Kay Booth

Kay Ryan Booth has been a highly successful senior executive on Wall Street for over 30 years.  Most recently, Kay has been active in the private equity and venture capital sectors providing advisory services to investors and companies. Kay was Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Global Research at J.P. Morgan where she successfully integrated and managed four businesses to profitability.  Prior to that, Ms. Booth was a Senior Managing Director and Global Director of Equity Research at Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. driving the department to a world-class, award winning status, ranking first or second in a variety of surveys and polls.  Kay also led hard dollar, alternative research products and Commission Sharing Arrangements.  In addition to her other responsibilities, she managed the Focus List, a stock picking list, ranking first among all brokers in the Barron’s/Zach’s survey with over 21% return.  Ms. Booth serves on the Board of Governors at CFA Institute. She is also on the Board of Trustees of the New York Society of Securities Analysts (NYSSA). In addition, Ms. Booth is dedicated to her alma mater, Indiana University where she serves on two boards and is vice-chair on the Foundation’s Investment Committee. She is a founding member and First Vice President for the Women’s Philanthropy Council serving on its Grant Committee. Ms. Booth is also a board member and committee chair for other not for profit organizations.