Madeline Gadaleta:  

I am originally from Penna. Primary/secondary school and college. I attended St. Hubert's High School for girls, then I Drexel University majoring in Accounting/Finance. Upon graduation I secured a job in NYC at Arthur Anderson in public accounting. After three years, and at the height of the Wall Street hype, I decided to get a taste of the Investment Banking Industry and joined Emily Momson's finance group at Salomon Brothers. Not long after this, I took my series seven and 63 and moved into a consultant position with American Express building a book of business and advising clients on investment decisions. It was around this time I met and married a native New Yorker and we moved to Connecticut. We decided to start a family early, as the markets turned down it was the right timing. I assumed the professional role as Corporate Financial Controller of a mid size Advertising Agency (Mintz & Hoke) in Avon, CT. My first son, of three, a 10.3 lb baby was born and stole my heart. Upon the birth of my second son, and then my third, I eased out of the for-profit business sector, and di...Expand for more