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Adela Cepeda

Corporate Director

Adela Cepeda was the founder and President of A.C. Advisory, Inc., a nationally ranked firm that provided financial advisory services to governments and corporations. Ms. Cepeda previously held the positions of Managing Director of PFM Financial Advisors LLC and Vice President of Corporate Finance at Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co. Inc. She is a Director of several mutual fund families and serves on numerous non-profit boards, including the Cook County Council of Economic Advisors and the City of Chicago Community Development Commission. She also serves on the board of the Chicago Foundation for Women. Ms. Cepeda graduated cum laude with an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College and earned an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago School of Business.

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