Girls Who Invest Welcomes New Members to its Board of Directors

Three investment management industry leaders, actively working to change the face of investing, join the non-profit's distinguished Board of Directors

November 15, 2023 — Girls Who Invest (GWI), a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming the investment management industry by attracting and advancing women and non-binary investors, changemakers, and leaders, is proud to welcome three new members to its Board of Directors: Collette Chilton, Senior Advisor to the Investment Committee at Williams College, Heather Kennedy Miner, Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director at Advent International, and Tina Byles Williams, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Founder of Xponance, Inc.

“We’re beyond honored to welcome Collette, Heather, and Tina to our Board of Directors,” said Katherine Jollon Colsher, President and CEO at Girls Who Invest. “The level of expertise that these outstanding leaders bring to the GWI Community is invaluable. To date, we’ve seen incredible success within our community, recently surpassing 2,500 alumni, and we’re excited to continue our work as a collective to further move the needle forward on greater diversity and inclusion within the investment management industry.” 

“Since founding Girls Who Invest over eight years ago in 2015, we have made tremendous progress in helping transform our industry for the better by bringing more diverse women into the investing decision-making process and that’s in large part thanks to our terrific partners and supporters of our mission,” said Seema R. Hingorani, Founder and Chair of Girls Who Invest. “As we look ahead, I am thrilled that Collette, Heather, and Tina have joined us as key advisors to help propel our organization to even greater heights.”

As GWI celebrates the addition of Chilton, Miner and Williams, the non-profit also applauds the positive impacts that they have already made across the industry, further paving a path forward for future generations of women and non-binary people within financial services.

Prior to Collette Chilton’s current role at Williams College, she first served as Chief Investment Officer at the institution from 2006 through 2023. Chilton has held multiple roles at the C-suite level as CIO at Lucent Asset Management, Pension Reserves Investment Management Board and a similar position with the Massachusetts State Teachers and Employees Retirement Systems Trust. Currently, Chilton also serves as board chair and on the investment committee for Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston. She also serves on the Berkeley Endowment Management Company board, as an Advisor to the Investment Committee of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and as an Investor in Residence in the Department of Economics at UCLA. Chilton holds an MBA from the Amos Tuck Graduate School of Business at Dartmouth College and a B.S. in Political Economy of Natural Resources from the University of California, Berkeley.

Heather Kennedy Miner is Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director at private equity firm Advent International, where she is responsible for driving global operations, strategic growth initiatives, marketing and communications and talent development. Prior, Miner was a Partner at Goldman Sachs, having served for nearly two decades in a variety of leadership roles including Chief Operating Officer and Co-Head of Client Solutions & Capital Markets for Asset Management, as well as Global Head of Investor Relations for the firm. She serves on the Board of the Bronxville School Foundation and the President’s Council of Sanctuary for Families. Miner holds an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University and a B.S. in Finance from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.

Tina Byles Willaims is the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Founder of Xponance, Inc., one of the nation’s largest diverse and woman-owned investment firms and a $16 billion multiple strategy investment company. With over 36 years of investment experience, Williams drives the firm’s active global equity and fixed income strategies, and serves on the Private Market Strategies Investment Committee. Additionally, as Lead Portfolio Manager, Williams oversees active global equity multi-manager strategies, manager search and disposition decisions. Over her career, Williams has been heavily praised as a trailblazer for investing with diverse and women-owned investment management firms. Williams holds a Master’s in Public Policy Analysis from Harvard University and an undergraduate degree from New York University.

About Girls Who Invest

Girls Who Invest (GWI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming the investment management industry by attracting and advancing women investors, change-makers, and leaders. GWI does this through tuition-free education programs for first and second-year college students. Once scholars complete their program, GWI provides career advisory services, community building, and connections for alumni at all stages in their careers, with a focus on long-term professional development, retention, and advancement. We believe, and studies show, that advancing diverse investors brings unique and previously excluded perspectives to the industry and leads to higher performance. To date, GWI has reached more than 2,500 young people in just eight years. To learn more, visit GirlsWhoInvest.org.

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