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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Members Only Networking Mixer
The last Tuesday of every month FWSF hosts an intimate members only networking mixer at the Le Meridien hotel. Since this event is open to members only it's an opportunity to meet and share on a more personal level.
Read moreImpact Investing: Aligning Investments with Mission
Impact investing is increasingly popular among investors who seek social and environmental benefits along with financial returns. In September, FWSF and CFA co-hosted a packed event on impact investing, featuring an accomplished panel moderated by Kumiko Yoshinari, CFA.
Read morePLANNING AHEAD with Kristi Royse
Businesses plan all the time, but in the hustle and bustle of daily lives, our own personal plans often get back-burnered. Consultant Kristi Royse showed a packed room how to create our own personal strategic plan for achieving what we want out of life with a straight-forward approach in a thought-provoking program in October, 2013.
Read moreFWSF Connections Helping Dreams Come True
Emilie Cortes’s dream is to help women make their own dreams come true...through adventure travel. You may have seen Emilie present "Women on Top: Lessons from the Mountains" for FWSF in April of 2012 or in February of 2013. She has twice wowed our audiences with her tales of adventure.
Read moreSlow Fashion for Women on the Move
When I was awarded a FWSF scholarship as an undergrad in 2009, my dream was to work on the business side of a clothing company. After I completed my BA in Business Economics I went on to complete my MBA at the Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business at Mills College in 2011. Nearly a year ago, my co-founder Bree Hylkema and I launched the first products of our clothing line, Vermeulen & Co. Since then, we have accomplished a great deal. It's been quite a whirlwind!
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