Event Recap

Financial Women of San Francisco and KPMG Collaborate to Expand Mentoring

Mentorship can take many forms, but ultimately it has the power to positively impact a woman’s life and propel her career. While mentoring has been a foundational part of FWSF’s scholarship program, with mentors paired with each year’s scholarship recipients, FWSF believes in the transformative power of mentoring — regardless of where a member is in her career journey.

To kick off FWSF’s Members Mentoring Program initiative, on August 7th in San Francisco, FWSF and KPMG co-sponsored an exclusive, invitation-only mentoring roundtables event for top-tier sponsors and prospective sponsors. A group of leaders facilitated the evening by sharing their experiences and providing guidance and support on a variety of topics relevant to today’s rising leaders. Attendees, who were selected by their organizations, had an opportunity to engage in meaningful dialog with each other as well as with these accomplished senior leaders. Read more >

Take Mentoring Survey

FWSF is proud of its mentoring program for scholarship recipients and now wants to develop a mentoring program for members. Paige Venable, FWSF immediate past-president, is spearheading the effort, and asks that members to fill out a 3 minute survey.

Take Mentoring Survey

FWSF Diversity and Inclusion Committee Update

FWSF is committed to the highest standards of diversity and inclusion. We welcome you to join us in creating a vibrant, diverse, inclusive organization because we believe that by drawing on the power of our collective differences and similarities, our organization is better able to deliver on its purpose.

As financial women, many of us often feel an intellectual comfort only when the data align to support the conclusions we may have already reached. Well, the research is convincing — diversity does matter. Read more >

Behind the Scenes with the Financial Woman of the Year Event Co-Chairs

Melissa Maquilan Radic and Denise Rigli, as Financial Woman of the Year (FWOTY) Co-Chairs, are busy coordinating all the pieces that go into putting on an event of this size and caliber. (Have you signed up for this inspiring event yet?) We thought we’d ask them a few questions about their experience, what they’ve learned and how others might get involved.

Why did you want to be a co-chair of this event?

Melissa Maquilan Radic (MMR): The first FWSF event I ever attended was for the 2015 FWOTY, Carrie Dolan. The luncheon was so inspiring and impactful that I was immediately impressed with the organization and wanted to be involved. I learned how important the FWOTY event is to support FWSF and the Scholarship program, and as I wanted to make a meaningful difference in my time and work for FWSF, I raised my hand at the first opportunity to work on this event.

Denise Rigli (DR): FWSF was recommended to me by a partner I worked closely with. She highly encouraged me to get involved in the board and I started in the Programs area. After that, I moved onto Sponsorship for two years which gave me a good look into how much effort the FWOTY puts into raising money for our organization. I was so inspired by their giving back that I wanted to be a co-chair of the event to see it all first hand. Read more >

Meet Blake Rutledge, Senior Consultant at Wells Fargo, and new FWSF member

When you were 10 years old, what were your career aspirations?
To be a postman! As a kid, I loved receiving mail and our postie rode around on a little red motorbike – a winning combination in my books!

Tell us a bit about your background and your current job.
I’m a qualified accountant and my career has evolved from consolidation reporting to financial planning and analysis and finance business partnering, which I LOVE. I’ve always worked for big banks and I’m currently working as an external reporting contractor in a great team at Wells Fargo until my ideal job comes up. Learn more >

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Upcoming Events

August 23, 2018
East Bay Book Club

September 11, 2018
September Brown Bag Lunch

September 14, 2018
2018 Financial Woman of the Year Award Program and Luncheon

October 4, 2018
Celebrating Financial Women of San Francisco! “Music, Art and Wine!”

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