He brings extensive experience crafting corporate messaging, evaluating corporate strategy, and leading client engagements. Collins joined the firm in early 2021 and leads several of Alpha’s client teams across various key industries. Ross Collins CFA is a Managing Director in Alpha IR Group’s Chicago office. Marcus is a past President of the NIRI Boston Chapter and was a member of NIRI’s inaugural 40 Under 40 Class in 2019. She also earned her Master’s in Investor Relations from the University of San Francisco.

in History and Political Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was a Division I rower. She began her career in the IR department with Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE: AMG). Prior to joining Alpha IR, Marcus was a Senior Account Supervisor in Edelman’s Financial Communication & Capital Markets practice in New York, and a Senior Consultant with FTI Consulting in San Francisco. She has led many IR advisory programs and Wall Street engagement strategies, while executing targeting, shareholder base analysis, quarterly reporting, and perceptions studies. shareholder activism, and M&A support across multiple sectors. Marcus joined the firm in 2017 and has over a decade of experience implementing investor relations programs, as well as providing special situations counsel including IPOs, spin-offs, bankruptcies, private placements and financial restructurings. Jackie Marcus is Managing Director in Alpha IR Group’s Boston office. in Finance, and received his MBA from Babson College. He graduated from Siena College with a B.S. He also served in financial planning and analysis and investor relations at The Hartford Financial Group. Previously, Cummings spent over six years in mutual fund strategic development at John Hancock Advisors in Boston, where he was responsible for FP&A, and evaluating potential corporate and portfolio M&A activity. Prior to joining Alpha IR Group, he was the Senior Vice President for FTI Consulting and Ashton Partners, where he established best practice communication programs for clients across various industries including energy, technology, and healthcare. Much of his investor relations work has involved crisis management, management transitions, and transaction communications. Cummings has extensive experience managing client relationships, developing messaging strategies, and conducting strategic investor outreach.

Michael Cummings is a Partner, President and General Manager of Alpha’s Boston office. Mike Cummings Partner & President, Boston Since 2012, our team’s prior backgrounds have included: Our deep Wall Street knowledge and financial experience is what separates us from PR firms and large multi-practice agencies, and it’s why we are true specialists in our field. Our team has over 100 years of collective buy-side, sell-side, investment banking, finance and IR consulting experience.

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