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Katherine Adams ’10 is a senior at Yale University majoring in Economics and Applied Mathematics. Besides being a part of the founding board of Smart Woman Securities at Yale, she is a member of the Yale Women's Crew team and in her spare time enjoys producing short films and writing original songs.

Alexandra Cook '11 is a junior at Yale University, majoring in Modern Middle Eastern Studies. She was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico and enjoys traveling, learning languages, acting and meeting new people. On campus, she is a founding member of Smart Woman Securities, assistant treasurer of Pi Beta Phi, business editor of Style Magazine, and a member of the Yale Herald Newspaper business staff. She is also a Public Relations' assistant for Maya, a student-run consulting, marketing and creative company and she is a board member of the Undergraduate Organizations' Funding Committee. She will be interning at UBS in New York City this summer where she will be rotating through various divisions.

Jia Huang ’11 is an Economics and International Studies major and the Co-President of the Founding Board of Smart Woman Securities (SWS) at Yale. After living sixteen years in Sweden and Denmark, she moved to Boulder, Colorado in 2004. In addition to launching Yale’s chapter of SWS, Jia enjoys working as an Event Planner at the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance & Performance at the Yale School of Management, where she helps organize the annual Yale Governance Forum. On campus, she serves on the Executive Board of Maya, Yale’s only undergraduate marketing and consulting group. She is also an active Steering Committee member of Focus on New Haven, a pre-orientation program that engages Yale students in local community service and social justice work. In her free time, Jia loves to ski, dance, and cook, recently taking third place in the Yale Iron Chef competition. Jia is excited to join UBS Investment Bank in the summer of 2009, rotating through four different areas of the bank as part of the President’s Summer Internship Program.

Joanna Da Lu ’11 is a junior Economics and Anthropology major in Ezra Stiles College at Yale from San Diego, California, by way of Tokyo, China, and Singapore. As Co-President and Education Chair of SWS, she plans to develop an extensive training program that will provide all SWS members with the knowledge and skills necessary to invest in companies, while working to create a cohesive and welcoming community of female leaders at Yale for networking, educational, and friendship purposes. She is involved in various organizations on campus in the realms of business and fashion, including Maya, YCouture, stYle Magazine, Yale Daily News Business, Yale Women's Leadership Initiative, and Pi Beta Phi. In her free time, she enjoys playing tennis and water sports, traveling, watching movies, shopping and fashion-related activities, and reading a plethora of food blogs despite the fact that she does not have a kitchen. For the past summers few summers, she has explored several roles in the corporate world through internships with Humana, Inc. and Sino Group, and plans to embark on an Around-the-World trip when she graduates.

Lena Ren ’11 is a junior at Yale University double majoring in East Asian Studies and International Studies. Besides being a part of the founding board and serving as Mentoring Chair for the Yale Chapter of Smart Woman Securities, Lena is involved in AIESEC, the largest international student-run organization, where she serves on the External Relations Committee. In addition, Lena is also a student body representative on the Yale Student Activities Committee, Publicity Coordinator for the Yale Richard Light Fellowship for East Asian study and Public Relations Chair in her sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma. This summer, Lena will be interning in New York City, doing research and consulting for MZI Global, a global marketing and consulting firm, and marketing for The Advertising Research Foundation/Ogilvy. In the fall, she plans to study abroad at Beijing University in China, enrolling in courses on Economics and East Asian Studies. She will also be doing business development for Adobe Systems Inc. in Beijing. In her spare time, Lena enjoys painting, arts and crafts, music composition, rock climbing, pageants and long jogs on the beach.

Taylor Ritzel '10 is a junior in Trumbull College at Yale, majoring in History. She is the captain of the Yale Women's Crew team and founder of the SWS chapter at Yale. She is a member of Pi Beta Phi, serving as the Vice President of Finance. She is also the co-founder and director of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee at Yale and serves as the co-President of WISER, an endowed organization that caters to female undergraduate student-athletes. During the summer of 2008, Taylor worked at a small brokerage firm in Kampala, Uganda where she compiled and analyzed various company's financial statements and end of year reports. Taylor plans to train for the United States national rowing team and eventually looks to pursue a career in finance.

Ran Tao ’11 is a junior at Yale University, pursuing a major in Economics.  As a founding member of the Yale University chapter of Smart Woman Securities, Ran manages infrastructure and finance.  This summer, Ran will be interning at Aureus Inc. in Minneapolis, researching the relationship between work, money, and happiness, and developing a curriculum on educating others about safe investment and return.  This fall, she plans to study abroad at Beijing University in China.  On campus, Ran is also involved in The Ivy Council, serving as its Vice President for External Affairs, and she is a member of the Marketing division of MAYA.  Ran enjoys drawing, doing yoga, reading and planning events.

Allix Wilde ’10 is a senior at Yale University majoring in English. At Yale, Allix is part of the founding board of Smart Woman Securities (Yale Chapter), member of Morse College and a member of the Yale Women’s Crew team. She also enjoys teaching health education in New Haven through the Community Health Educators program.

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