The email arrived on Monday morning.
It was from the Dean of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University — a woman named Professor Adeyemi who had apparently been following the Merritt case and the Cole Okafor work through the documentation and the coverage and had reached a conclusion that Aria’s specific experience and approach represented something worth sharing with the next generation of financial professionals.
The invitation was to speak at a symposium in April. The topic: Building Ethical Financial Infrastructure in Complex Environments.
Aria read it twice. Then she called Diana.
“Northwestern called,” she said when Diana answered.
“I know,” Diana said. “Professor Adeyemi mentioned she was going to reach out.” A pause. “We were on a panel together three years a
