Cents Ability

Acting Members

Conner McGee, Co-Executive Director

Conner McGee is a Corporate Vice President and Product Director at New York Life Insurance Company. Conner works with a team developing insurance products & strategies for New York Life's domestic insurance business. Prior to New York Life Conner worked as a financial advisor with a private wealth management team at UBS. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 2002 with a BA in Economics. Conner is an avid runner and completed the 2004 NYC Marathon.

Elissa Kline, Co-Executive Director

Elissa Kline is a Strategy Manager with the Wall Street Journal, assisting the print and digital advertising sales team with strategic revenue initiatives. Elissa was previously an associate at a fund of hedge funds, where she wrote on macroeconomics and trends in the hedge fund industry. Elissa has been involved with Cents Ability since April of 2006. Elissa also volunteers with NY Cares, iMentor and is a member of the American Heart Association Young Professionals Group of NYC. Elissa is an honors graduate of Harvard College, where she majored in Economics.

Stella Binkevich, Development Director

Stella Binkevich was born in the Ukraine and moved to the United States when she was seven. She attended Stuyvesant High School and is a graduate of the University of Michigan (UM). She graduated UM with a Bachelors in Economics and Psychology. She currently analyzes counterparty risk for the Fixed Income, Currency & Commodities desks at Goldman Sachs. She enjoys travelling, rading, singing, and spending quality time with friends. She is also a huge UM sports fan. Go Blue!

Emily Crowell, Curriculum Director

Emily is an Associate at KRG Capital, a private equity firm. Prior to joining KRG in 2008, Emily was an Investment Banking Analyst in New York for JPMorgan in the Financial Technology Group.

Emily graduated from Duke University where she earned a BA in Economics and History

Anthony Taylor, Franchise Director

Anthony Taylor is a Head Trader and Lead Market Maker for the NYSE Arca Equities group at the Kellogg Capital Group. Anthony trades for the firm and makes markets in the energy, financial, technology, and advertising sectors. He graduated from the University of Virginia with a BA in Economics (Financial Mathematics concentration). He was born and raised in New Jersey, and is looking to help expand Cents Ability throughout the Tri-State area.

Vanessa Lee, Fundraising Coordinator

Vanessa is currently the Business Development Specialist at Technical Resources International Inc. (TRI), where she is responsible for all phases of business development, and capture management including: identification, qualification, capture, and proposal coordination. Vanessa coordinates, updates, and assists in the implementation of TRI's strategic marketing plan by expanding TRI's visibility, name recognition, and professional credibility through active marketing. Vanessa cultivates and generates new business from both new and existing clients in the public and private health sector. Vanessa identifies and qualifies prospective teaming partnerships for project specific strategic partnerships, leveraging and organizing company assets. She also supports communication projects as needed, leveraging her bilingual Spanish/English capabilities. Vanessa is an avid dancer and earned a National Championship title with the NYU dance team in 2002. She graduated from New York University with a B.A. in Philosophy and Spanish.

Nicholas Donahue, Operations Manager

Nicholas Donahue is a Structured Products Trader at The Kellogg Group, where he specializes in Closed End Funds, Exchange Traded Structured Products, and SPACs. He graduated from the University of Vermont with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance in 2007. Nick recently completed the Level II CFA examination and is currently preparing for Level III. Nick, a native Vermonter, enjoys outdoor activities particularly skiing, biking and boating

Janice Musselwhite, Marketing Director

Janice Musselwhite is an Assistant Vice President at GAMCO Asset Management, where she focuses on sales, marketing and relationship management for private wealth management clients. She is also a member of the Socially Responsive Investments team at GAMCO. Janice was awarded a Bachelor of Arts with distinction in Economics from Duke University. She would like to increase awareness for Cents Ability's mission and help expand the model into a national organization in her role as Marketing Director.

Chris Clouse, Treasurer

Chris Clouse is the Chief Financial Officer of Capco. He joined the firm in October 2001 as the Company's Corporate Controller and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in September 2006. He is a member of the Management Committee. Prior to joining Capco, Chris served as the Controller of CyberBills, Inc., an online bill presentment and payment solutions provider based in Santa Clara, California and prior to that as the external financial reporting manager for Hewlett-Packard Company in Palo Alto. Chris started his career with PriceWaterhouseCoopers in its Washington DC and San Francisco audit practices

Andrew Casella, Website Manager

Andrew Casella is a Senior Analyst at Goldman Sachs in Investment Management Finance supporting one of GSAM's hedge funds. Previously, Andrew was a controller for Morgan Stanley's Prime Brokerage business.

Andrew graduated with Honors from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance. Andrew passed all three levels of the CFA.

David Schulte, Community Outreach

David Schulte works for Morgan Stanley as a cash and derivatives trader in the Leveraged Credit Group. He graduated summa cum laude from Columbia University with a degree in Engineering Management and Economics. He is in the process of becoming a CFA charterholder, having passed Level I so far. As a Colorado native, Dave enjoys skiing, running, golfindg and travelling. He completed the 2006 NYC Marathon and hopes to participate again in 2009.

Kelsey Doorey, Community Outreach

Kelsey Doorey is an Internal Strategy Consultant in IBM's Global Business Services sector, specializing in business and operations strategy. She graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Psychology. Kelsey also volunteers with iMentor and the New York Junior League. She enjoys traveling, rowing and surfing in her free time and recently completed her first triathlon.

Scott Larson, Community Outreach

Scott Larson works for Greenhill Capital Partners as an investment professional. Prior to GCP, he spent two years working in investment banking at JPMorgan. He graduated with high distinction from University of Colorado with a degree in Accounting and Finance. Scott enjoys being a fan of all sports, and also enjoys golfing, skiing and travelling.

John Tevlin

John Tevlin is currently a junior pursuing a BBA in finance at Baruch College and is also the head of the Cents Ability franchise at his school. John is very much committed to the Cents Ability cause and giving back to NYC public high schools, himself graduating from Brooklyn Technical High School in 2005. John is going to spend his upcoming summer as an analyst with JPMorgan in their Investment Banking Division.

Michael Noonan

Michael Noonan is an associate in the private equity practice of Eos Partners and previously worked as an analyst at JPMorgan Securities focusing on syndicated and leveraged finance. Michael is also involved with the Children's Aid Society where he has volunteered in their cultural and educational programs. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Duke University and was a Fulbright Scholar in Tartu, Estonia.