Co-Founder

Philippa has a BA from Barnard College and an MBA from Columbia Business School. She competed and served as co-captain of Columbia University’s women’s tennis team. She was the first female president of Columbia’s alumni athletics club. She also co-founded the Columbia Athletics Women’s Leadership Council to support and mentor young women athletes. She was named one of the 50 most influential female athletes in Columbia’s 50th Anniversary of Title IX.

She also previously worked for ten years at Citibank in the Aviation Finance Group.  

She has been a Barnard trustee and helped to found the Barnard Athena Center which is dedicated to building female leaders.   

She has triplet sons who competed in college athletics, so she has a deep understanding of the current demands of college athletes.  

Philippa enjoys running, tennis, and fitness.  She is an animal lover and adores her dog, Kipper.   

Co-Founder

Teresa has a BA from Columbia College where she also played on and captained the women’s tennis team. She earned an MBA from Columbia Business School and has a strong marketing background, having worked at Tennis Magazine and at Groupe Danone/Evian Natural Spring Water (handling North American sports sponsorships). Teresa has significant hands-on not-for-profit experience and is currently on the Advisory Board for the Jesse Kolber Foundation, which is committed to providing access to college to low-income students.  

Additionally, she has held leadership volunteer positions at Columbia University and helped to develop, market and run the first University-wide conference for women at Columbia.  She is currently Co-Chair of the Columbia University Alumni Association’s Mentoring & Networking Committee.

Teresa enjoys visiting her kids in college and is an avid hiker, runner and huge pro tennis fan.