WOMEN OF WALL STREET
hey’re the trailblazers of
Wall Street.
Schneps Media
praised banking and finance’s
passionate, ambitious, and
brilliant women for their influence
in the field at the inaugural
Women of Wall Street
Awards on May 7.
The night featured a speakers
panel that included honorees;
emcee Cheryl Casone, host
of FBN:am on Fox Business
Network; and Elizabeth St.-
Onge, partner at Oliver Wyman.
Brooklyn Borough President
Eric Adams (a founding
member of the “Men Who Get
It” club) also gave remarks.
The 26 awards honorees
were recognized not only for
their successes, but also for
their empowerment of the next
generation of female financial
leaders.
The event raised $1,200 for
the nonprofit Girls Who Invest,
founded in 2015 by honoree
Seema Hingorani. The
organization is dedicated to
inspiring and empowering
young women to pursue investment
careers in the asset
management industry —
a field challenged by a lack of
diversity.
The night also addressed
the issue of gender parity in
the banking and finance industry.
With many firms making
significant investments
in programs or benefits for
women, but not seeing results,
there’s a clear need for
the culture to change, speakers
said. Participants highlighted
the day-to-day culture,
unconscious biases, and micro
aggressions that are much
harder to address but are required
in order to move the
needle.
Schneps Media is thankful
to the celebration’s generous
sponsors for helping bring this
important topic to the forefront
while championing the women
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who dedicate themselves to
supporting, empowering, and
promoting more women in the
industry. A special thanks to
Citigroup, MHR Fund, JPMorgan
Chase, Investors Bank and
Flushing Bank.
If you would like to nominate
a deserving woman for
the 2020 Women of Wall Street
Awards, please visit www.schnepsevents.
com/wows2020.
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