3.25.2010

An Update from Daphne Riahi



An update from Alum Daphne Riahi (BA 91):


“After graduation I returned home to Alaska and became a writer for the Anchorage Times.  I received an MBA at Alaska Pacific University (APU), spent a semester in Vladivostok, Russia and then a year abroad in France as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar.  


In 1995 I returned to the US and started my career in investment management at Barra/RogersCasey in Darien,CT and NY City.  My husband Doug and I were married in 1997 and in 1998, I worked in Risk Management at Pimco/Columbus Circle.  From 1999 through 2002, I worked for IBM Retirement Funds and received the CFA charter.  I taught business courses through APU's distance learning program and CFA courses locally until 2004 when our daughter was born.   While working as a portfolio manager for a fund of hedge funds through 2006, I also volunteered for the Stamford CFA Society Board (2002-2008) and was society President for ’05-'06.   


Since then I've volunteered as Finance Chair for our daughter's preschool and currently work in the finance committees of her elementary school and a NYC not-for-profit organization.  For hobbies, I love to travel with my family, hike, ski, research investments, and read, write and relax with our two Siamese cats.”


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