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Jennifer Mitrenga Maymon

Jennifer Mitrenga Maymon

VP, strategic initiatives | Figure Technologies

Jennifer Mitrenga Maymon is where she is thanks in no small part to a UI faculty member who gave her directions.

Thanks, Professor Kevin Waspi.

“He was instrumental in my finance experience at U of I and my transition to Goldman Sachs (where she worked from 1999-2007) and private wealth management,” the Gies College of Business and Delta Delta Delta alum says from the San Francisco Bay area, where she’s in her first year as vice president of strategic initiatives at Figure Technologies.

“He is a visionary leader who inspires all of his students — a masterful connector and brilliant mind.

“I’m grateful for his leadership.”