Cynthia Hallenbeck

Hallenbeck

Cynthia A. Hallenbeck is the chief executive officer of Alercyn, Inc., a private consulting firm that she founded in 2010, where her most significant engagements were as the interim Chief Financial Officer of Habitat for Humanity Greater Boston, Inc. from April 2023 thru the present, acting Chief Financial Officer of the Conservation Law Foundation from June 2018 through December 2019 and the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts from September 2020 through August 2022. Prior to this, Ms. Hallenbeck served as the interim Chief Financial Officer for Facing History and Ourselves from November 2017 until June 2018. Ms. Hallenbeck also served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. from 2014 to 2016.

Throughout her career, Ms. Hallenbeck has served in varying leadership roles including serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup, Inc.’s corporate treasury department from 2002 to 2005 and held other significant positions including Chief Operating Officer of global legal support from 2007 to 2008. Prior to her service with Citigroup, Ms. Hallenbeck spent over 14 years at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. in a variety of finance, treasury and accounting roles including Treasurer of its global futures business and Chief Financial Officer of its securities financing group. Ms. Hallenbeck has served as a Director of Medallion Financial since June 2020. Ms. Hallenbeck also currently serves on the Clinton Health Access Initiative board of directors’ audit committee and the boards of directors for both the Wellspring Foundation and the Diabetes Training Camp Foundation.

Ms. Hallenbeck served on both the audit and compensation committees of the Walker & Dunlop, Inc. board of directors, having joined the board in December 2010 and serving as a director through 2019. During her tenure, she chaired the audit committee from the company’s initial public offering through 2015.

Ms. Hallenbeck has an M.B.A. with distinction from the Harvard Business School and received her B.A. from Smith College.

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