NEPC’s DeAnna Ingram Jones, president of the Chicago chapter of the National Association of Securities Professionals (NASP), was quoted by Pensions & Investments discussing the 20 women honored by the organization as trailblazers for advancing diversity within the industry. View the article on Pensions & Investments’ site here.
“They manage multibillion-dollar pension funds and portfolios for top asset management firms and work closely with clients across the nation as investment advisers, to describe just a few of their careers.
But the 20 women recently honored as trailblazers by the Chicago chapter of the National Association of Securities Professionals share one common mission: improving diversity in the financial services industry.”
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“These women are not only trailblazers in their careers, but they are using — and have used — their platform and their reach to encourage diversity in our industry,” said DeAnna Ingram Jones, a consultant at NEPC and president of the Chicago NASP chapter. “As these women lay this foundation for diversity, what we hope is that all the next generation of diverse financial professionals find their perfect self in our our industry,” she added.
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