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There are a lot of jobs in the financial industry that do need a math major.

I've always been on the business side - running P&L and working with clients.

The ability to have influence and create change and drive the strategy of an organization is really what excites me.

Some companies have a very well-defined program that they bring young people into to help them figure out what they really like to do to get them exposure to senior management early.

We have the Nasdaq private market. But we also want to make sure that every investor has an opportunity to ultimately join in growth and the success of these great companies that we have that have been formed in the United States.

I just think of myself as a hard-working person who loves my job.

If someone gives you an opportunity, you better maximize it so that he wants to give you the next one.

I was always first in, last out, but not inefficiently.

One of the things I liked about the movie 'Minority Report' was they used a lot of futurists as consultants to really try to understand what the world really would be like in 50 years.

I like the idea of using all this science and technology to allow for our clients to have a deeper insight into the market.

I feel like I grew up in the investment business. My dad was at T. Rowe Price his whole career. We lived in Baltimore and had a small social circle, so most of my dad's friends also worked for T. Rowe.

I would like to be known as a great leader, not as a great woman leader.

My favorite kick is the roundhouse. I'm very capable of kicking a tall person in the head with a roundhouse.

When I was a kid, I'd always wanted to take karate, but my parents wouldn't let me because I did a lot of other things, including ballet.

Always be listening and learning.

Be the optimist in the room.

I have been measured on my merit and on my accomplishments.

You need to have a lot of human judgment involved in the financial industry in terms of risk management, in terms of investment decisions, and things that really allow us to blend the best of technology and the human brain.

I'm hoping that other people can learn from me, both the mistakes I've made or the opportunities I've had, or for the decisions I've made: for instance, not to go and take a lot of different jobs in a lot of different places, but to stay in one place for most of my career.

I really believe that I've been a better parent from being a working mother.

I had children very young. You go through a period of immense guilt about being a working mother.

In 1998, Nasdaq started a project called Next Nasdaq - or what Nasdaq was going to become - and they decided to handpick some of the up-and-comers. I was chosen as one of the people. It was a great opportunity for me and, I guess, a reflection of the fact that I was seen as someone who was developing her career pretty well.

Don't assume that opportunity will come to you. Put yourself forward when there is an opportunity.

Every time you feel entitled, you're making a mistake.

I come to work every day thinking I have to earn my job, and I really believe that. I don't have a given right to my job; I need to prove my value in my role every single day.