The Yes She Can Anniversary Celebration on March 21 will honor Kelly Branco of Chappaqua, New York, the chief financial officer and chief compliance officer at Tremblant Capital Group, a global asset management firm, and Valerie Tripp the award-winning author of American Girl books about Felicity, Josefina, Samantha, Kit, Molly, and Maryellen as well as the Welliewisher and Hopscotch Hill School series.
Branco holds a CPA license in the state of New York. A graduate of Meredith College in 2.5 years with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and minor in economics, she earned her Master of Strategic Public Relations degree from George Washington University. Branco has been involved with various professional organizations throughout her career and in 2021, she earned the Emerging Leaders Award from the New York Society of CPAs, and was honored with an award from the Children’s Dream Foundation for her work in the autism community, and currently serves as a chair of the Special Education PTA in Chappaqua and chair of Every Person Is Connected.
Tripp most recently published a children’s book titled “My Sister Maddie” introducing the concept of neurodiversity inclusion and awareness based on her life experience as both a mother and sister of someone with an autism diagnosis.
