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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Barbara Morrison, founder and CEO of Oakland’s TMC Financing, is retiring after more than four decades of helping small business owners get SBA financing to purchase the real estate used in their businesses. In addition to her many professional accomplishments and overall advocacy of women, Barbara has long been an ally and strong supporter of FWSF. Barbara was FWSF’s 2012 Financial Woman of the Year.
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Shamila Mashayekhi is a Graduate Student, Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS), Menlo College
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Stephanie Terrasas is a current MBA Student at Santa Clara University and Manager, Marketing & Membership at Silicon Valley Mathematics Initiative
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Ciao! I am currently studying abroad in Rome, Italy, at John Cabot University this fall, where I am taking International Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Statement Analysis, and Investments Analysis.
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Establishing a sought after personal brand is often key to advancement and opportunities. There are several practices you can adopt to promote your brand within the company. It’s not rocket science. The challenge isn’t only knowing what to do – but actually doing it. And no one is going to manage your career for you. That’s your responsibility. But others may try to define your brand if you don’t do it yourself. Don’t let that happen.
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It is becoming increasingly clear that personal branding is needed to help create a narrative around an individual career path.
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Financial Women of San Francisco is proud to start a new tradition of hosting a San Francisco Giants game event for its members and their connections.
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In August, the FWSF Book Club held a lively discussion of The First Rule of Mastery: Stop Worrying About What People Think of You by Debra Fine.
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It begins in the middle of the month to honor the independence declarations of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, who all declared independence on 15 September 1821, followed by Mexico on the 16th and Chile on the 18th. It began as a week-long celebration under President Johnson in 1968 and was expanded to cover a 30-day period by President Ronald Reagan in 1988.
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Rock The Street Wall Street (RTSWS) empowers high school girls and university women by bringing the M in STEM to life through a focus on Financial & Investment fundamentals. FWSF and RTSWS have partnered through FWSF members volunteering to participate in RTSWS student mentorship opportunities.
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Anne Chambers, a long-time FWSF board member, reached out to determine who the "mystery donor" has been to our scholarship fund.
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As we consider early career hiring, and specifically first roles post-graduation, we need to think about the funnel of students and how some demographic changes and choices will affect the talent pool available. There are changes afoot, with a decrease in high school graduates, therefore university graduates, a decreasing population overall, and changes to popular majors being studied.
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Over the decades, access and funding for education have been declining, along with educational outcomes; these secular trends only got worse after the COVID-19 pandemic. National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data show declines in reading and math following COVID-19, with partial recovery in 2024. NAEP shows pandemic-era declines, with 2022 reading down ~3 points and math down 5 (grade 4) and 8 (grade 8) vs. 2019; 2024 saw reading decline further by ~2 points (grades 4 & 8) while grade 4 math ticked up ~2 points; grade 8 math flat. Recovery is uneven, and gaps widened most for lower-performing students. (NCES/NAGB).
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The rapid advancement of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) presents both significant opportunities for enhancing educational experiences and important challenges related to maintaining academic integrity. As this technology reshapes how we learn and work, educational institutions must adapt to prepare students for an AI-driven future.
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