2025 ACG NY Women of Leadership Series - February Edition

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When:

February 25, 2025 6 PM - 8 PM EST

Where:

Location Name

Nixon Peabody LLP

Location Address

55 West 46th Street
New York, NY 10036
United States

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Invest In Your Team & Yourself: Strategies for Retention and Success with Parental Leave and Returning to Work

On February 25th, join ACG New York for an honest, expert panel discussion tackling the complexities of parental leave for employees and employers. You’ll gain valuable insights on how to successfully navigate parental leave negotiations, communicate with peers and managers, and return to work with confidence at firms of different types and sizes. The panel will also explore how employers can proactively create supportive parental leave policies that help retain top female talent. Packed with practical strategies and real-world experience and advice, this session is designed to empower women in finance and private equity to thrive before, during and after parental leave.

In addition to enlightening panel takeaways, guests will enjoy connecting with fellow female Middle Market Dealmakers and M&A partners at a Networking Reception with cocktails and canapes.

MEET THE PANEL

PANELIST
Stacie B. Collier
Partner / Chief Talent Officer
Nixon Peabody LLP

Stacie Collier represents management in the resolution of employment-related disputes before state and federal courts and administrative agencies. Stacie is a member of the firm’s Management Committee, which works with firm leaders to execute the strategic plan and oversee day-to-day operations.

MODERATOR
Yulia Murphy
SVP - Middle Market Healthcare | Sr. Relationship Manager
KeyBank

Yulia Murphy is a Sr Vice President at KeyBank where she leads strategic financial initiatives and business development for a 1 Bn portfolio of healthcare clients across the northeast Sectors covered include health systems, post acute care, home health, behavioral health, single and multi specialty physician practices, management service organizations, and independent physician associations In collaboration with her business partners in KeyBanc Capital Markets, Healthcare Payments, and the Consumer Bank, she serves as trusted advisor to existing and prospective clients Yulia’s role is to understand her client’s businesses, industry, and goals, so she can bring value added strategic ideas and capital to help them grow.

Backed by one of the nation's largest financial organizations, Yulia delivers a broad range of relevant and tailored solutions everything from unique capital markets and advisory capabilities to customized working capital management and a variety of on and off balance sheet solutions Yulia has two decades of commercial banking experience in various roles both in credit and business development Prior to joining Key, Yulia was a Vice President of Healthcare and Not for Profit at M&T Bank, a 150 Bn regional lender headquartered in Buffalo, NY

PANELIST
Erin Carroll
Partner
BraddockMatthewsBarrett

Erin Carroll has over 20 years of experience in executive search and financial services and focuses on recruiting senior investment and non-investment professionals across asset management with a particular focus within the private markets. She has extensive experience recruiting investment, investor relations, business development/deal sourcing, human capital/talent, portfolio operations, finance, and other key senior professionals on behalf of private equity and private credit client organizations. Prior to joining BraddockMatthews at inception, Erin spent more than five years recruiting senior-level asset management talent at HigdonBraddockMatthews and Conley & Co.

Earlier in her career, Erin spent nearly eight years in the asset management, private banking, and wealth management businesses of Merrill Lynch in New York City and was an Associate at Douglas C. Lane & Associates, a New York-based registered investment advisor.

Erin is an active volunteer in her community and currently serves as a Trustee of the Sherborn Library.

Erin received a BS in Business and Economics (cum laude) from Lehigh University.

PANELIST
Sheemul Valecha
Director, Investment Banking
Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Sheemul Valecha is a Director in the Consumer & Retail Investment Banking Group at Bank of America. Sheemul focuses her time covering clients across the Personal Care and Consumer Health sub sectors. She has advised on and executed various M&A transactions involving public, private and founder led businesses. Prior to joining Bank of America in 2021, Sheemul spent 7 years focusing on Consumer & Retail M&A in EY's investment banking practice. Earlier in her career, Sheemul focused on business valuation in support of mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, tax planning and financial reporting. Sheemul received her undergraduate degree in Business Administration from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Sheemul lives in New York City with her husband and two kids.

PANELIST
Maggie Prager
Managing Partner
ECY Partners

Maggie Prager is a Private Equity investor with over 17 years of experience originating and leading lower middle market investments in the business and consumer services industries. Prior to founding ECY Partners, Maggie served as a Director at Paine Schwartz Partners, a middle market private equity firm focused on food & agriculture, and Bregal Partners, a lower middle market private equity firm focused on consumer and business services; previously she was a Principal at TZP Group, a lower middle market private equity firm focused on business and consumer services, where she spent 8 years and joined the initial team deploying its first fund. Maggie holds an A.B. in Economics with Certificates in Finance and Theater from Princeton University, and an M.B.A. from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University where she was a Center for Research in Technology & Innovation Scholar.

ABOUT ACG WOMEN OF LEADERSHIP SERIES

ACG NY Women of Leadership (WOL) was founded in 2008. While embracing and maintaining the principles and goals of ACG and the NY Chapter, WOL specifically focuses on facilitating connections between women leaders in the deal-making community so that they can share experiences, needs, contacts and overall, help one another succeed. The Women of Leadership Series is dedicated to providing female leaders a forum to connect and network. This series is hosted by the ACG NY Women of Leadership Committee.

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