Phyllis Hollis is currently an independent trustee of a NASDAQ traded REIT (DHC) and on non-profit boards of leading art organizations offering Finance, Investment, and Strategic Planning, and Digital Marketing expertise. She was previously the President/CEO of a boutique Broker-Dealer/ Investment bank.
She has more than thirty years’ experience in the financial services industry. Hollis began her career in technology working for IBM as a Systems Engineer and later transitioned to the financial services industry working for Salomon Brothers in Mortgage Sales and Trading. In 1994, Hollis became a co-founder of the first TFI focused minority investment bank supported by Merrill Lynch, a strategic partner.
In early 2020, during the onset of the pandemic, Hollis established ‘Cerebral Women Arts Talks’, a podcast promoting underrepresented Artists and Art Professionals.
She is an executive committee member of the MoMA Black Arts Council and previously a trustee of the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture and the School of Visual Art Alumni Society.