Carmen Ortiz-McGhee

Carmen has always been a passionate advocate for her community. The daughter of a single Puerto Rican mother who built a career in the intelligence field during the 80s and 90s, Carmen has always been focused on rectifying a lack of opportunity for underserved communities including Latinos in important areas of society. From her college days, when she helped to found the University of Virginia Latino Student Admissions Committee, to her work at the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, her goal has been to remove the barriers that stand in the way of her community’s success and vibrancy.

A passionate advocate for the growth and success of diverse businesses, Carmen regularly presents at
conferences focused on women and minorities in business. including Aon's Women's International Network, American Greetings professional development series, the New America Alliance Wall Street Summit and the American Association of Blacks in Energy among others.

Currently, she is Senior Vice President and Head of Sales for Aon Risk Solutions - The Capital where she is responsible for driving growth and market penetration throughout the DC, Maryland and Virginia region. Previously she served as Executive Vice President of Sales for Aon Cornerstone Innovative Solutions, a division of the corporation that sources and vets MWDBE firms who operate in the same verticals as Aon, builds strategic alliances and go-to-market strategies with them.

Before joining Aon, Carmen served as Vice President Investor Relations and Business Development for a boutique real estate private equity firm where she was charged with developing targeted fundraising strategies to help double the firm’s assets under management.

Prior to her time in financial services, she served as President of The Marathon Club (TMC). Understanding that access to capital has often been one of the biggest challenges facing underserved communities, Carmen led TMC and its unprecedented network of affluent, diverse, deal-focused professionals comprised of The Executive Leadership Council, the National Association of Investment Companies and New America Alliance.

Carmen successfully broke ground, deepening relationships for TMC among some of the most prominent groups of African-American and Hispanic business leaders in the U.S. Under Carmen’s leadership TMC developed vehicles that enabled these groups to close deals in the U.S. and on the international stage, fostering relationships across the globe as delegates to the World Business Angel Association or Committee of 100 - Greater China Conference in China. Her initiative expanded the scope, reach and access of each of the partner organizations in the fastest growing region in the world.

Prior to leading TMC, Carmen engineered programs for a number of non-profit organizations including the New America Alliance, the World Airline Entertainment Association and the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC). It was her time at the New America Alliance, an organization comprised of some of the most prominent Latino business leaders in the country, that changed her belief in what was possible, resulting in tremendous strides accomplished by a small group of focused, passionate, and dedicated individuals. These strides represented a game changer for Latinos and for money managers of all diverse ethnicities in the public pension fund and financial services arena, two of this country’s last bastions of largely monolithic participation.

Carmen is a Dean’s List graduate of the University of Virginia where she received her BA in Psychology. She is a board member of of the NEA Foundation and the New America Alliance, a former board member of venture catalyst JumpStart, Inc., and mobile data analytics company Votifi.com, an Advisor to the Hispanic IT Executive Council and, previously served on the University of Virginia Alumni Diversity Advisory Committee. She lives in Virginia with her husband, their three children.