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6. JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Diana Farrell
President & CEO, JPMorgan Chase Institute
Diana Farrell is the founding President and
Chief Executive Officer of the JPMorgan
Chase Institute. Previously, she was a Senior
Partner at McKinsey & Company where she
was the Global Head of the McKinsey Center
for Government and the McKinsey Global Institute.
Farrell served in the White House as Deputy
Director of the National Economic Council and
Deputy Assistant to the President on Economic
Policy for 2009-2010. During her tenure, she
led interagency processes and stakeholder
management on a broad portfolio of economic
and legislative initiatives. Farrell coordinated
policy development and stakeholder engagement
for innovation and competition strategies
broadly, and led financial policy initiatives
including the passage of major legislation.
She also served as a member of the President’s
Auto Recovery Task Force.
Farrell currently serves on the Board of Directors
for eBay, The Urban Institute, and Washington
International School. In addition, she is a Trustee
Emeritus of Wesleyan University, a Trustee of the
Trilateral Commission, and served as a Co-Chair
of the World Economic Forum’s Council on
Economic Progress. Farrell is a member of
the Council on Foreign Relations, Economic
Club of New York, Bretton Woods Committee,
and Aspen Strategy Group. Farrell holds a
M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and
has a B.A. from Wesleyan University from
where she was awarded a Distinguished
Alumna award.
5. Marriott International, Inc.
Brenda Durham
Senior Vice President
and Regional General Counsel
Brenda Durham, Senior Vice President &
Regional General Counsel for Marriott
International, Inc., serves as primary legal
counsel for Marriott’s hotels and resorts located
throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. In
this capacity she provides oversight guidance
to Marriott’s law department group supporting
the region.
Durham joined Marriott in 1999 and is Marriott’s
senior ranking Latina. Durham has a comprehensive
practice that includes (i) negotiating financial,
equity, and management agreement transactions
and (ii) hotel owner relationship development and
dispute resolution. During 2012 to 2014, Durham
supported the integration of AC by Marriott brand
in Madrid, Spain.
In January 2016, she was selected as the
Caribbean and Latin America business lead for
the integration of Starwood-branded hotels in the
region, which will substantively conclude with the
systems merge at the end of 2018.
Durham is the region’s account executive
for a large portfolio owner of mixed-brand
hotels. She is one of the region’s executive
representatives on the Owner Franchise Advisory
Council. In her prior role, Durham served as the
primary legal counsel supervising Marriott’s
law department group for international global
operations providing counsel and oversight to
attorneys supporting Asia Pacific, Middle East
Africa and the United Kingdom.
Durham is an Ambassador Council member
for N Street Village. N Street’s mission is to
empower homeless and low-income women
in Washington, D.C. to claim their highest quality
of life.
7. New York Life
Mayra Diaz
Vice President, Third Party Distribution Client
Services Operations
Mayra L. Diaz is Vice President in the Retail
Annuities organization of New York Life
(NYL). In her current role, Diaz leads Client
Service Operations for Third Party Distribution
(TPD) customers in Retail Annuities. She is
responsible for the development and maintenance
of the infrastructure to support inforce policy
owner services for annuity products sold through
TPD channels and NYL Direct, New York Life’s
direct-to-consumer annuity sales. In this capacity,
Diaz oversees the implementation of objectives,
policies, procedures and standards for various
teams including call center, inforce services and
claims. In addition, she is responsible for
comprehensive shared services support across
Client Service Operations and Customer
Experience (new business and producer services)
including training programs, quality measurement
programs, audit liaison and reporting.
Diaz serves on various New York Life operational
and governance committees. She is an advisor to
Retail Annuities Jump Start, an employee career
growth program that she developed in 2017.
During her career, Diaz has held numerous roles
with increased responsibilities. Prior to joining New
York Life, she served as Assistant Vice President
for Essex Corporation, a third party marketer.
Diaz graduated from St. John’s University with
a B.S. in Business Administration and a concentration
in marketing. She is a New York State life insurance
agent and is FINRA licensed as an investment
representative (Series 6) and as a registered
principal (Series 26). Diaz serves as a mentor
in Baruch College’s Executives on Campus
Mentoring Program.
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