Networking Dinner and Guest Speaker Presentation

Please join FNEW and Kathleen McQuiggan, guest speaker, in a lively conversation on Gender Equality as an Investment Concept. Kathleen McQuiggan, Senior Advisor to Pax World Management LLC will discuss the state of gender equality in the world today, and how individuals can use their investments to be promoting gender equality and women's empowerment. She will also discuss the latest research findings on what women add to the bottom line of companies and why "Lean In" by Sheryl Sandberg is sparking a national conversation and how we can all "Lean On" corporations to be advancing more women on corporate boards.

Ms. McQuiggan is responsible for the gender initiatives at Pax World, including managing the firm’s efforts on gender equality as an investment concept and leading the Women and Wealth Practice Management initiative. She is President of Catalina Leadership, a strategic advisory organization focused on investing in women. She has 22 years of experience with major investment firms.

Prior to working with Pax World, she was a vice president at Goldman Sachs for 13 years, where she served as an Institutional Equity Franchise salesperson in Chicago and Boston. Kathleen is a long-time activist for women’s issues in business. She has a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a finance concentration from Towson University.

Kathleen currently serves on the YWCA Boston Board of Directors, is Co-President of the 85 Broads Boston Chapter and is on the advisory board of Invest In Girls.

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