Jacquelyn Elward

- Serve as a subject matter expert on Voya’s alternative investment products and strategies, engaging with investors and partnering closely with investment, sales, and product development teams - Support market and product research across the firm’s alternative private credit platforms—including real estate, infrastructure, and mortgage-linked strategies—surfacing strategic opportunities and delivering insights that shape product development and pipeline priorities for institutional clients (insurance, pensions, endowments and foundations) - Contribute to the development of investor‑facing materials and due‑diligence documentation, including pitch decks, PPMs, DDQs, and recurring monthly and quarterly fund reports; translate complex private‑credit strategies into clear, compelling performance narratives while coordinating workflows across investment, sales, marketing, and compliance teams

- Analyzed companies’ financial data and delivered corporate bond credit risk rating reports in pharmaceutical and consumer sectors to upper management - Conducted due diligence, monitored current market trends, and collaborated with peers to weigh risk factors for making a potential investment of capital - Automated manual processes in risk data reporting systems to standardize, visualize, and efficiently deliver statistics using Tableau software - Leveraged risk data to infer key insights tied to the ‘first line of defense’ to assist core businesses in risk management to identify areas of opportunities to enhance a firm-wide risk-aware culture

- Researched new business lines and identified opportunities to enhance existing business lines within Outside Sales & Services department - Participated in meetings across the service line review community, gained exposure to cross-functional business units; built relationships with and received mentoring from team members and top-level management - Communicated findings and project status clearly and professionally through presentations; provided recommendations to upper management; provided comprehensive reporting to senior leaders on assignments and projects

- Collaborated closely with faculty to guide first-year students through the course where students create, run, then liquidate their own ventures - Advised and provided feedback to students in business idea and execution phases - Mentored students through the challenges of team formation and college lifestyle adjustments

- Oversaw section of 30 high school students as they created sustainable and socially-driven business plans - Created relevant content for class; led lectures, group discussions, and activities - Reviewed student projects in collaboration with Babson faculty and coordinated meetings to provide feedback - Selected as a panelist on entrepreneurial leadership

- Garden Club Founder & President - Finance Association - Varsity Track & Field - Yoga & Pilates Club - Real Estate Club

- President of DECA Business Club - Head Tour Guide - Business Page Editor: The Highlander School Newspaper - Captain of Pingree Track & Field, School Record Holder in Discus - 2019 Boston Globe All-Star (Track & Field) - 2019 Eastern Independent League All-League Selection (Track & Field) - 2019 NEPSAC Class C Champion (Field Hockey) - 2019 NFHCA High School All-Academic Squad (Field Hockey) - 2020 Academic Honor Roll (Top 20%) - 2020 Departmental Distinction: Spanish - 2021 Departmental Distinction: History - GPA: 3.5/4.0