Over 15 Years of Sales Success for Our Clients

Rashida Mendes has honed her skills in sales, private equity, commercial banking, and compliance through Management positions at  New York Life Investments, JP Morgan Asset Management, and Citibank’s Community Development Group. As a VP in Bank of America’s Commercial Real Estate Banking group, she monitored a $700MM portfolio of real estate assets and underwrote commercial loans. Over several years she has consulted with business owners and banks to structuring capital access programs and trained over 200 firms to implement strategic and business development initiatives.

She holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School. Ms. Mendes’ interest in marketing and finance began while working at The White House under President Bill Clinton’s administration. She drafted investment recommendations for Clinton’s $400 million African Trade Initiative, which was overseen by the National Economic Council.
She also holds a Masters Degree in Demography/ Population Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelors Degree in Economics from Wesleyan University.

Between graduate programs, she was a Manager of Business Development at American Express. Responsibilities included growth marketing, project management and analytics/forecasting.