prior to joining ZBI, Bhavik worked at UBS Investment Bank as an Analyst in the Global Industrials Group. Bhavik graduated from Stern, NYU with a double major in Finance and Economics. In his spare time, Bhavik enjoys golfing, baseball, movies and ‘The Simpsons’.

Trey Poore has been involved with StreetWise Partners since 2008. With expertise in strategy and marketing, Trey became co-chair of the Junior Board in July 2011 after sitting for many years on the Corporate Partner Development team. Trey grew up in Alabama and has a degree in International Business.

Lisa Raylesberg is a Consultant at Interbrand - a leading global brand consultancy - where she provides strategic advisory surrounding brand development, creation, and management. Prior to joining the Strategy team at Interbrand, Lisa was a valuation consultant at Grant Thornton after beginning her financial education at Goldman Sachs Investment Banking. She holds a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University. Lisa has been a StreetWise Partners mentor for two cycles and joined the Junior Board in 2010.

Erin Smith is pleased to join the 2010 StreetWise Partners Junior Board after four consecutive cycles as a mentor with the Saturday program at PwC. Erin is a proud 2007 graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University (go Bobcats!), where she earned a B.S. in magazine journalism with specializations in history and political science. After impulsively moving to New York without a job (which her long-suffering parents optimistically termed an “interesting career choice”), Erin started her current job as a copywriter at Polo Ralph Lauren in 2008, writing merchandise copy descriptions and contributing content for RalphLauren.com and Rugby.com. A few of her finer qualities include baking, maintaining a perpetual positive attitude and always paying her library fines on time. She is well-known for (politely) correcting people’s grammar, laughing loudly and often, consistently arriving everywhere 10 minutes late and borrowing books from her friends for years at a time before finally reading and returning them unscathed.

Taylor Stirek has been a mentor and an officer in the StreetWise Partners Wednesday evening Young Adult Program. Taylor moved to New York City from Las Vegas in 2000 to attend New York University. She earned a Bachelors in Art History in 2004 and a Masters in Media, Culture & Communication in 2007. She works at TPG-Axon Capital as a Research Assistant. Taylor is the current Manhattan Young Democrats President after serving as the Special Events Director of MYD in 2008 and as Secretary in 2009. Taylor is a Spring 2010 New Leaders Council Fellow and serves on the Advisory Board of the NLC New York Chapter. Additionally, she is the Social Media Director for The White Roof Project, a non-profit focused on painting black tar roofs white to curb energy consumption and cool down buildings during the hot summers. She currently lives in Astoria, Queens and has no free time, she wouldn't know what to do with it anyway! She is excited to work with the Junior Board of StreetWise Partners this year!

Mr. Urdea joined Solus at its inception in July 2007 and has been managing risk for the hedge fund portfolios since he joined Stanfield Capital Partners LLC in 2004. At Solus he leads a group responsible for developing and managing a proprietary system that integrates portfolio management, trading, risk, research, operations, legal, and investor relations functions. As such, his daily responsibilities include the monitoring of portfolio exposures and sensitivities while working to express the firm’s view in the most effective and efficient manner. In a secondary capacity, he also assists in the firm’s strategic marketing effort. While at Stanfield, Mr. Urdea was involved in managing risk for its hedge funds and structured products, including development of a proprietary arbitrage model to manage the firm’s synthetic CDOs. Prior to joining Stanfield, he was a Quantitative Analyst at Deutsche Bank working with the Credit Derivatives market making and proprietary trading desks since January of 2003. He began his finance career as an analyst in High Yield Fixed Income Research with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in 2001. He has also worked under the direct leadership of Jamie Lefrak at The LeFrak Organization, a real estate development and management company. Mr. Urdea serves as Chairman for the Investment Strategy Committee for the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA), a non-profit finance-centered educational organization and local chapter of the CFA Institute. He was recently awarded the NYSSA Volunteer of the Year Award for his dedicated service to the organization and nominated to its Board of Directors. Mr. Urdea received a BSE in Financial Engineering from Princeton University in 2002 along with a Certificate in Finance and Engineering Management Systems. He was inducted into the Sigma Xi Research Society and served in several leadership roles. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and is currently pursuing the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation. Born in Bucharest, Romania, his family fled communism when he was at a very young age. He was raised in Oyster Bay, NY for most of his childhood years and currently resides on the Upper East Side with his wife Megan, an architectural designer. Mr. Urdea is an avid sailor, logging many hundreds of hours on the water on the Long Island Sound and Caribbean each year. He is also a very active cyclist, biking for pleasure around Central Park, participating in several century (100+ mile) tours and raising money for several charitable causes each year. He enjoys golf, tennis, and squash as well as hiking and kayaking. Finally, he is a resident member at the University Club in New York and Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club in Oyster Bay, NY.

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