Maura Cunningham

The RTSWS panel, "Changing Girls' Mindsets on Financial Education,” was selected to be part of a diverse lineup of experienced speakers, interactive sessions, hands-on workshops, and learning experiences aimed at fostering discovery for a variety of education stakeholders.

About SXSW EDU 2022:
SXSW EDU is most well known for the SXSW EDU Conference & Festival, an annual event that fosters innovation and learning within the education industry. SXSW EDU believes that education has the… Show more

The RTSWS panel, "Changing Girls' Mindsets on Financial Education,” was selected to be part of a diverse lineup of experienced speakers, interactive sessions, hands-on workshops, and learning experiences aimed at fostering discovery for a variety of education stakeholders.

About SXSW EDU 2022:
SXSW EDU is most well known for the SXSW EDU Conference & Festival, an annual event that fosters innovation and learning within the education industry. SXSW EDU believes that education has the power to inspire, elevate, and change the future. They bring together the learner, the practitioner, the entrepreneur, and the visionary to share their groundbreaking stories, tackle complex issues, and build reimagined paths forward. It is this unfettered, inspired, and passionate community that will collectively create a new tomorrow for learners everywhere and drive impact. The SXSW EDU Conference & Festival takes place each March in Austin, TX, as a four-day event offering compelling sessions, in-depth workshops, engaging learning experiences, mentorship, film screenings, future-focused competitions, an expo, networking opportunities, and so much more.

About the “Changing Girls' Mindsets on Financial Education” Panel:
Improving girls’ financial education and literacy in high school is critical to changing America's gender wage and wealth inequalities, the college debt crisis (which disproportionately affects women), and creating a more diverse financial industry. We must teach girls to be fiscally confident by familiarizing them with financial terms, exposing them to female role models, teaching them about investing (not just budgets), and opening their eyes to how finance affects their lives. Show less

Speaker at The Americas CFA Leadership Conference
Girls and Math and How to Recruit Successfully to Today's Young Women
Theme: Partnership in Action – Collaborating to deliver practical, action-oriented outcomes, which will enable CFA Societies to implement their business plans and strategies under Societies 2.0.

The Betty Cook Award (formerly the Isabel Benham Award) is given to a woman who has dedicated herself to helping empower and advance other women – no matter what industry they are in. Maura has spent 25 plus years in the financial services industry where she saw a real need to lift the veil on finance for younger generations of women. She launched Rock The Street, Wall Street in 2013, as a non-profit financial literacy program designed to spark the interest of high school girls into careers of… Show more

The Betty Cook Award (formerly the Isabel Benham Award) is given to a woman who has dedicated herself to helping empower and advance other women – no matter what industry they are in. Maura has spent 25 plus years in the financial services industry where she saw a real need to lift the veil on finance for younger generations of women. She launched Rock The Street, Wall Street in 2013, as a non-profit financial literacy program designed to spark the interest of high school girls into careers of finance. Since its inception, female financial professionals volunteer to serve as instructors and mentors, and run “hands-on” financial project workshops that are offered in 13 cities across the United States. Three new cities will be added this coming fall - San Diego, Kansas City and Newark, with more in the pipeline. Maura’s program has served over 1,750 high school students so far, 750 this past year alone, engaging and motivating the next generation of women for careers in finance. Show less

December 2, 2016, RTSWS was invited to ring the closing bell at NASDAQ in Times Square in NYC.

To view the Closing Bell ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OztK955Zfyo

Rock The Street, Wall Street (RTSWS) attended The White House Conference on Inclusive STEM Education on Oct. 28. The White House Council on Women and Girls invited RTSWS to this conference for being a leader in the field of underrepresented populations in STEM: science, technology, engineering, and math. RTSWS represents the M in STEM, aiming to get more girls financially literate and potentially pursue careers in finance.

Catalyst is the leading nonprofit organization with a mission to expand opportunities for women and business. They are dedicated to creating more inclusive workplaces where employees representing every dimension of diversity can thrive.

Rock The Street, Wall Street was honored to be apart of the 2015 Catalyst Awards Conference, themed around #DisruptTheDefault, Catalyst’s awareness-to-action campaign that calls upon companies and individuals to make bold moves to forge meaningful change… Show more

Catalyst is the leading nonprofit organization with a mission to expand opportunities for women and business. They are dedicated to creating more inclusive workplaces where employees representing every dimension of diversity can thrive.

Rock The Street, Wall Street was honored to be apart of the 2015 Catalyst Awards Conference, themed around #DisruptTheDefault, Catalyst’s awareness-to-action campaign that calls upon companies and individuals to make bold moves to forge meaningful change for women and men in the workplace and the world. The Conference features a full day of inspirational speakers and action sessions. Below is the award winning video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd8fozUTJbI&feature=youtu.be Show less