Chapter Officers

President

Nishant Mahitcha MBA CBAP

Responsible for delivery and Analysis of Global Equities Business. Working with Fidessa, ADP, OASYS and other products catering to Equities Business in North America and Canada.

Specialties: Equities Trading, FIX Messaging, Fidessa - Trade and Order management Systems, OMGEO Oasys, ePAM, GLOSS, Clearing and Settlement, Distributed Databases, Securities Compliance, Reconciliation betweeen Systems, Depository Receipts.

Vice President (VP) Communications & Marketing

Paul Wojnicki, PhD

A proven project and product developer from concept to rollout. My diverse career has led to retail, medical, industrial, software (apps and full stack) and combined modality products which adapted to stakeholder needs before, during and after development. Engaged with PMP project management and Agile workflows. Highly skilled engineer in technology with hardware and software, along with a business acumen developed through building and sitting on the boards of multiple startup and businesses.

Proficient at leading and inspiring teams, understanding how to build cohesion, efficiency and develop creative but productive corporate organizational structures. Client facing roles (Sales, Customer Engagement, Developent), Developing Innovative Solutions (internal/external), Leading Project Teams (project management/training/organization design), Mentoring Businesses/Internal Assets, Business Analytics (data acquisition and analysis).

Vice President (VP) Events

Christopher A. Garcia

Seasoned professional with 8 years of expertise across middle and back office functions within capital markets, specializing in trade support and lifecycle management for stock loan operations—including international stock loan, repo, and securities lending—in broker-dealer and banking environments. Skilled in supporting end-to-end trade processes across equities and fixed income, including settlements, custody, clearance, collateral management, margin, and reconciliation.

Vice President (VP) Professional Development

Karen Board MBA CBAP

Extensive experience developing and implementing systems and process improvements for prominent global firms. Expertise collaborating on complex projects with senior management, third party vendors, operations, technology, compliance, audit, legal & regulatory stakeholders.

My goal is to create value for companies via strategic process, policy and systems implementations that result in measurable business improvements.

Specialties: Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP) & Project Management Professional (PMP) implementing high frequency market data and analytics solutions using tools such as Microsoft Project, Visio, SQL, Python, Bloomberg, Reuters, Dow Jones, and Swift technologies.

Secretary

Karen Kennedy, MBA, MSIS

PMO lead in the Advisory practice at KPMG International. Supporting and helping client-service teams with go-to-market sales strategies and value pitches in AI, ESG, C&R, CPG, IM, Banking, Insurance etc.

Teaching international business as a class teacher at London School of Economics (LSE).

Adjunct professor at Seton Hall University in the Stillman School of Business for undergraduate and graduate students.

Treasurer

Amit Kaul MS CBAP

K-12 Teacher, Career and Technical Education at Ridge Road Middle School

VP of Membership

Prithima Nirmala MS