With Gettysburg’s new finance major, students will be able to make meaningful contributions to economies in the world’s top financial hubs, from New York to London. Morgan (Flagg) Fleites ’16, a senior investment associate at Fry’s Path Capital in London, has done just that thanks to her well-rounded experience at Gettysburg.
When Morgan (Flagg) Fleites ’16 became the student representative for Gettysburg’s Endowment Committee during her sophomore year, she had no idea that it would become a direct steppingstone to her now almost decade-long career in the finance industry or bring her back to Gettysburg in an unexpected way.
“As the student representative, I attended all meetings in New York City to talk about the College’s endowment and how it was invested. I gained so much and was able to meet and network with alumni who are on the Board of Trustees, as well as learn about hedge fund and private equity managers,” explained Fleites, who was an economics major and took finance courses as part of her degree.
At the time, Gettysburg College used Cambridge Associates, a global investment firm, as their consultant and Fleites was able to “get to know the managing directors over years of working with them.” Those relationships helped Fleites land an internship with the firm during the summer of her junior year in Washington, D.C., and she parlayed that internship into her first job after graduation.
Fleites joined Cambridge Associates as an investment analyst in their Arlington, Virginia, office in 2016. In that role, she gained exposure to different asset classes including hedge funds and private equity and consulted for college and university endowments. From 2016 to 2018, in a full circle moment, Gettysburg College was of her clients.
“I was so grateful to be able to continue the conversations about where the endowment was being invested and also learn how the endowment was being used to serve students. After graduation, I felt connected to the College in a way I never thought I would when I first stepped on campus as a student.”
After working on endowments for more than two years, Fleites moved to Cambridge’s New York City office, transitioned to consulting on pension plans in the healthcare sector, and worked her way up to a senior investment associate position.
While Fleites gives due credit to her three years as the student representative for Gettysburg’s Endowment Committee for helping prepare her for her career, she notes that there were many other experiences—her academic major coursework, her role as president of her sorority, membership in the Women in Finance Club, and four years working in the then-Center for Career Development—that gave her the strong foundation she needed to be successful.
“Of course, my academic coursework at Gettysburg was pivotal, but so were my experiences outside of the classroom,” she said. “Being president of Delta Gamma taught me leadership and time management. Management Prof. Karen Frey, who is now retired, taught me so much in the Women in Finance Club about accounting, how to analyze company financial statements, and how to do a stock pitch.”
“Perhaps, most impactful was my time working in the Center for Career Development,” Fleites continued. “That’s where I learned the importance of starting early: building a resume, networking with alumni, applying for internships, and interacting with counselors and job reps. I encourage all Gettysburg students to get involved with the Center and to network early and often.”
Today, Fleites is a senior investment associate at Fry’s Path Capital, a financial advisory firm, where she advises high net-worth families on portfolio allocation and manager selection. While the company is based in Charlottesville, Virginia, Fleites works remotely from London, a major international financial hub, where she spends her days researching investment managers and meeting with and making recommendations to her clients.
She explained in more detail, “If there's a hedge fund in New York or London that is a great fit for our client’s portfolio, we meet with the manager to understand their strategy. If we like it, we complete a writeup and present the recommendation to our client. I also do a lot of performance reporting where I analyze my client’s assets, which may include a 100-plus different line items of different securities that they’re invested in, and I track those to see how they’re performing over time. I really enjoy the research and reporting pieces of my job.”
Upon learning that Gettysburg is launching a new finance major in the fall of the 2025-2026 academic year and that students recently went on a finance trek to New York, Fleites was thrilled. She remarked, “These are incredible opportunities. Within finance, there are so many different routes that you can take. Investment banking is completely different than consulting, for example. Every opportunity for students to really explore and understand the different types of careers and the skillsets needed to be successful in them is so valuable.”
“I loved my time at Gettysburg,” she continued. “I met some of my best friends there, and my career probably wouldn’t be where it is without Gettysburg College. I wish all the new finance majors a lot of luck and encourage them to take advantage of all the opportunities Gettysburg has to offer in and out of the classroom.”
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By Katelyn Silva
Photos courtesy of Morgan (Flagg) Fleites ’16
Posted: 05/06/25