Economic Trends and Outlook for 2020

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Featuring Dean Ann E. Harrison, Dean of the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley

Please join us to hear remarks from Dean Ann Harrison, one of the most highly-cited scholars on multinational firms, foreign direct investment, international trade and global strategy and emerging markets. Dean Harrison will discuss the gender wage gap in the United States over the last forty years, and the particular role that women in business play. She will engage the audience on ideas to close the persistent gap. You will not want to miss this insightful breakfast program! Learn more and register.

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Financial Woman of the Year Luncheon a Huge Success!

 

On Friday, October 11 at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco, FWSF honored Terri Kallsen, former executive vice president, Investor Services, at Charles Schwab, as the FWSF 2019 Financial Woman of the Year. Read more and view her speech.

This year’s luncheon raised money for the FWSF Scholarship Fund. These funds directly benefit rising stars in the San Francisco Bay Area who are pursuing a career in finance or in the financial services industry, including the 2019 scholarship recipients.

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FWSF 2020 Scholarship Application Open Now

The 2020 FWSF Scholarship Program is now accepting applications through March 23, 2020. The FWSF Scholarship Fund provides graduate and undergraduate scholarships to San Francisco Bay Area women pursuing careers in finance and financial services. Since the scholarship program began over 30 years ago, FWSF has awarded over $2.5 million to over 300 deserving women. Beyond financial support, FWSF scholarship recipients have the opportunity to be mentored by FWSF members and attend career development and networking events. FWSF awards $15,000 to Graduate Students and $10,000 to Undergraduate Students. Learn more and apply for a scholarship.

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FWSF Awards $160,000 in 2019 Scholarships

“Thank You for Investing in Me:” A Special Day Honoring 13 Special Women

On Friday, June 7, over 200 guests came together at the City Club to honor Financial Women San Francisco’s (FWSF) 2019 scholarship recipients. Since the scholarship program began over 30 years ago, FWSF has awarded over $2.5 million to over 300 deserving women. This year FWSF awarded $10,000 to seven undergraduates and $15,000 to six graduate students. In addition to the scholarship itself, each winner is paired with a mentor and receives a three-year FWSF membership. Read more about the scholarship luncheon.

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Member profiles on Twitter/LinkedIn. We want to hear from you!

We want to let the FWSF community know about you! If you would like to participate in our new "Member Monday" social media feature, please complete this form (registration required). Answer any of the questions that interest you (or answer them all!).

Once our Social Media co-chairs receive your responses they will schedule our #MeetaMemberMonday and #CareerTipThursday features. Thanks

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