As FRIENDS Executive Director, Grace brings more than three decades of experience in banking and financial management, having held senior positions at top-tier financial institutions. She is also a founding member of an SEC-registered investment management firm. Beyond her professional career, Grace has dedicated significant time serving on numerous nonprofit boards, including the Smithsonian Women’s Committee, Friends of the National Zoo for Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Wellesley Business Leadership Council, Wellesley College Alumnae Association and Wellesley College Board of Trustees.

Grace holds a B.A. in Economics and Chinese Studies from Wellesley College, studied Management Information Systems at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and earned her MBA in Finance from Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business.

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