Committee - President's Circle
Mission

To establish and maintain relationships with corporate sponsors, furthering the FWA’s goals of promoting professionalism and leadership roles for women in finance.
Contact Co-chairs
  Deidre Campbell
  Sheila Colucci
  Geraldine Mehu
  Mary Robinson
  Lynthia Romney

2008 President's Circle
  President's Circle Sponsors

Overview
Formed in 1998, the FWA President’s Circle serves as the official corporate sponsorship program of the Financial Women’s Association. By collaborating as strategic partners, the FWA and our President’s Circle members meaningfully advance the FWA’s core mission to promote professionalism in the financial industry and leadership roles for women. We accomplish this by exchanging best practices around women in business; showcasing industry thought leaders; enhancing our programmatic content, and empowering our mentoring and educational initiatives.

Since its inception, the FWA President’s Circle has been extremely successful, providing substantial financial support for FWA programs and scholarships, and creating a stronger relationship between corporate sponsors and the FWA. In addition to funding the many professional development and other programs serving the broader FWA membership, President’s Circle sponsorship benefits the FWA Education Fund, which provides academic scholarships, mentoring programs and internships for deserving young people interested in undergraduate and graduate degrees in business and finance.

FWA President’s Circle sponsors provide support at two levels. Platinum Sponsorship represents a minimum $50,000 commitment and Gold Sponsorship provides a minimum $25,000 commitment, with both levels offering the flexibility to contribute in cash and in kind. FWA sponsors benefit from a visible commitment to the shared FWA goals, membership for corporate individuals, and the opportunity to hold events on premises with special rates and privileges for employees, promotion in FWA communications and participation in the Annual Dinner. President’s Circle sponsors gain increased recognition for their support of women’s leadership, facilitating their efforts to attract and retain key talent.

Accomplishments /Highlights
President’s Circle sponsors contributed approximately $525,000 through cash and in-kind support of 45% of the number of 2007-2008 events. President Circle members were instrumental in supporting many of the events offered by the FWA last year, contributing programming strategy, expert speakers, meeting facilities and refreshments. This allowed the FWA programs to reach a diverse cross-section of the financial community, covering issues of broad financial interest.
x AIG is the most recent company to join the President’s Circle as a Gold Sponsor.
x Thomson Reuters and HSBC advanced to Platinum President’s Circle level.
HSBC in the Community (USA) granted the FWA $900,000 over five-years to expand the Financial Backpack program.

*Financial support includes cash contributions, event underwriting, and in-kind support.

Special Thanks
  • Special thanks to the members of the President’s Circle for their strong support of the FWA, with particular thanks to the liaisons in each President’s Circle company.
  • FWA Committees who worked cooperatively on events with members of the President’s Circle.
  • Lily Klebanoff Blake for her passionate championship of the President’s Circle program.
  • Nancy Sellar and Jennifer Durst for their invaluable and ongoing support.
  Last updated:
  July 8, 2008