Announcement
Girls Who Invest Wins Crain’s New York Business Women-Forward Workplace Award
NEW YORK – May 7, 2024 – Crain’s New York Business selected Girls Who Invest as the winner of its Women-Forward Workplace Award for small-to-medium workplaces. The award honors employers in New York that demonstrate female leadership and implement successful policies to help women thrive. GWI was one of ten finalists, and the awardee was announced live during a luncheon at the Marriott Marquis on May 1.
GWI CEO Katherine Jollon Colsher, Heather Perceval, Head of Programs and Career Advancement, and Christina Kim, Head of Partnerships, accepted the award on behalf of GWI.
“This award from Crain’s New York Business recognizes GWI’s commitment to advancing diversity and uplifting women and gender nonbinary people in our workplace culture as well as through our educational programs,” said Katherine Jollon Colsher. “At GWI, we know that change begins within, and in our workplace, we strive to embody the changes that we want to see in the world of investment management and beyond.”
The full list of Women-Forward Workplaces for 2024 can be found here.
About Girls Who Invest
Girls Who Invest (GWI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming the investment management industry by attracting and advancing women investors, change-makers, and leaders. GWI does this through tuition-free education programs for first and second-year college students. Once scholars complete their program, GWI provides career advisory services, community building, and connections for alumni at all stages in their careers, with a focus on long-term professional development, retention, and advancement. We believe, and studies show, that advancing diverse investors brings unique and previously excluded perspectives to the industry and leads to higher performance. To date, GWI has reached more than 2,500 young people in just eight years. To learn more, visit GirlsWhoInvest.org.