Gateway to Leadership

MMI Congratulates the winners of the 2009 Gateway to Leadership Business Case Competition; Domonique Powell Austin · Arlinda Fair · Tahireena Shrine · Kishia Ward · Cortney Woodruff

Gateway to Leadership©, a summer internship program that places outstanding students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Wall Street’s top firms, has awarded the top prize in its annual financial management case competition to the team which best addressed the need for retirement solutions for small business owners. The winning team was announced at Gateway to Leadership’s closing ceremony in Washington D.C., which culminated the 10-week internship program. According to the Census Bureau and the Small Business Administration, there are approximately 60 million self-employed Americans in the U.S.

Winning Team Paper Gateway Planners

New York Life Interns Jessica Perkins and Ariana Oatman meet Chairman and CEO Osbert Hood of MacKay Shields at a Gateway to Leadership Summer Intern Event.

New York- Area Gateway Students Enjoy Outing Sponsored by Dreyfus

Gateway to Leadership Class of 2009 Orientation

MMI Member Firms sponsoring Gateway to Leadership Interns, Leaders of the Gateway to Leadership Program and the Gateway to Leadership Class of 2009 met at the NAACP headquarters for the 2009 Gateway Orientation.

A Gateway to Leadership intern shares her learning experience at Dreyfus

Jim McCarthy, the Managing Director of Morgan Stanley’s Retirement Equity Solutions Division, in the Global Wealth Management Group will host an exclusive 30-minute NetMeeting on retirement for the 2009 Gateway interns at noon eastern time on Monday, July 6.Mr. McCarthy will share his extensive financial services experience with the interns after having worked at some of the largest brokerage firms including Merrill Lynch, Fidelity and Bank of New York.

MMI Gateway Connector Newsletter Spring 2009

Ti’tiana Davis, Gateway Class of 2008 NYLIM intern has been hired by Vanguard.  She graduated with top honors from Johnson C. Smith University

Tiffani Davis, Gateway Class of 2007 Morgan Stanley intern has accepted a full time job with JP Morgan

Patricia Easley, Gateway Class of 2008 Morgan Stanley intern will enter DePaul Law School’s Fall Class of 2009

Dean Hamilton, Gateway Class of 2007 Prudential Investments intern works full time at Vanguard and has passed his Series 63 & 7 exams

Ashley Howlett, Gateway Class of 2008 Morgan Stanley intern is bound for Harvard Law School’s Fall Class of 2009

Issac Khan, Gateway Class of 2008 NYLIM intern is employed at LaSalle Global Trust Services for the Bank of America

Candace Moss, Gateway Class of 2007 Legg Mason intern has been accepted to Harvard Law School Fall Class of 2009

Keeyon Upkins, Gateway Class of 2007 Morgan Stanley intern has been awarded CPA credentials and is employed by Ernst & Young

Congratulations to Gateway to Leadership Class of 2007 Intern Ricardo Johnson on his job offer from JP Morgan.

Ricardo will be joining JP Morgan’s Wealth Management group in Chicago after graduating from the Howard University School of Business this year.

Congratulations to Gateway Alumni Jarrett Nobles for passing his Series 7 Exam. Jarrett was a member of the Gateway to Leadership Class of 2007 and is employed by Edward Jones.

Letter from Christopher Davis