CUP CATALYSTS
FINANCE. LAW. MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
Each year, the Council of Urban Professionals (CUP) celebrates the accomplishments of "CUP Catalysts," diverse change agents in Finance, Law, and Media and Entertainment who are achieving extraordinary professional success while making significant and impactful contributions to their community through volunteerism, philanthropy, board service, and mentorship.
The goal of our Catalyst program is to:
- Showcase the contributions of accomplished leaders across sectors
- Facilitate connections and business development among diverse professionals
- Inspire young diverse professionals to achieve extraordinary success and impactful civic engagement
The CUP Catalyst recognition is a wonderful opportunity to acknowledge and praise remarkable leaders within your firms and networks. Self-nominations, peer nominations ,and firm nominations are welcome during the nomination period.
CATALYST BENEFITS
- Invitation to and public recognition at CUP's Forum of the Catalyst's respective industry. CUP's Fall Forums are annual convenings of industry leaders to discuss business, leadership, and diversity
- Invitation to join CUP's Speakers Bureau and participate in media opportunities
- Increased visibility through CUP's various communication channels, including a feature in the CUP Catalyst videos
- Opportunity to participate in CUP Leadership Institute programming and mentoring
- Facilitated introductions and professional connections
Meet Our CUP Catalysts
Media & Entertainment
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Carlos Watson
Ozy Media
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Joy Profet
ESSENCE Communications
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Niija Kuykendall
Warner Bros.
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Monique Carswell
NBC Universal
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Law
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Juan Arteaga
Crowell & Moring LLP
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Laurie Charrington
Associate General Counsel
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Alice Hsu
Akin Gump
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Finance
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Indhira Arrington
Wells Fargo
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Levee Brooks
Goldman Sachs
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Janessa Cox-Irvin
Alliance Bernstein
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Renee LaRoche-Morris
BNY Mellon
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Supriya Jha
Nasdaq
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Rendel Solomon
Muller & Monroe Asset Management
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Media & Entertainment
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Kenneth Ebie
NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment
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Jackie Gagne
HBO
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Katherine Liu
Viacom International Media Networks
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Sheila Marmon
Mirror Digital
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Nneka Norville
BET Networks, a Viacom Company
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Ronald Simons
SimonSays Entertainment
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Law
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Kimberly MacKay
Novartis Business Services
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Robert Maldonado
Cooper and Dunham
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Michelle C. Ifill
Verizon Corporate Services Group
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Jeanine Conley
Littler Mendelson
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Margaret C. Bae
Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
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Kathlyn Card Beckles
JPMorgan Chase
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Finance
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Nicole Fouron
BNY Mellon
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Stephanie Ivy
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
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Yusef Kassim
Blue Harbour Group, L.P.
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Craig MacKay
Managing Director and Partner
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Shawn Pride
EY
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Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri
Goldman Sachs
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Media & Entertainment
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James E. Bartlett
MoCADA
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Diahann Billings-Burford
Time Warner, Inc.
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Daniel Diez
R/GA
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Ricardo Garcia-Amaya
VOIQ Inc.
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Geraldine Moriba
CNN Worldwide
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Lylette Pizarro
RPM GRP
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Law
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Kermitt Brooks
AXA US
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Steve Chung
NBCUniversal Newsgroup Legal
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Damaris Hernández
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
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Sonia Low
The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc.
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Rossie Turman
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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Finance
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Christopher Floyd
Wells Fargo
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Valerie Grant
AB
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Ashwin Krishnan
Morgan Stanley
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Mark Mason
Citi
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Ricardo Mora
Goldman Sachs
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Yokasta Segura-Baez
Pantheon
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Sengal Selassie
Brightwood Capital
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Derrick Steele
EY
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Mustafa Topiwalla
RBC Capital Markets
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Media & Entertainment
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Veronica Chambers
Lightbulb Ink, LLC.
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Rita Ferro
Disney Channels Worldwide
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Camille Hackney
Head of the Global Brand Partnerships Council, Warner Music Group
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Dee Poku-Spalding
WIE
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Maria Weaver
Interactive One
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Law
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Damien Atkins
Panasonic Corporation of America
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Sheila S. Boston
Kaye Scholer LLP
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Joseph Drayton
Cooley LLP
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Darryl W. Gibbs
AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company
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Adam Hemlock
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
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Lawrence Hinkle
Fox Rothschild LLP
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Jacqueline LiCalzi
Regulatory Relations Group
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Nate Saint Victor
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
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Finance
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Noelle Grainger
J.P. Morgan
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Rejji P. Hayes
ITC Holdings Corp.
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Sekou Kaalund
J.P. Morgan
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Nyron Latif
Goldman Sachs
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Mina Pacheco Nazemi
GCM Grosvenor Private Markets
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Maria del Pilar Avila
New America Alliance
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Pete Rodriguez
BNY Mellon
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Denmark West
Connectivity Capital Partners
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Media & Entertainment
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Michael D. Armstrong
BET International and Paramount Channel
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Alix Baudin
Scripps Networks Interactive
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Donna Byrd
TheRoot.com
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Sofia Chang
HBO Home Entertainment
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Rachel S. Haot
Technology for New York State
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Alia Jones-Harvey
Front Row Productions
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Keli Lee
ABC
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Marissa Nance
OMD
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Cristina Patwa
FactoryMade
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Reginald Rasch
Rakuten Marketing
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Law
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Paula Anderson
Shearman & Sterling LLP
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Su Sun Bai
Morgan Stanley
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Gigi Chavez de Arnavat
Goldman Sachs
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Senator William “Mo” Cowan
Mintz Levin
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Dennis Hopkins
Perkins Coie LLP
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Jean Lee
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Shea Owens
Ernst & Young Assistant
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Antonious Porch
Nickelodeon
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Timothy Wilkins
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
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Paul Yoon
Wong Fleming
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Finance
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Lori Dickerson Fouché
Prudential Group Insurance
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Leslie Hale
RLJ Lodging Trust
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Roderick Hardamon
Citi Alternative Investment Services
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Gloria Kim
JPMorgan
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Hope Knight
Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone
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Jabari Magnus
BlackRock
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Lisa Opoku
Goldman Sachs
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Michael Pickrum
BET Networks
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Sháka Rasheed
Lazard Asset Management
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Marcos Torres
RBC Capital Markets’ Broadcasting
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Media & Entertainment
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Ty Ahmad-Taylor
Samsung Electronics
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Torrence Boone
Google
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Alvin Bowles
Grab Media
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Christopher C. Chen
Endgame Entertainment
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Lino Garcia
ESPN Deportes
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Michelle Herrera Mulligan
Cosmopolitan For Latinas
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Lucinda Martinez
HBO
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Keija Minor
Brides Magazine
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Martez R. Moore
BET Networks
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Derek Murphy
USA Today
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Steve Pamon
JPMorgan Chase
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Patricia Röckenwagner
Condé Nast
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Ekta Singh
Ernst & Young LLP
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Steven Wolfe Pereira
MediaVest
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Carmen Wong Ulrich
Marketplace Money, APM
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Law
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Kevin Armstrong
Pershing Advisor Solutions
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Preet Bharara
Southern District of New York
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Binta Brown
Harvard Kennedy School
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B. Seth Bryant
Bryant Rabbino, llp
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Maria Fernandez-Williams
Microelectronics Division, IBM
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José González
Torus Insurance
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Duane L. Hughes
Morgan Stanley
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Sherrilyn Ifill
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
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Rashida K. La Lande
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, llp
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Don H. Liu
Xerox Corporation
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María D. Meléndez
Sidley Austin, llp
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Ackneil M. Muldrow, III
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, llp
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Laurie N. Robinson Haden
CBS
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Mauro Wolfe
Duane Morris, llp
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Dwight Yoo
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, llp
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Finance
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Beverly Anderson
Wells Fargo
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Lisa Carnoy
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
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Michael Carter
RBC Capital Markets
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Don Cornwell
Morgan Stanley
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Troy Dixon
Deutsche Bank
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Sonia Dulá
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
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Dane Holmes
Goldman Sachs
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Elinor L. Hoover
Citi
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Silas A. Myers
Mar Vista Investment Partners
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Luis Oganes
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Purnima Puri
HighBridge Principal Strategies
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Dana Reed
Pan-African Investment Company
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Mona K. Sutphen
UBS
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Patrick Vatel
BNY Mellon
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