Chelsea Quayenortey ’22

Overview

Program Manager, Goldman Sachs
New York, NY

• BA, Economics and French and Francophone Studies, Vassar College

Chelsea Quayenortey (she/her) is a NY-based Corporate Social Responsibility professional. She earned her undergraduate degree in Economics and French & Francophone Studies with a minor in Africana Studies from Vassar where she was awarded the Thompson-Bartlett Fellowship for Economics in 2021. She began a dynamic career in Social Impact at PIMCO leading volunteer engagement across the Americas and EMEA regions, cultivating significant increases in both employee and nonprofit engagement firmwide. Currently, she leads Corporate Volunteerism at Goldman Sachs, empowering colleagues to serve their communities in substantial ways through providing their time, talent, and treasure to nonprofits and NGOs meeting diverse needs across the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. As the founder of Works In Progress, she provides vital resources to housing insecure women, offering a sustainable path to workforce development, financial education, and safe, affordable housing.

Advice to Students:

My advice to students would be to continuously put yourself in the position to learn something new and be slightly uncomfortable. This is how you grow and evolve not only as a professional, but as a person. Additionally, do not become overwhelmed with trying to find “the thing” you want to do for the rest of your life. Oftentimes, the opportunities that are right in front of us in plain sight have a way of redirecting us towards where we’re meant to be. Do not be so far-sighted that you miss the power of the present.