The U.S. Small Business Administration is pleased to announce the next National Small Business Week May 18-22, 2009.
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CEO and Founder
Divine Capital Markets LLC and Divine Asset Management
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Danielle Hughes is the CEO and Founder of Divine Capital Markets LLC and Divine Asst Management.
Ms. Hughes began her Wall Street career in 1991, and has extensive proven expertise in the areas of proprietary and agency equity trading and investment banking. From 1992 to 1998, Ms. Hughes served as Vice President of Trading at M.H. Meyerson & Co., a large wholesale market making firm, and was responsible for establishing the firm’s IPO and Secondary trading desk. Working with the Investment Banking department, Ms. Hughes was responsible for effecting numerous corporate finance transactions for companies listed on Nasdaq NMS, Small Cap and the OTC Bulletin Board.
Dani founded Divine Capital in 2001 with the intention of aligning her firm’s interests with her client’s interests, understanding the importance of transparency in the global marketplace, from banking to execution to research. Divine Capital’s clients include leading institutional fund managers, pension plan sponsors, major corporations and a short list of high net worth individuals and families. The firm is recognized for providing high quality equity and option execution, independent research and trading strategies, corporate finance and investment banking services, and private wealth management.
In 2005, Ms. Hughes established Divine Alternative Asset Management
She holds the NASD Series 7, 63, 55, 24, 53 and 65 licenses.
Ms. Hughes appears regularly on CNBC and is a frequent guest on the FOX News and FOX Business. She is a member of the Women’s Bond Club and the Women’s Presidents Organization and serves on the Deans Advisory Board for the School of Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
She graduated cum laude from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and lives in Jersey City with her husband Terence and their son Harrison.
Invitation Only
A reception to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of the legislation establishing the Women’s Business Centers.