Vanessa Van Brunt has one of the most unique backgrounds of anyone on Wall Street. After serving 10 years as the first female Police Officer in Cranford, NJ she took an early retirement and made the unusual jump to Wall Street where she held senior roles in financial institutions banking and asset management with Wells Fargo and BlackRoc
Vanessa Van Brunt has one of the most unique backgrounds of anyone on Wall Street. After serving 10 years as the first female Police Officer in Cranford, NJ she took an early retirement and made the unusual jump to Wall Street where she held senior roles in financial institutions banking and asset management with Wells Fargo and BlackRock. She is currently writing a book entitled "From The Street To The Street" which merges her two worlds by taking police lessons/training and applying them to business situations.
She is a frequent speaker and panelist who offers real world law enforcement lessons with direct relevance to a business issue. Vanessa injects humorous situations from her experiences as a midnight patrol officer, detective and undercover narcotics task force work. Topics range from leadership, projecting confidence, reading body langua
She is a frequent speaker and panelist who offers real world law enforcement lessons with direct relevance to a business issue. Vanessa injects humorous situations from her experiences as a midnight patrol officer, detective and undercover narcotics task force work. Topics range from leadership, projecting confidence, reading body language to detect bluffs or deception, team cohesiveness and many others. Her seminars and keynotes are tailored to fit the audience - women's networking groups, emerging leaders, newly promoted managers, etc.
Her talks and individual career coaching balances academic and theoretical perspectives with the reality of applying them in the day-to-day. She combines her educational experiences (BA - Political Science/History, MA - Criminal Justice, MBA - Finance) with police academy and advanced police training (interview & interrogation, verbal ju
Her talks and individual career coaching balances academic and theoretical perspectives with the reality of applying them in the day-to-day. She combines her educational experiences (BA - Political Science/History, MA - Criminal Justice, MBA - Finance) with police academy and advanced police training (interview & interrogation, verbal judo, body language analysis, defensive tactics for female officers) to present specific & actionable steps for your career that are proven effective through her years of experiential trial and error.