Alysia is a Principal at ghSMART, a comprehensive leadership advisory firm. She focuses on advising investors, boards, and executives on pivotal leadership selection issues and organizational challenges to achieve their strategic and financial goals. She draws on both investment and operating experience in supporting these critical decisions, and combines strategic business understanding with astute management assessment to deliver accurate results.
Prior to joining ghSMART, Alysia was a Director and member of the equity investment committee at EARNEST Partners, an institutional investment manager with over $24B under management globally. Her management due diligence distinguished her equity research and portfolio management decisions, and contributed to a track record of investment outperformance. This expertise also led to a role in managing strategic human capital and talent acquisition within the firm.
Earlier in her career, she managed worldwide future products for a $2B platform within the LaserJet business at Hewlett-Packard, where she was awarded three U.S. patents for innovations in data collection, systematic integration, and revenue/service applications. She began her career in macroeconomic forecasting and sovereign risk assessment for the emerging markets with DRI, now IHS Global Insight, where she served Fortune 500 clients and government organizations.
She received a BA in Classical Studies from Bates College, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She holds the CFA charter and is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts.