Alissa says she enjoys meeting new people who are inspiring, so it only makes sense that she found a job where she can bring out the best in others. As a professional life coach, motivational speaker and author of "Living in Your Top 1%: Nine Essential Rituals to Achieve Your Ultimate Life Goals," she works with individuals and organizations to help them think bigger, redefine what’s possible and get results. Alissa’s business background includes 10 years in finance at such firms as Credit Suisse, a global investment bank; IPC, a former Goldman Sachs portfolio company serving the financial industry; and Guggenheim Partners, a boutique investment management firm. She was an All-American tennis player at the University of California, Berkeley and competed on the Women’s Professional Tennis Circuit, achieving a world ranking of No. 202 in doubles. She continues to challenge herself and completed a half Ironman triathlon and was ranked No. 1 in the USTA National Women’s 40 Doubles in 2008 and 2009. She has organized teams to help raise more than $50,000 for Cycle For Survival, an indoor team cycling fundraiser that has raised more than $8.5 million in support of research on rare cancers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering.
Alissa has an MBA from the Wharton School and a BA from the University of California, Berkeley. To learn more about Alissa and to take the Living in Your Top 1% quiz, visit AlissaFinerman.com.