Kristen Dickey

Kristen is a Board Director for several corporate and non-profit entities where she serves as Independent Director and Advisor. She is a private investor (VC) identifying, investing in & providing intellectual capital assistance to female-led businesses, growing & scaling them & serving as Board Member and Advisor to these companies. She develops future bench strength by collaborating with non-profit organizations that empower young women, enhancing high school students’ economic & financial literacy skills & college-students' understanding of money/investments. Her business & financial acumen, enhanced during 20+ years serving what is today the world's largest asset manager (BlackRock), building, growing/scaling its investor relations function & managing/operating institutional & retail asset mgt businesses informs all her work.

Kristen holds several Corporate Board positions: 1) BNY Mellon Investment, Founding Trustee/Director of ETF suite; 2) Board Member of Marstone Inc., a digital wealth platform in NY, and 3) Lead Director for Aperture Investors LLC, an investment firm delivering active management with performance-linked fees. Kristen also sits on the advisory boards for Girls Who Invest & the Council for Economic Education, NY. She is a Board member Friends of the Highline, NY (Chair, Investment Committee) & member of the Photography Committee for The Whitney Museum of American Art.