FWSF International Women’s Day Event #BalanceforBetter — Advancing Women in Finance

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Be a part of the conversation! Join us for our International Women's Day event, a solutions-oriented exploration of the challenges that women address as they work to have successful careers, particularly in the financial industry. We focus on how to make changes – in the industry and in ourselves – to further women's careers. All genders are welcome – colleagues, partners, spouses of women in finance and other careers are encouraged to join us for this important conversation!

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FWSF 2019 Scholarship Application Now Available

The 2019 FWSF Scholarship Program will be accepting applications from January 1 through March 24, 2019. The FWSF Scholarship Fund provides graduate and undergraduate scholarships to San Francisco Bay Area women pursuing careers in finance and financial services. Since 1985, our Scholarship Fund has awarded more than $2.5 million in scholarship grants to more than 300 Bay Area women. Beyond financial support, FWSF scholarship recipients have the opportunity to be mentored by FWSF members, receive 3 years of FWSF membership and attend career development and networking events. Learn more.  

Financial Women of San Francisco Honor Heidi Roizen

On Friday, September 14 at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco, FWSF honored Heidi Roizen, a partner at venture firm DFJ, as the FWSF 2018 Financial Woman of the Year. Read more about Heidi and the luncheon.

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 2018 scholarships recipients.

FWSF Awards $160,000 in 2018 Scholarships

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors and donors, this year FWSF increased the scholarships by $5,000 each, resulting in $10,000 for undergraduates and $15,000 for graduate students. Since the scholarship program began over 30 years ago, FWSF has awarded over $2.5 million to over 300 deserving women.

Read about the 2018 Scholarship Recipients

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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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