The National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) has seen the conclusion of the third cohort of the Women in Alternatives UP Fellowship Program, an initiative designed to advance the professional development and networks of mid-career ethnically diverse women in the alternative investments industry. NAIC’s 2024 fellowship program expanded to 23 participants, nearly doubling the number of the previous cohort.
Throughout the six-month program, UP Fellowship participants engaged in a series of monthly webinars that addressed mental health, personal branding, leadership-style development and more. The program provided unique access to senior-level women executives from top U.S. private equity, private credit and venture capital firms, who not only served as program mentors but continue to play a key role in helping NAIC develop a pipeline of women of color poised to advance to senior and executive positions. Among them: Jeri Harman, founder and chairman and former CEO of