If you missed any of FWSF’s women-in-finance events in San Francisco or the East Bay, click the links below for event highlights.
Our signature events include the FWSF Financial Woman of the Year luncheon and scholarship awards ceremony.
To get more involved, see our list of upcoming events.
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About 200 members and guests of FWSF, the Financial Planning Association, Society of California CPAs, the Association of Corporate Growth, and Schwab enjoyed a spirited discussion with Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz moderated by former FWSF President and financial planner extraordinaire Michelle Alberda.
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Sarah Friar, the 2014 Financial Woman of the Year, mentors Kaitlyn Busler, a 2014 FWSF Scholarship Recipient over coffee on the Stanford campus. Read how each recount their meeting.
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FWSF members and their guests enjoyed a private tour of many of the Art Deco jewels in the Financial District. Led by a docent from the Art Deco Society of California, the tour included the 450 Sutter Medical Building, notable for the Mayan-inspired decoration in the dramatic lobby, the newly renovated Pacific Telephone and Telegraph building at 140 Montgomery, the tallest high-rise when built in 1924, the Shell Building featuring Egyptian motifs (King Tuts mob was discovered in 1923), and the San Francisco Stock Exchange with it's sculptures by Ralph Stockpole and two-story mural by Diego Rivera.
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On December 3, over 65 FWSF members and their guests attended the 2014 holiday party and live auction. It was held again this year at the spectacular Wells Fargo Penthouse in downtown San Francisco.
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On November 6, right after California's gubernatorial election, FWSF had an engaging conversation about fixing California's government with David Crane, SIEPR Research Scholar at Stanford University and Former Economic Advisor to Governor Schwarzenegger. David is also President of Govern for California, an organization supporting courageous, honest and effective state legislators who put the interests of their fellow citizens ahead of personal, party or special interests.
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