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Alumna Award 1996

Congratulations Slivy Edmonds Cotton!

Wharton Women in Business was privileged to award the 1996 Kathleen McDonald Distinguished Alumna Award to Ms. Slivy Edmonds Cotton, the Senior Managing director for The Edmonds Group, a newly formed private investment and merchant baking firm. The Edmonds Group has been formed to acquire controlling or leading equity positions in middles-market companies and to invest in turn-arounds, restructurings or other special situations. It is the successor firm to Walnut Capital Corporation, a highly successful merchant banking firm.

Ms. Cotton has always sought to be an active contributor to the communities in which she resides; her participation in numerous community and business organizations reflects these goals. Slivy Edmonds Cotton holds a BA degree from Marymount Manhattan College of New York City and an MBA degree from the Wharton School, Class of 1979. With this Kathleen McDonald Distinguished Alumna Award, Wharton Women In Business recognizes Ms. Cotton's outstanding ability to serve as a role model for Wharton Women, her professional success, her potential for continued career development, and her commitment to balancing career, community involvement, and other personal pursuits.