I started the week by meeting AIACA’s Executive Director Adarsh Kumar on Sunday, March 23rd briefly for a greeting and introduction as he previously indicated that he would be out of the office most of my first two weeks there.

As a Program Officer for the Merrill Lynch Foundation, Leslie was responsible for partnership building, strategic planning, and project management for the Global Ambassadors signature programs. Her efforts helped prepare tomorrow’s global citizens by exposing youth to world issues, intercultural exchanges and the dynamics of a global economy. Prior to this role, Leslie was a Fixed Income Research Analyst at Merrill Lynch covering various sectors and rotated through ML’s London office for credit derivatives research.