Laura Zarrow with Melissa Eisenstat on the New York Youth Symphony

Melissa Eisenstat is a Trustee and Board President, New York Youth Symphony.Melissa has been a Trustee of New York Youth Symphony since 2010 and Board President since 2012. She worked at several prominent Wall Street firms, most notably at CIBC World Markets, where she was Managing Director in Equity Research, leading the firm's software industry research team. She was ranked among the top three stock pickers from 1997 to 1999 in the Wall Street Journal’s All-Star Analyst Survey. Prior to joining CIBC, she spent four years at Pillar Corporation, a software company where she managed the company’s product testing program for its corporate financial planning product, and spent three years in direct sales. Before Pillar, she worked for Apple Computer, first in international marketing and later in US business development. At Penn, she earned her MBA/MA at Wharton’s Lauder Institute (WG'88), and her BA from the College of Arts and Sciences. A lifelong cellist and pianist, music served as a creative outlet during her career in tech and finance, and it inspires her current work in music education.Aired May 11, 2018