Chris Neamonitis^’01

“Legacy leadership means creating systems, not dependencies. How can we think about getting better every day, the impact for which will drive results now, while also leaving a lasting mark on the next generation of leaders within your organizations. Corporate leadership focuses on results, innovation, accountability, which are a prerequisite, but merge that with the skills required in community leadership, and you create cultures that perform and uplift while leaving behind a meaningful legacy.”

Biography

Chris Neamonitis is a Managing Director and Americas Head of Foreign Exchange, Short Term Interest Rates Trading at Goldman Sachs, where he also serves as a member of the Global Banking & Markets Risk Council and the Market Conduct Risk Sub-Council. He joined Goldman Sachs 21 years ago, after earning a BS in Finance and International Business, summa cum laude with Honors, from the Stern School of Business at New York University where he also delivered his class’ commencement speech.

After graduating from Chaminade in 2001, Chris has been an active member of the Torch Committee since August 2011, serving as Chairman from 2017-2020 and Co-Chairman of the Capital Campaigns funding the development of the Dolan Family Science, Technology, and Research Center. He was appointed as a Trustee of the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in 2010, and became a member of the Leadership Council of Student Sponsor Partners (SSP) in 2012 whose mission is to provide a quality Catholic education to underserved communities in New York City. Most recently, Chris has served as a Fundraising Chair for the Capital Campaign which funded the purchase of adjacent land for the development of a sports facility at the Archangel Michael Church in Port Washington, NY.

Chris and his wife Victoria reside in Manhasset, with their two boys, Stanley & Paul.

Positions

- Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

Global Markets, Economic Disruption, and Leadership in Times of Change

May 1st
2026

1:30 pm -
2:45 pm, EST

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Introduction

In an era when nearly every financial market movement is labeled “unprecedented,” and every challenge is framed as a “global existential threat,” this panel brings perspective, experience, history, and faith back into the conversation.

Drawing on careers spanning global equities, foreign exchange, and macroeconomic research, a panel of Chaminade alumni—moderated by a leading Wall Street Journal columnist—will examine how economic disruption, policy shifts, and technological change are reshaping global markets, and why many of today’s challenges are not as new as they appear.

This interactive discussion will explore multiple topics including U.S. monetary policy, the future role of the U.S. dollar, and the disruptive impact of digital assets and artificial intelligence on financial markets.

Just as importantly, the panel will reflect on leadership in times of uncertainty—how, in every market cycle, Chaminade alumni can respond to dramatic change with perspective rather than fear, and why true leadership demands judgment, discipline, and calm over panic.