SUNY Cortland Athletics

* A Syracuse, N.Y. native, he earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Cortland in 2002

* Competed as a diver on Cortland's men's swimming and diving team for four seasons from 1991-95, serving as team captain as a senior

* Six-time Division III All-American with six top-eight finishes at the NCAA Championships: seventh nationally on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards as a sophomore in 1993; third on the 1-meter and fourth on the 3-meter as a junior in 1994; and seventh on the 1-meter and fifth on the 3-meter as a senior in 1995

* Five-time SUNYAC diving champion, winning 3-meter titles as a sophomore, junior and senior and 1-meter titles as a junior and senior

* Earned the SUNYAC's James Fulton Award as the conference's top men's swimming and diving senior performer in 1995

* Received the SUNY Cortland Athletics George Breen '56 Award in 1995, named for Cortland C-Club Hall of Famer and four-time Olympic medalist George Breen and presented annually for dedication to swimming and diving

* Cortland men's swimming and diving Red Letter Award winner as a junior

* Member of Cortland teams that earned three top-30 Division III national finishes (16th in 1994, 17th in 1993, 29th in 1995) and won the 1993 SUNYAC title

* Served as a DJ, music director and station manager at campus radio station WSUC-FM; sang with the campus gospel choir; served on the executive board of the school's Black Student Union; and joined Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity

* Currently Senior Vice President with Aristotle Capital Management, covering the Pacific Northwest, Northern California, Northern Nevada, Hawaii and Guam

* Served as Pacific Northwest Regional Director at Allspring Global Investments from 2021-25 and co-led Allspring's Black/African-American Connectivity Group

* Previously served as a Wealth Consultant at DWS Group (2020-21) and Regional Vice President at Allianz Global Investors (2015-20) and PGIM (1999-2015)

* Received the Allianz Heritage Award in 2016 for representing the firm's philosophies of Respect, Integrity, Passion, and Excellence; the Presidents Club Award in 2016 and 2018; and the Century Club Award in 2016

* Has served as International Deputy Chief of Staff for Infrastructure to the International President of Phi Beta Sigma since 2025

* Awarded Syracuse's annual Key to the City in 2024 for his professional career, which involved imparting financial savvy to young African Americans; and City of Syracuse Mayor Sharon F. Owens proclaimed August 1, 2026, Julian "Jules" Heyward Day