Adela is a successful entrepreneur and financial expert. She is a corporate director of BMO Harris Bank, and a director of the Mercer Funds, the Pathway Funds and chairs the UBS Funds. She serves on numerous civic and non-profit boards, including the Cook County Council of Economic Advisors. She also serves on the board of the Chicago Foundation for Women, Arrupe College, Rush Hospital, and is president of Teatro Vista. Adela is chair of Angeles Investors, a group seeking to find, fund and grow the best Latino disruptive startups in America. Since co-founding Angeles Investors in 2020, the group now has over 100 members throughout the United States. Adela Cepeda has been included among the 50 Most Powerful Latinas by the Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA), for two consecutive years and was selected for inclusion in the 2021 NACD Directorship 100, a recognition given to the most influential leaders in corporate governance.