Leigh Pravda
Managing Director
COO/CCO
As Chief Compliance/Chief Operating Officer, Leigh leads the firm's compliance implementation and day-to-day operations, including keeping the office running, supporting its professional teams, and improving the client experience.
For more than a decade, Leigh has overseen legal and compliance issues in the financial industry, from onboarding new relationships (prime brokers, vendors, employees, and outside managers) to working with benefit carriers to negotiate insurance plans (health benefits and commercial policies) to assisting with compliance programs. She served as head of administration for First New York as well as executive administrator for a venture capitalist who focused on natural resources (oil and gas), reverse mergers, PPOs and IPOs.
Leigh received a BFA in performing arts from Rutgers University. An avid runner, she lives with her husband, Matt, and their four children in Westfield, New Jersey.