Happy Tuesday! Celebrating our Limitless Leaders: today we honor Mariko Boswell. Mariko is Executive Vice President of PIMCO and a TXWSW Education Committee Member. Read more about why she gives back: https://txwsw.com/volunteer-spotlight-mariko-boswell-limitless-leader/ A recent Harvard Business Review article noted a study (and a book) that debunks the stereotype of women bullying other women in the workplace. To quoteRead more
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Happy Monday! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. This time of year is always busy with a never ending list to get through before the end of the year, so I wanted to wish each of you a happy and peaceful holiday season. TXWSW has all our holiday events this week and weRead more
Happy Tuesday! Huge thanks to our sponsors, committee heads and committee members for a phenomenal job with this year’s fall fundraisers. From our annual Boots & Blackjack Casino night in Austin to our new events in Houston (Magical Cocktails) and Fort Worth (Whiskey Ranch), a good time was had by all and most importantly, weRead more
Happy Monday! This week in Houston we have a treat – a cocktail party with a private magic show featuring Champion Magician: Ben Jackson.I hope you will join us for this terrific event. Our Houston committee has arranged for an amazing array of goodies for the raffle all from female-owned businesses. Thank you to the following sponsors forRead more
Happy Thursday! Celebrating our Limitless Leaders: today we honor Kathleen Barbee. Kathleen is a Development Director at Junior Achievement and a TXWSW Fort Worth Philanthropy Committee Member. Read more about why she gives back: https://txwsw.com/volunteer-spotlight-kathleen-barbee-limitless-leader/ An article in Pensions & Investments notes that diversity is increasing in the hedge fund industry albeit at a snail’s pace. “Researcher PreqinRead more
Happy Monday! Celebrating our Limitless Leaders: today we honor Nichole Ake. Nichole is Senior Vice President at BBVA Compass, TXWSW Houston Education Chair and TXWSW Board Member. Read more about why she gives back: https://txwsw.com/limitless-leaders/ Many of you in Dallas will be familiar with Merrie Spaeth. Merrie served two terms in the White House as President Regan’s CommunicationsRead more
Happy Tuesday! Celebrating our Limitless Leaders: today we honor Mindy Jones. Mindy Jones is Managing Principal of Pyxis Care Management, a TXWSW Philanthropy Committee member and TXWSW Board member. Read more about why she gives back: https://txwsw.com/limitless-leaders/ Forbes has published its annual list of the most powerful women in business which can be found here. The cover article notes that whileRead more
Happy Monday! From the progress file, fully 20% of public company board seats are now held by women. The change is occurring because of a combination of pressure from investors and new laws. The full article can be found here. It seems this focus on adding women to boards improves a company’s credit risk profile. WomenRead more
Happy Tuesday! Celebrating our Limitless Leaders: today we honor Shoshana Thoma-Isgur. Shoshana is Associate General Counsel at First Cash and a TXWSW Board Member. Read more about why she gives back: https://txwsw.com/limitless-leaders/ The Wall Street Journal recently reported that as of last month, all S&P 500 companies have at least one female board member, but it turns outRead more
Happy Friday! Celebrating our Limitless Leaders: today we honor Kristen Cobb. Kristen is an Executive Director of the Private Bank at J.P. Morgan and a TXWSW Board Member. Read more about why she gives back: https://txwsw.com/limitless-leaders/ A recent Wall Street Journal article on women bringing home more and more of the bacon notes that “as of 2017, 31%Read more