Coaching Squad: Our Coaches
Our Coaching Squad is here to help—if you have a question regarding career opportunities in finance, how to brush up your interview skills, or what the proper protocol for following up with employers is—our coaches have the answers. Email our coaches with your question. While we cannot answer each inquiry personally, we select and answer 6-8 questions each week, providing all Ready-For-Finance users with insights.
Angel Stewart
Angel Stewart is a recruiter—and diversity is the hallmark of her career. Since 1993, she has been involved in the subject of diversity as a business case, often initiating a firm's paradigm in this area. Also since 1993, she has been introducing high caliber, high performing talent to firms, and she has done so with a distinctive eye for cultural fit.
Most recently, Angel served as the Vice President of Human Capital Management for the Investment Banking and Private Equity Divisions of Goldman Sachs.
Angel was a Vice President at Morgan Stanley where she oversaw the strategy and implementation of the firm's diversity recruiting and career development initiatives. She has also served as a Consultant with major Wall Street firms and smaller firms, including Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs, until Goldman convinced her to join the firm full time.
Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Angel was the Executive Director of the Robert A. Toigo Foundation, the premier fellowship provider for minority students seeking graduate degrees from the top 15 business schools including Harvard, Stanford, Columbia and Wharton.
Angel has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from UCLA and is very active in community and youth programs both in New York City and in her hometown of Sacramento, California.
Jevelyn Bonner-Reed
For Jevelyn, attending business school was one of the most transformational experiences of her life. As a result, for the past ten years, she has made it her mission to be a resource for others who want to purse this opportunity.
Most recently Jevelyn was the Associate Director of Admissions and Coordinator for Multiethnic Admissions for the Kellogg School of Management. While working for the Kellogg School she was co-founder of the Ten School Diversity Alliance (TSDA). TSDA’s mission is to impact and influence the diversity of MBA campuses, organizations, and the global community. The alliance includes top business schools such as Harvard, Columbia, Wharton and Stanford. Jevelyn currently does diversity and admissions strategy consulting for business schools.
Jevelyn’s previous experiences include working at Ford Motor Company as a part of the Manufacturing Leadership Program, a fast-track management development program. She also served on the board of directors for the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management Fellowship Program both as an alumnae and corporate representative.
Jevelyn received her MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. While attending Haas, she was an exchange student at the London Business School. She received her BS in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University.