Past event highlights

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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Mobile Payments. What Are the Implications for You and Your Business?

Soon, more people will browse the Internet from mobile devices than from computers and in the US and overseas consumers are starting to make payments from their mobile phones and tablets.

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Scholarship Recipients, Where Are They Now?

Suzanne Permanna, FWA Scholarship recipient 2008 is the Asset Liability Management Financial Modeler and Assistant Vice President of the Treasury Department at Bank of the West. She develops and analyzes financial models to minimize risk to the Bank’s portfolio by observing consumer behavior and analyzing the characteristics of products offered.

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Leaders and Participants in Women’s Initiative Networks Share Best Practices and Challenges

At a recent Women’s Initiative Net- works (WIN) event, Trish Cox, SVP of Brokerage Services and an early advocate for Charles Schwab’s WIN, shared start up hints, keys to suc- cess and practical insights.

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Financial Woman of the Year Event

On October 6, 2011 the FWA celebrated its 16th Annual Financial Woman of the Year, Kathryn Hall. Katie is the founder, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Hall Capital Partners LLC. As CEO and CIO, Katie and her team at Hall Capital Partners manage and direct approximately $22 billion in investment assets
for advisory clients and pooled vehicle investors.

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Katie Hall on the Importance of Risk and Resilience

I think that women need to be willing to accept jobs and responsibilities with visibility, complexity and need for leadership/negotiation. A willingness to “enter the fray” and to expose oneself to public success or failure is critical. If things don’t work out, so be it

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