She is on the Board of 100 Women in Hedge Funds and serves as President of the Foundation and is also a Board Member of IDEAS (Investing in the Development and Educational Advancement of Students, Inc). Also, she is a founding board member of the Professional Association of Investment Communications Resources (PAICR).

Prior to joining Ramius in January 2004, Ms.Werner was a Marketing Manager at Lincoln Financial Group responsible for the strategic marketing of their Mutual Funds and Managed Accounts businesses through their wholesaling arm. Ms. Werner has also worked in a number of other senior marketing positions including Director of Marketing for Volaris Advisors (sold to Credit Suisse) , an options firm and Director of Alternative Investments Marketing for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers’ retail and institutional businesses. She was also a Director of Communications and Market Research for Prudential Financial. Ms. Werner received a B.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.