Girls Who Invest

We’re counting down the days until our 2025 Alumni Conference on February 28th! Commemorating 10 years since our inception, we’re so excited to share that this year’s “Visionary Voices” session will feature Christina Tosi, Founder & CEO of Milk Bar, and our very own Seema Hingorani, GWI Founder and Board Chair, for a discussion on their unique stories and professional journeys. Alumni, we have an exciting day mapped out including industry speakers, professional development opportunities and community building moments throughout! Head over to your Alumni Career Portal to RSVP and join us in celebrating our momentum and milestones! https://lnkd.in/eCNHUWbu

We love seeing our GWI Alumni strengthening relationships and community building within the industry! Gabrielle Latimore, SIP Class of 2023, and Abigail Groom, OIP Class of 2024, attended the Investment Company Institute Innovate Conference earlier this month, bringing together leaders, innovators and changemakers who are shaping the future of asset management!

PwC, a GWI Leadership Circle partner firm, is celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth through the lens of “Triumph and Resilience,” hosting fireside chats on topics such as intersectionality, mental health advocacy and resilience. Learn more below!

With a little over a month until we’re off to the races, we’re excited to spotlight five of our Alumni who are running this year’s United Airlines NYC Half on behalf of Girls Who Invest on March 16th, Ava Augustine, Jessica Zhao, Sara Mehta, Monserrat Villasenor, and Lauren K.. If you’re interested in supporting these standout changemakers, we’re accepting donations at the link below. Funds will be put towards education and professional development resources for the GWI Community! https://lnkd.in/ePSfdPkG

Please join us in officially welcoming the Class of 2025 to the GWI Community 👏! We recently held Summer Intensive Program (SIP) & Online Intensive Program (OIP) virtual orientations for our Scholars to learn more about programming and curriculum. With our Scholars already hard at work, we can’t wait to meet our SIP Community in-person in a few months on The Wharton School’s campus!

Last week, Girls Who Invest held its second of three in-person meetings for the Investor Circles program, aimed at supporting early-career GWI Alumni in Investment Management through mentorship and community building. This month’s meeting was hosted by Morgan Stanley and focused on areas for growth around technical skills and accountability. A huge thank you to Katie Travia, Christyl Lucille Murray, Juliette Vitale, Nisha Patel, Melissa Ronaghan and Domen Xu from the Morgan Stanley team for hosting an inspiring event!

The Girls Who Invest team recently came together for our annual retreat, as we discussed strategic priorities moving forward and broke into project groups to brainstorm our big FY25 moments. A huge thank you to our special guests Kim Lew, CEO of Columbia Investment Management Company and GWI Board Member, and Johnny Wu, CEO of Quartzy Capital Advisors, LLC, for hosting a fireside chat and Q&A on why they believe in GWI and how we’ve made an impact on the industry.

We can’t wait to see our Alumni Community at the 2025 GWI Alumni Conference on February 28th in NYC 🗽! Centered around community building, this year’s conference is particularly special as we commemorate our 10th year since inception, celebrating our milestones and momentum moving forward. GWI Alumni, we have an exciting week of events lined up for you from meet ups in the big apple to professional development opportunities with industry leaders. Be sure to head over to your Alumni Career Portal to RSVP! https://lnkd.in/d8bBxmFz

Girls Who Invest is proud to partner with Wharton Executive Education as we continue to expand our programming to focus on supporting mid-career Alumni.   Through our Investor Leadership Program, launched last fall with the help of the Wharton team, over 40 GWI Alumni have the opportunity to engage in an on-campus experience focusing on community building, executive coaching and professional development workshops.   Learn more from GWI CEO and President, Katherine Jollon Colsher, and Heather Perceval, Head of Programs and Career Advancement, below!