Dustin Dumas is a U.S. Department of State Fulbright Specialist and finance and operations executive with deep experience across investment banking, corporate finance, capital markets, and M&A. She began her career on the bond trading floor at the Chicago Board of Trade and went on to hold senior roles at Danske Bank in Copenhagen and Dresdner Bank in Frankfurt, where she advised and led more than two dozen cross-border M&A transactions. She serves as a FINRA National Arbitrator and has lectured at New York University and Seton Hall University. She is the author of “Lessons From a Recovering Worker Bee.” Her commentary on IPO markets, artificial intelligence company valuations, and emerging technology has been quoted in Forbes, CBS, and U.S. News & World Report.