Joelle Kayden

Joelle Kayden is the founder and Managing Member of Accolade Partners. Prior to founding Accolade in 2000, Joelle joined Alex. Brown&Sons in 1982 and served as the first CFO of ABS Ventures, its venture capital affiliate. Subsequently, she joined the Investment Banking Division where she was a Managing Director. Joelle managed the Venture Capital Service Group and served on the firm’s Equity Capital Markets and Investment committees. Joelle holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) and a B.A. from Smith College. She serves on the Board of Trustees of Rockefeller University and the Yellowstone Community Foundation.