Financial Services, Real Estate & Insurance

Welcome to the Financial Services, Real Estate & Insurance Industries Connections Community!

Use the Industry 101 guides for Financial Services and Banking, Business Functions and Operations, and Real Estate to learn more about the pros and cons of the industry, typical roles, and more. Bloomberg Education is a computer software system that allows users to analyze real-time market and economic data (available to ALL students) Use Big Interview’s (an AI interviewing platform) Technical Questions to help nail your next interview. As a Villanova student, you have access to a free Wall Street Journal and Financial Times subscription.

Villanova Financial Services, Real Estate & Insurance Events:

  • Fall Semester: VSB O’Donnell Center: Careers in Corporate Finance & Accounting, BRIDGE Society Mentoring & Networking Event: Exploring Careers in Finance, What Liberal Arts Students Need to Know About Finance Workshops, DiLella Center for Real Estate Career Conference
  •  Spring Semester: Business and Arts Career Fair, Wall Street Meetup-Prep, Wall Street Meetups

Summer 2027 Analyst Programs

Review the organizations, recruiting timelines, and contacts of the employers who attended the 2025-2026 Wall Street Meetups at the WSM Summer Application Information 2027.xlsx

Trillium Trek NYC

Villanova has been invited to Trillium’s Trek in NYC! Students can connect with reps from trading, tech, and data teams to learn more about career paths at this Fin-Tech company.

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Date/Time: Thursday, May 21st 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM (ET)

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No Summer Internship? No Problem! Here’s What YOU Can Do Instead

Didn’t land a summer internship? That’s more common than you think and it doesn’t mean this summer has to stall your career. In fact, this could be the perfect opportunity to explore your interests, build new skills, and invest in …

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Student Spotlight: James Sivley

CLAS ’26 Economics Arts

Position: Customer Value Practice Analyst

How did you find your role?

It actually started on the Villanova Agency Trip to NYC. One of the stops was Adobe’s office, and that visit genuinely sparked my interest in …

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Skill Building Courses

Financial Accounting Part 1

Taught by Kay Stice
Anyone who needs to interpret financial statements or communicate financial results needs a solid understanding of financial accounting. This comprehensive,…

Learning Graphic Design History (2014)

Taught by Sean Adams
The history of graphic design is a history of cultural expression, reflecting not only what people thought during a given…

EFK Stack – Enterprise-Grade Logging and Monitoring

Taught by KodeKloud
Unlock the full potential of the EFK Stack—Elasticsearch, Fluent Bit, and Kibana—in this comprehensive course, designed for developers, system administrators,…

Accounting Foundations: Managerial Accounting

Taught by Kay Stice
Managerial accounting helps managers make decisions using an organization’s financial data. An understanding of managerial accounting helps you figure out…

Finance for Non-Financial Managers (2015)

Taught by Earl Stice
If you’re looking to grow your career and take on greater responsibility within your organization, you’ll need to demonstrate a…

Crisis Communication

Taught by Laura Bergells
Every organization needs to plan how to communicate internally and externally in the event of a crisis. In this course,…

Planning a Web Design Portfolio: Growing Your Freelance Business

Taught by Lauren Bacon
A great portfolio can make the difference between landing a new client and losing a sale. In this course, you’ll…

Running a Profitable Business: Understanding Financial Ratios

Taught by Kay Stice
Financial ratios—such as ROI (return on investment) or ROA (return on assets)— are a valuable tool for measuring a company’s…

Jeffrey Zeldman: 20 years of Web Design and Community

Taught by Jeffrey Zeldman
Who is Jeffrey Zeldman? The “Miles Davis of web design”? “Godfather of the web”? Or simply “your friend on the…

Mapping the Modern Web Design Process

Taught by Morten Rand-Hendriksen
Once you eliminate the trends and terminology, web design is about one thing and one thing only: getting your message…

QuickBooks: Advanced Bookkeeping Techniques

Taught by Bonnie Biafore
View Bonnie’s LinkedIn Newsletter Master tricky income, expense, and banking transactions in QuickBooks with these tips and techniques from Bonnie…

Creative Inspirations: Kit Hinrichs, Graphic Designer

Taught by Kit Hinrichs
Kit Hinrichs is one of the most accomplished and respected graphic designers and illustrators of the last fifty years. A…

The Making of Amsterdam Mist: The Structures

Taught by Bert Monroy
Bert Monroy creates digital paintings that fool the eye and delight the senses. And he’s been at it for over…

Financial Analysis: Analyzing the Top Line with Excel

Taught by Rudolph Rosenberg
Learn how to analyze the top line (or revenue) of your company and identify areas of under- or overperformance with…

Financial Analysis: Analyzing the Bottom Line with Excel

Taught by Rudolph Rosenberg
Learn how to analyze the bottom line (or profitability) of your company and identify areas of under- or overperformance with…

Financial Analysis: Making Business Projections

Taught by Rudolph Rosenberg
Estimating future financial performance plays a big part in the life of start-ups and corporations large and small. By looking…

Learning Graphic Design: Cropping Photographs

Taught by John McWade
Cropping is essential to good design. In this course, senior author John McWade shows members how to transform images that…

Graphic Design for Business Professionals

Taught by Justin Seeley
Not a graphic designer? No problem. In this course, staff author and designer Justin Seeley shares graphic design secrets anyone…

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Taught by Ray Villalobos
This series offers 10-minute projects on intermediate and advanced web design topics, covering technologies such as HTML, PHP, jQuery, and…

Learning Graphic Design: Techniques

Taught by John McWade
Take a creative refresher course with these 18 simple design techniques that will immediately improve your layouts, brought to you…
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Alumni Connections

Robert Tribuiani

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  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Managing Director, Head of Business Development Murray Devine & Company
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Liza Jessen

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  • Lake Forest, IL
  • VP, Team Leader, Senior Project Manager Clune Construction
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Paul Cantilina

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  • New York, NY
  • Senior Associate MSCI
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Roslyn Morris

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  • Bala Cynwyd, PA
  • Principal Manager Law Offices of Roslyn D Morris
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Felicia Brownell

Alumni
  • Delaware, USA
  • Managing Attorney Brownell Law Group LLC
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Nicholas Devine

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  • Media, PA
  • Product Owner/Product Manager Spring Education Group
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SAM MC NEIL

Alumni
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Corporate MBA Graduate Dec 2025 Owner The Mc Neil Education and Learning System (The MELS)
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Lindsay DiBenedetto

Alumni
  • New York, NY
  • BlackRock
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Chris Glanzmann, Jr.

Alumni
  • Villanova, PA
  • VP - Marketing Strategy Barclays Bank US
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Joe Sheehan PE

Alumni
  • New York, NY
  • Chief Operating Officer SPC Construction CO
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Laura Merola (Picciano)

Alumni
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Managing Director JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Gary Lamach

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  • Raleigh, NC
  • EVP, Growth ELB
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