boutique consulting
& advisory firm
The Black Collective is a boutique marketing and advisory business for the alternative investment industry with an emphasis on ESG, impact and sustainability. It was born out of two decades in hedge fund and private equity fundraising for a few of the greatest investment managers and has iterated to focus on some of the most exciting and cutting edge opportunities that can literally change the world. Working directly with management or general partners, we help craft the narrative and deliver it to aligned and engaged investors.
Kimberly Corrigan is the Founder of The Black Collective, a boutique consulting and advisory firm focused on the Alternative Investment Industry. She is Senior Advisor to Helena, a global problem-solving organization tackling solutions to critical global problems in areas of carbon capture, health, and the environment among others. She is also an advisor to Santa Fe Farms an Industrial Hemp Company focused on regeneration and carbon sequestration. Prior to this, she was a Senior Vice President of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. and a member of the D. E. Shaw Group’s Investor Relations Department from 2005 until 2016 where she was responsible for family office fundraising. Before this, Ms. Corrigan was a Managing Director and Partner at The Taylor Companies, where she was responsible for that firm’s marketing and client services activities. From 2000 to 2004, she served as a Vice President at The Carlyle Group and initiated that firm’s client-related efforts in the U.S. high-net-worth and family-office market. Before that, Ms. Corrigan was a Vice President at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and a Sales Director for Travelers Group Inc. She began her career at Salomon Smith Barney Inc., where she worked in both the global energy and power and mergers and acquisitions divisions. Ms. Corrigan graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995 with a degree in International Relations and received an M.B.A. from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business in 2002. She lives in Brooklyn with her two daughters.