About Bolanle
Bolanle Williams-Olley is the chief financial officer and co-owner at Mancini Duffy, a technology-first design firm based in NYC where she oversees the firm’s financial and operational performance. She has 15+ years of experience working in the AEC industry with a strong background in financial analysis and strategic initiatives. At her core, she thrives on building relationships between finance and management teams to ensure the overall financial success of projects and her firm. Her firm’s clients include TSX Broadway, American Airlines, Boqueria, Louis Vuitton, Columbia University, Rutgers, among others.
She is an author of #1 bestselling book, Build Boldly, chart your unique career path and lead with courage.
She is also a dynamic leader within the AEC industry who has been a Keynote Speaker at Monograph’s Section Cut Conference 2022: “Creating BOLD Possibilities” American Institute of Architects’ Women's Leadership Summit, National Organization of Minority Architects 47th Conference and Mother Honestly Summit. Bolanle is passionate about service and is the founder of four impact organizations: SheBuildsWaves - a community that provides support, resources and gives back to professional women in the built industry, SheBuildsLives - a non-profit focused on addressing needs of children and improving quality of education in low-income schools and communities in Nigeria, SheBuildsMoney - an initiative that empowers small design firms to be successful and thrive financially and REACHNigeria - a connector hub that creates awareness about NGOs and volunteer opportunities across Nigeria.
Before her current position at Mancini Duffy, she served five years as Senior Project Accountant at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and five years as Project Accountant at HLW. She holds a Masters in Education & Social Policy from NYU, Masters in Applied Mathematics and a Bachelors in Mathematics from the City University of New York, Hunter College.
She lives in New Jersey with her husband, two kids and their dog and is absolutely obsessed with throwing really fun themed parties.
A Few Of My Favourites!
TheTWOs
Coffee Ice Cream
Themed Parties
Podcasts
Bolanle’s Offerings
Bolanle enjoys sharing her expertise and experience when the right opportunity arises. She is passionate about increasing and improving literacy particularly around business finance, career development, women’s empowerment and educational equity for children in low-income communities.
Currently, She sits on the boards of the following organizations:
Please reach out below if you are interested in connecting with Bolanle and leveraging her rich expertise for:
Interviews
Speaking + Advisory Engagements
Board Involvement