People
Meet our Faculty and Staff
The Department of Finance and Risk Engineering includes numerous industry experts with real-world experience to share and a hands-on, practical approach to classroom learning.
Core Faculty
Nizar Touzi
Department Chair
Amine Mohamed Aboussalah
Industry Assistant Professor
Barry Blecherman
Finance and Risk Engineering Deputy Department Chair; Industry Professor
David Shimko
Industry Full Professor
Derek Snow
Industry Assistant Professor
Agnes Tourin
Industry Associate Professor
Faculty Collaborators
Umberto Cherubini
Research Collaborator
Pasquale Cirillo
FRE Boot Camp Instructor
Conall O'Sullivan
FRE Boot Camp Instructor
Stephan Sturm
Research Collaborator
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Retired Distinguished Professor
Staff
Marissa Alonzo
Program Coordinator
Sara Tomeo DeLusant
Director, Career & Industry Relations
Carmen Montes de Oca
Director of Operations & Administration
Jennifer Novicki
Communications Manager
Zahra Patterson
Program Manager
James Tien
Assistant Director, IT & Facilities
Adjunct Faculty
James Adams
Adjunct Professor
Andrew Arnold
Adjunct Professor
Robert Benhenni
Adjunct Professor
Roy Freedman
Adjunct Professor
Andrey Itkin
Adjunct Professor
Bruno Kamdem
Adjunct Professor
Brian R. Lessing
Adjunct Professor; Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company
Keith A. Lewis
Adjunct Professor
Edith Mandel
Adjunct Professor; Greenwich Street Advisors, LLC
Shlomo Mandel
Adjunct Professor
Ingrid Marshall
Adjunct Professor
Tore Opsahl
Adjunct Professor
Jerzy Pawlowski
Adjunct Professor
Christopher Perez
Adjunct Professor
Thomas K. Philips, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Meninder Purewal
Adjunct Professor; Bank of America
Richard Radnay
Adjunct Professor
Francisco Rubio
Adjunct Professor; StoneX Group Inc.
Anatoly Schmidt
Adjunct Professor; ex Kensho
Ronald Slivka
Adjunct Professor; Founder, Portfolio Advice Associates
Leon Tatevossian
Adjunct Professor
Edward Weinberger
Adjunct Professor
Kenneth Winston
Adjunct Professor
Jason Yarmish
Adjunct Professor