An Unexpected Career in Finance

Nancy Goldsmith Mistretta ’72 spent three decades as a pioneer in the financial services industry as it underwent expansion, consolidation and ever-growing complexity. With JPMorgan Chase and its heritage institutions, she served in a variety of roles including managing director in the investment banking division, running the Global Diversified Industries Group and taking responsibility for the investment bank’s merger integration effort with Bank One (among many other roles). If one career wasn’t enough, she subsequently leveraged her network and M&A capabilities at one of the most distinguished executive search firms, Russell Reynolds, where she worked in the not-for-profit sector.