Jennifer Y. Ishiguro

Jennifer Y. Ishiguro ’91 serves as partner, chief legal officer & corporate secretary of StepStone Group Inc., a global private markets firm that provides customized investment and advisory solutions in private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate to some of the most sophisticated investors in the world. Prior to joining StepStone, Jennifer served in legal leadership roles at AutoGravity Corp., a Daimler and Volkswagen-owned fintech; Gateway One Lending & Finance, LLC, the auto finance subsidiary of TCF Financial Corp. (NYSE: TCF); and Toyota Financial Services.

Jennifer also practiced for eight years in the fields of securities law and capital markets at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, spending time in the firm’s New York, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. offices. She is passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion, serving on the D&I Committee of her current company and promoting DEI in the legal profession.

Jennifer graduated cum laude from both Harvard Law School and Yale College. Before attending law school, she served as speechwriter to United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali and studied international trade law in Japan on a Fulbright fellowship. She lives in Southern California with her husband and daughter. Among her favorite memories of Webb are participating in various theatrical productions and having heated debates with her day student best friend seated atop the machines in the laundry room past visiting hours, challenging religion, existential existence and the like.