Amber Powers

Amber serves as Director, Program Manager for Cresset Partners. She manages various initiatives to continually improve processes and reporting. Amber has proficiency in leading transformations within organizations with the objective of building collaboration and enhancing productivity.

Amber began her career on a fixed income institutional trading desk at Citigroup in 2002. She continued her career in the financial services industry at MB Financial Bank, where she gained wealth management experience as a fixed income analyst. She later became a Senior Project Manager for finance, operations, business transformation, and technology until MB Financial was acquired by Fifth Third Bank. Prior to joining Cresset, Amber was a Senior Project Manager at W.W. Grainger for the technology group.

Amber holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Grand Valley State University and earned her MBA from DePaul University, graduating with distinction. She is a Project Manager Professional (PMP) and Certified Scrum Master. Amber lives in Chicago with her husband, Michael, and children.