A girl from the Bronx

I grew up on the Bronx Community College campus, where my mother was Dean. Her students were immigrants, first-generation, Black, and Puerto Rican — working during the day and attending night classes. What education gave them was the difference between a life they could only imagine and the one they could actually live.

I went to Princeton, then Stanford, then Santa Clara Law. My husband teaches economics at Notre Dame, and our sons rowed varsity at Princeton.

For 18 years, I ran investment legal for Notre Dame's endowment as it grew from $5 billion to $22 billion. And I saw what the right legal infrastructure makes possible — faster closes, better terms, and an investment office that moves without hesitation.

But most institutions with portfolios just as complex don't have it.

I founded Endowment Legal Services for them.

Universities growing endowments to fund scholarships and research; healthcare systems whose investment portfolios support patient care; foundations preserving a family's capacity to give for the next hundred years.

My clients today collectively manage over $28 billion. Keeping their investments moving at the speed of capital means their returns grow just as fast — and so does their impact.