Erika Fleming and Anita Hill Sands host a discussion with Amanda Pullinger, CEO of Debbie's Dream Foundation, about how meaningful relationship building drives professional success. Pullinger highlights the importance of cultivating strategic networks over time, approaching interactions with curiosity, and viewing networking as a reciprocal, long‑term practice rather than a transactional event. The discussion also underscores the value of LinkedIn for visibility and brand building through thoughtful content and recognition of others, while encouraging women to engage in broader industry networks, participate in panels, reconnect with past colleagues, and show up authentically.

Elaina Kim Benfield (Vanguard) and Andy Vitrano (RW Baird) discuss a color‑based personality framework that highlights how different thinking and perception styles influence communication and leadership. They outline key traits across the major color groups and show how recognizing these differences helps teams tailor messaging, meetings, feedback, and decision‑making to improve collaboration and performance.

Join Meredith Roderick and Erika Fleming from Women in Securities Finance as they host a discussion led by Brooke Gillman with career coach Megan Key, Director of Career Consulting and Leadership Development. Brooke and Megan discuss how to navigate career changes effectively, including practical advice on networking, building a personal brand, and maintaining confidence, intention, and clarity. Megan shares her expertise on when to consider a career pivot, the importance of continually evaluating your career landscape, and tactical steps for those out of work or seeking new opportunities.

Elaina Kim Benfield, Assistant General Counsel at Vanguard, sits down with Andy Vitrano, Senior Vice President Manager of Coaching and Special Programs at Baird, to explore the power of being connected to others and having a shared purpose in driving success. They discuss how organizations thrive when colleagues support one another, hold each other accountable, acknowledge “invisible excellence,” embrace vulnerability and focus on pathways to change.

Elaina Kim Benfield is joined by Lora Robertson, a Wealth Management Advisor at Merrill, to delve into the multifaceted world of wealth planning. Lora shares invaluable insights on the significance of understanding your assets and investments, paying yourself first, saving early and often, strategic retirement planning, and preparing for life's unexpected events.

If you'd like to connect with Lora or Elaina, you can find their LinkedIn profiles below:

Lora Robertson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lora-robertson-89485aba/

Elaina Kim Benfield: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ekbenfield/

Newest Virtual Chapter Lead, Erika Fleming, Senior Manager, Business Architect at Charles Schwab, joins her Co-Lead, Lori Paris, Senior Vice President and Head of Client Management at Northern Trust, to share the unique origin story of how she found her way into securities finance and offers advice for other women developing their careers.

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There are many different reasons why you may take time away from your career. Brooke Gillman of eSecLending interviews Roanna Kim of RBC Capital Markets and Jordana Parker of Provable Markets about how they relaunched their careers after time away from the industry and what helped the most in their journeys.

The new Boston Chapter Leads, Chelsea Grossman, Head of US Asset Owner Client Management at State Street Corporation; Bridget McGill, Head of Securities Lending Trading at Invesco; and Meredith Roderick, Head of US Securities Lending Relationship Management at Brown Brothers Harriman, join former Chapter Leads Betsy Coyne, Christel Carroll, and Marney McCabe to tell their unique origin stories of how they found their way into securities finance, their current roles, and share their exciting plans for the Boston Chapter.

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Elaina Kim Benfield and Betsy Coyne are joined by Andy Bernstein, creator of the 7-step process named Active Insight, teacher at Wharton Executive Education and founder of the Resilience Academy. Andy teaches us how resiliency comes from changing your mindset about stress and learning to think differently in the face of a challenge.

Learn more about the Resilience Academy here: Resilience Academy – Calmer, Clearer, Happier.

Marney McCabe and Brooke Gillman have always been competitors, but now they are also personal and professional friends. Morgan Hillenbrand unlocks their story and teaches us why female allyship is critical to advancing women.

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