BIO: Aliana is currently a patient relationship and advocacy manager for a biotech firm, Bioverativ, which was recently acquired by Sanofi Genzyme. She serves the hemophilia and bleeding disorder community in NYC and NJ mainly in patient support, advocacy at the city and state level, as well as community outreach. She became involved after her now 9-year-old nephew was diagnosed with Severe Hemophilia A at birth. Since his diagnosis, she’s been actively involved in the Hemophilia community at the local and national level, serving on the board of the local chapter and co-founding a young professional network to raise funds nationally. She still currently volunteers and was recently honored with the Susan Galligan Volunteer of the Year award in 2017. She has over 10 years in technology previously working at Ernst & Young, JPMorgan Chase and Lehman Brothers. At EY she was a technology implementation consultant, working with clients nationally to transform their finance operations. At JPMorgan, she was a Vice President leading the Business Analysis and Quality Assurance teams for the Escrow Technology Group, whereby they were creating internal systems and tools to grow the business. She led teams and projects with team members located across the globe. Lastly at Lehman she was building transformative technology platforms to grow the Fixed Income and Equity Sales business including internal CRM tools. She has her MS in Management and Systems with a focus on Strategy and Leadership from NYU and her BS in Business with a concentration in Finance, from Bryant. Aliana has a passion to serve and has given her time and energy to: running a homeless shelter that provided beds and food for 10 women 5 nights a week, volunteering with the animal shelter providing resources to low income pet owners, the New York Urban League, Senior Citizen programs, Bryant University and mentoring many young adults. She’s often participating on panels and special committees throughout various communities and organizations. She’s currently the Board President of the condominium where she lives and worships at Renaissance church in Harlem.