Friday, March 19, 2021
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (ET)
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Event Type
Workshop/Information Session
Contact
Amy Feifer
Department
Career and Professional Advising
Link
https://ems-web.haverford.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=91820
Fords on Friday is an opportunity for students to chat with alumni about their career path and industry trends. Alumni offer career advice and field questions from students. Join us for an informal chat!
Iris Colon ‘06
Manager, Transformation & Growth, BDO
Economics Major, Theater Minor, and Peace & Conflict Studies Concentration
1st Recipient of the Mary Sharpless Sanford Scholarship
Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics
Iris Colon is a Manager at BDO in the Transformation & Growth team focused on Strategy, Operational Effectiveness, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Learning & Development for the Advisory practice. Prior to BDO, she held a client-facing role at McLagan, an Aon company, where she worked with FinTech firms and major financial companies in the Caribbean on compensation design, job architecture, human capital strategy, performance management, and HR data and analytics. She has had many varied roles such as process improvement for a healthcare company, product development at a FinTech, workforce development in NYC government, and the strengthening of after-school programs via non-profit organizations.
Iris earned a B.A. in Economics from Haverford College and an M.B.A. in Finance and Global Business from The Stern School of Business at New York University where she had the opportunity to visit Argentina, Cuba, Haiti, and Israel through “Doing Business In” courses.
Iris has been an alumni volunteer for both Haverford and NYU. For Haverford, she has been a NYC area events organizer, Admissions Alumni Volunteer, and has sat on various committees such as the Young Alumni Advisory Group, Class of '06 Reunion, and Alumni Associations Awards Committee. Iris is currently in the Multicultural Alumni Action Group. For NYU Stern, Iris has been an Alumni Admissions Ambassador, and a committee member for the Stern Women in Business Alumnae Committee, and the Black & Hispanic Alumni Group. For NYU at large, Iris is currently on the NYU Alumni Club in CT.
Iris was born and raised in New York City. Her home is now in New Canaan, CT with her husband, Anthony, and her 4 year old son, Justin. She volunteers on the Social Committee of the Newcomers Club of New Canaan.
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