Women of Wall St. fetes leaders, urges parity
Honoree Samantha Saperstein of JPMorgan Chase’s Women on the Move initiative,
center, with Schneps Media Publisher Victoria Schneps-Yunis, left, and emcee
Cheryl Casone at the Women of Wall Street Awards. Sapserstein won this year’s
Trailblazer Award.
NY C IDE N T IF ICATIO N C AR D
PHOTO BY CORAZON AGUIRRE
ment careers in the asset-management
industry — a fi eld challenged
by a lack of diversity.
The event addressed the issue
of gender parity in the banking
and fi nance industry. With
many fi rms making signifi cant
investments in programs or
benefi ts for women but not seeing
results, there’s a clear need
for the culture to change. Participants
highlighted the day-today
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 event’s generous sponsors
for helping bring this important
topic to the forefront while
championing the women 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 .
BY SCHNEPS MEDIA
On May 7, Schneps Media
— the parent company
of The Villager, Chelsea
Now, Downtown Express and
Manhattan Express — honored
26 passionate, ambitious and brilliant
women for their infl uence
in banking and fi nance at the
Women of Wall Street Awards.
It was the awards’ inaugural
event.
Brooklyn Borough President
Eric Adams (a founding member
of the “Men Who Get It” club)
gave remarks. The speakers panel
included Cheryl Casone, host
of FBN:am on Fox Business Network;
Elizabeth St.-Onge, partner
at Oliver Wyman, and more,
the W.O.W.
Awards honorees were recognized
for their successes but also
their empowerment of the next
generation of female fi nancial
leaders.
The event raised $1,200 for
the nonprofi t Girls Who Invest,
founded by W.O.W. honoree
Seema Hingorani. Girls Who Invest
is a nonprofi t organization
founded in April 2015 dedicated
to inspiring and empowering
young women to pursue invest-
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