About Us

Worthy Circles is a professional networking group that serves advisors
who work with ultra-high-net-worth clients and family offices.

All programs are overseen by professional relationship manager Naz Hassanein, who has held senior roles at various membership associations, including the Corporate Executive Board and Family Office Exchange, for the past 20 years.

Naz, President & Founder 
Naz Hassanein - Boston President & Founder

For the past 20 years, Naz has worked in the family office community, both in Boston and nationwide. She served as a managing director at Family Office Exchange (FOX) for 8 years, overseeing the single-family office, multi-family office, and advisor relationships. From there, she went on to manage the center-of-influence strategy at Ballentine Partners, a multifamily office based in Waltham. In 2015, she created Worthy Circles as a family office club for advisors in the Boston area to meet, network, and share their thought leadership.

Prior to her work in the family office market, Naz worked at the Corporate Executive Board (CEB) in Washington, DC, where she oversaw the firm’s relationships with the financial services sector through programs such as The VIP Forum. 

Naz graduated summa cum laude from Middlebury College, where she majored in English, and spent time studying aboard at King's College London. 

She now resides in the Boston suburbs with her husband and two daughters. She manages the Professional Advisor Leadership Council (PALC) for the Foundation for MetroWest; is on the Marketing, Memberships, and Programming Board for the UHNW Institute (UHNWInstitute.org); sits on the board of the Agamenticus Yacht Club in York, Maine; and is an active member of the Hunnewell Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization. In her spare time, she enjoys writing for local publications and dreams of someday writing a novel. In the meantime, she feels fortunate to work with the wonderful community of peers that is Worthy Circles.

Sarah Babcock is a relationship-driven business development leader who brings more than two decades of experience to her role as Director of NYC Worthy Circles. In this role, she draws on her experience of working closely with senior executives to create a trusted space where members can connect, exchange ideas, and build lasting and productive relationships.

Sarah’s career has included leadership positions at respected organizations across finance and professional services, including EY, Gerson Lehrman Group and Lehman Brothers. At EY, Sarah managed relationships with several of the firm's largest financial services clients and led business development for the Strategy and Transactions practice in EY's Financial Services Office. Prior to joining EY, Sarah spent seven years at Gerson Lehrman Group managing key hedge fund client relationships. Previously, she worked at Lehman Brothers in institutional equity sales and at the Corporate Executive Board (now Gartner) in a variety of sales roles.

She earned her MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and her BA from Washington & Lee University. Sarah now lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters.

Sarah Babcock - New York City         NYC Worthy Circles Director