Title Executive Director, National Capital Region Company Year Up Bio Guylaine is the Executive Director of the National Capital Region of Year Up. She provides strategic oversight, cultivates a culture of purpose and significance, and creates a learning organization where a team of professionals provides advice and expertise to thousands of students to help them prepare for careers, while working with Fortune 500 partners that provide opportunities. Her passion is to help her team, students, companies, her community to learn, grow, thrive and prosper. Guylaine counts over 25 years in the banking industry in various leadership roles. Most recently, she was the Business Banking Virginia Market Executive at Capital One Bank for several years. She holds a Bachelor's Degree from George Mason University and a Graduate Degree in Retail Banking Management from the University of Virginia. Besides co-chairing the George Mason University School of Business Women Symposium; she serves on the board of DCGoodwill, the Community Business Partnership, the Community Coalition for Haiti, and Adventure Theater, she chaired the board of Prince William Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), and was co founder and President of the Board of the Women's Alliance for Financial Education (WAFE). Guy has been recognized as a Woman Worth Watching by Profiles in Diversity Magazine, received the Hispanic Heritage Foundation Corporate Citizen Award, and The President's Award from the Fairfax Bar Association.