Rochelle Fernandes

Rochelle Fernandes is an accomplished finance and operations professional currently serving as an Executive Board Member and Treasurer at The Cosmobiology Institute since July 2022. With a diverse background, Rochelle has held various significant positions including Director of Investment Strategy at F8 Foundation and Senior Manager of Business Operations & Strategy at VMware. Additionally, Rochelle's contributions extend to educational institutions such as serving on the University Budget Advisory Committee at the University of San Francisco and as VP of Finance & Administration for Santa Clara University's School of Counseling Psychology. Destination of this trajectory includes a Doctoral Researcher Writer role at Substack, as well as earlier experience as a Senior Financial Analyst at Intel Corporation and Sr. Business Operations Manager at Cisco Systems. Educational accomplishments include an MBA in Finance from Santa Clara University and ongoing doctoral studies in Clinical Psychology at the University of San Francisco.