Blake Wood
Place of Origin: Atlanta, Georgia
Major: Economics
Current City: Chicago, Illinois
About You: I live in Chicago with my wife and child. I love traveling (and staying for free with our CIMBA friends across the world ), wine, snowboarding, golf, reading, and continuing to learn (unfortunately it’ll never be a second language).
Job/Experience Previous to CIMBA: Working in Financial Services, Chicago Stock Exchange, TD Ameritrade, Envestnet Asset Management
Job After CIMBA: Envestnet Asset Management, currently VP of Advisory Services
Reason for Choosing CIMBA: I took a semester at the undergraduate campus and for the first time in my college life I had small, challenging class, with engaged professors. It was the first time I felt challenged to learn and improve not only my education but myself. One afternoon I visited the graduate campus and fell in love with Asolo, I knew I wanted to come back… luckily after my interview Dr. Ringleb he invited me to come on over
The CIMBA Experience: Amazing, life changing and lifelong friends… Not a week goes by I don’t think about doing it all over again.
Goals: Positively impact my industry by bring efficiency and transparency to our clients and their clients. One day I also hope to find my niche in Social responsible initiatives with projects like Kiva or Grameen Bank.
