Bianca A. Russo currently serves as Managing Director and Associate General Counsel in the Legal & Compliance Department of JPMorgan Chase & Co., where she has worked since 1994. Ms. Russo is the manager of the Americas Securitized Products Legal group, which provides legal coverage to the Americas Securitized Products business within the J.P. Morgan Investment Bank. In addition, she provides day-to-day legal coverage for the Americas Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities business group. Ms. Russo also administers the firm's intranet policy portal.
Ms. Russo is active in the industry as a member of the following: the American Bar Association's Securitization and Structured Finance Committee; the American Securitization Forum; the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council; and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.
Prior to JPMorgan Chase, Ms. Russo spent one year as a Vice President at BlackRock Financial Management L.P. and seven years as an Associate at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, in each such position specializing in asset securitization and structured finance. Prior to that, Ms. Russo spent two years as an Associate at the law firm of Hawkins, Delafield and Wood. Ms. Russo graduated magna cum laude from Barnard College and received her law degree from Columbia University School of Law.