Marisa Drew ’86, Chief Sustainability Officer at Standard Chartered Bank, was recently featured in Wessex Partners’ second episode of “Fireside Conversations with Senior Women Working in Finance.” During the conversation, Drew discussed her sustainability journey within financial services, how she started working in sustainability, and her current role at Standard Chartered.

2021 marked the McIntire School of Commerce’s Centennial—a time for celebration! In recognition of this important milestone, we honored the members of our global learning community from a memorable 100-year history. Faculty, alumni, students, corporate partners, and friends have all played an integral role in shaping our innovative business education and preparing students to become visionary leaders for generations. Join us in honoring the invaluable contributions of those responsible for our past successes, current innovations, and enthusiastic future plans dedicated to the exchange of ideas that ensures we continue to use commerce for the common good.









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Erika Maguire (A&S ‘12, M.S. in Commerce ‘13), a Research Manager at Deloitte, ran the London Marathon in April on behalf of The Outward Bound Trust, after completing a hike of the Appalachian Trail. She raised £2,010 for the organization.
D. Cotton Swindell ’85 was elected President of the Adams Diversified Equity Fund Inc. (NYSE: ADX), one of the nation’s oldest closed-end funds, effective last month. Mr. Swindell was an Executive Vice President and a Portfolio Manager of ADX since Jan. 21, 2015, and served the fund in a variety of capacities for the past 20 years. He joined ADX in 2002 as a Research Analyst covering the industrials sector. He was promoted to Vice President-Research in 2004, covering the financials and industrials sectors. In his role as Executive Vice President, Mr. Swindell covered the industrials sector and the auto and media industries within the consumer discretionary sector. Prior to joining ADX, Mr. Swindell was an Equity Analyst with Wachovia Securities and, for 10 years, an Equity Analyst with Alex. Brown & Sons. Earlier in his career, he worked at Prudential-Bache Securities in investment banking and fixed income trading. He is a CFA® charterholder.