News Room

Financial Women of San Francisco has been making news in business and financial circles for more than 60 years. Scan the articles below to see all the ways we advance the success of today’s women in finance throughout the Bay Area.

Debbie Messemer, Managing Partner at KPMG and also a member of FWSF writes for Fortune.

Read more about the initiatives and goals set out by the United Nations including more about the 2016 theme for International Women’s Day of “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”

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Janet Napolitano Event Summary

On January 28th, 2016, Financial Women of San Francisco had the pleasure of hosting University of California President Janet Napolitano at a sold out event in which Napolitano shared her thoughts about the University of California and gave valuable insights into how she has achieved the many milestones in her remarkable career. The discussion was expertly moderated by Janet Reilly, host of “The Mix” on NBC.

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Effective Story Building/Telling

In early February the FWSF Board held their retreat in San Francisco. We were pleased to host two of the very dynamic Coaches from the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute, CEO, Doy Charnsupharindr and COO, Susan Houlihan, who were invited by our President Darcy Illg to coach the Board on Story Building and specifically telling our own story and how it motivated us to be part of FWSF. Darcy herself volunteers at the Institute.

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Powerful Presentations and Conversations: Professional Development Series with Kristi Royse

Opportunities to present yourself occur every day. You start presenting when you walk out the door. Sharing ideas in public is essential to your success in life and business. Kristi Royce, CEO of KLR Consulting, shared with the FWSF East Bay group techniques to use now to make every opportunity a success.

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FWSF’s First Interest Group: Book Club

At the beginning of 2016, FWSF launched the Book Club as the first Interest Group. The Interest Groups were created to give members an opportunity to meet and form deeper relationships with women in the FWSF community. The organization is already made up of many professionals that care about seeing more women succeed in the finance industry, but there are a lot of other hobbies within the FWSF. There are women in the group that love the arts, the outdoors, cooking, or volunteering. Through the Interest Groups, FWSF hopes to bring these people together and allow them to share their experiences and interests with each other.

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