Adrienne Penake

Adrienne has overseen commercial strategy, finance and marketing as Chief Operating Officer since 2010 and was named CEO in 2014. Prior to joining Speech Buddies, she was the VP of Corporate Development at Prosper Marketplace, an Associate Director at Bear, Stearns & Co. and began her career at Goldman Sachs in New York. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst, and received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Northwestern University. Adrienne is a former Board Member of the Financial Women’s Association of San Francisco and a member of the CFA Institute.