Past Event Highlights
If you missed any of FWSF’s women-in-finance events in San Francisco or the East Bay, click on the links below for event highlights.
Our signature events include the FWSF Financial Woman or the Year luncheon and scholarship awards ceremony.
To get more involved, see our list of upcoming events.
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Meet the Leadership Circle: A Practical Guide to the Current Economic Environment
On Thursday, September 29, 2022, over thirty attendees gathered at the offices of KPMG to meet and hear from seven members of FWSF’s esteemed Leadership Circle.
Read more2022 Scholarship Event images
On June 3, FWSF awarded scholarships to 13 graduate students and 4 undergraduate students. Scholarships are made possible through the generosity of FWSF sponsors and the proceeds from the Financial Woman of the Year Luncheon. To date over $2.7 million in scholarship funds has been awarded to deserving students.
Read moreOral history: The enduring legacy of Financial Women of San Francisco
In 1956, 17 women gathered to create The Financial Women of San Francisco in what was the first organization for executive women in finance in the entire country. Over the past 65 years the forum has changed countless lives by providing a place where women working in financial services can meet, share ideas and experiences and propel their careers. The volunteer-run organization has evolved new ways to professionally advance its members through mentorship, events, awards and scholarships as dress codes, social mores and access to education and career opportunities expanded. Here is a personal history of FWSF and what it has meant from members, leaders and beneficiaries.
Read moreFinancial Women Profiles in Diversity Series: Melissa Maquilan Radic
In our allyship with the women of color in the financial services industry and our membership, we are closing the year with a series of member interviews aimed at giving us a glimpse into their career journeys, spotlighting their challenges and successes.
Read moreFinancial Women Profiles in Diversity Series: Janeth Medina Larios
In our allyship with the women of color in the financial services industry and our membership, we are finishing out 2020 with a series of member interviews with FWSF’s women of color aimed at giving us a glimpse into their career journeys, spotlighting their challenges and successes. Janeth Medina Larios, vice president of corporate social responsibility at Bank of the West and vice president of diversity and inclusion at FWSF, is our next interview. We hope this series will help provide insight into ways that we can all better stand together and be a strong support system to one another.
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