Rebekah Kohmescher
As CEO, Rebekah “Beka” Kohmescher leads Altair’s executive team and has responsibility for the overall management of the firm. Beka places a strong emphasis on creating a firm culture where all employees are encouraged to...
Mary Beth Berkes
Roxanne Martino
Roxanne Martino is the Co-Founder of OceanM19, a single-family investment office. Ms. Martino serves as The Lead Independent Director of Ventas, Inc., (NYSE: VTR), an S&P 500 company which is a top-tier real estate investment...
Mary Jo Herseth
Mary Jo Herseth is the Principal of Starland Consulting LLC and the former Senior Vice President and National Head of Banking for Harris Private Bank. Ms. Herseth joined Harris Private Bank in September 2009 after...
Beth Gallagher Coolidge
Beth joined Oppenheimer in 2024 as Head of Public Finance. With over 30 years of industry expertise, she has completed $40 billion in transactions throughout her career. Ms. Coolidge most recently led UBS’s Midwest Public...
Kristi L Rowsell
Kristi L. Rowsell is an independent director of State Street Investment Management SPDR ETFs, a director of the Oakmark Funds, and member of the Board of Governors for the Investment Company Institute. She retired from...
Trish Halper
Trish Halper is currently the co-Chief Investment Officer at Cercano Management, a multi-family office. Prior to joining Cercano, she was the Chief Investment Officer for the Global Family and Private Investment Offices at Northern Trust....
Melissa L. Bean
Melissa Bean is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Executives’ Club of Chicago. Since 1911, the Club has been known as the premier networking forum for Chicago’s “best and brightest”business, civic, and academic...
Jacqueline Barlow
Jacqueline (Jackie) Barlow, Vice Chairman of CIBC U.S. From 2023 through March 2026, Jackie was the President of U.S. Commercial Real Estate, overseeing the teams that work with middle market, institutional and specialty lending clients...
Carol Lavin Bernick
Carol Lavin Bernick is CEO of Polished Nickel Capital Management, a privately held company that manages diversified investments and owns all or substantial stakes in diverse companies ranging from retail sales to thoroughbred racing. In...