Elise Chowdhry

Founder & Managing Principal
Optimum Advisors, LLC

Elise is the Founder and Managing Principal at Optimum Advisors, LLC, a human resources and business consulting firm focused exclusively on the middle market. Elise is passionate about helping leaders of firms and operating companies take their businesses to the next level. Drawing upon her extensive career in middle market private equity finance and her diverse skill set, Elise partners with clients in building cohesive leadership teams, high-performance cultures and achieving greater alignment of people, processes, and strategic objectives.

Prior to founding Optimum Advisors, Elise worked at institutions including CIT/CIT Bank, Heller Financial, JH Whitney & Co., and Fleet Financial. Elise received her M.B.A. in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business, her M.S. in Professional Accounting from the University of Hartford, and her B.A. in Economics from Bates College. She is a Society of Human Resource Management Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) and Certified on Hogan Personality and Behavioral Assessments.  She is also an ACG-NY Board Member and Chair of ACG-NY DEI Committee.