Jessica Duffett, Relationship Management Account Executive, First Republic Bank
Jessica Duffett is a Relationship Management Account Executive at First Republic Bank in New York.
She has the privilege of working with individuals and closely held businesses, including many art world
clients such as artists, galleries, collectors, and not-for-profit organizations.
Prior to First Republic, Jessica completed her MBA (2013) in finance and entrepreneurship at the NYU
Stern School of Business. During her time at Stern, Jessica was an associate at Orca Capital Securities,
a boutique investment bank. She spent the earlier years of her career advancing in roles at Leo Castelli
and Mitchell-Innes & Nash galleries in New York. She worked closely with artists including Chris Martin,
William Pope.L, the Estate of Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Morris, and Joseph Kosuth. She also was also
instrumental in coordinating the new online edition of the Cezanne catalogue raisonne.
Jessica is a board member of A Blade of Grass, and a founder and chair of the Addison Contemporaries
for the Addison Gallery at Phillips Academy Andover. She is also a member of ArtTable, the national
organization of women in the visual arts. She has been an active volunteer and fundraiser for her alma
mater, Scripps College. Jessica volunteers regularly for youth financial literacy programs in NYC, and has
conducted financial planning workshops for artists and creative professionals.