Serena Lese
2022 ALI Fellow
Serena Lese brings to ALI experience with complex and creative financing tools and nonprofit board leadership experience. She serves as head of a family investment office after prior work as a managing director in the merchant banking group at Midland Montagu U.S., as a bond trader at Underwood Neuhaus & Company, and as vice president overseeing structured financing at Chemical Bank.
Serena’s significant interest in performing arts includes board leadership with several notable organizations including the American Repertory Theater, the Princess Grace Foundation, the American Friends Foundation of the Paris Opera & Ballet, and the American Foundation of the London Philharmonia. She is past board member of the New York City Ballet and the School of American Ballet.