Hilary Fiorella, Executive Director, The American College Center for Women in Financial Services Episode 30
Episode Summary
In this episode, Christine Shaw speaks with Hilary Fiorella, executive director of The American College Center for Women in Financial Services. Hilary shares her experience in the industry, and the serendipitous way she came to her appointment as the executive director. Hilary highlights the work that The Center does for women and women of color, and the importance of education for women about finance.
Episode Notes
The American College Center for Women in Financial Services is the first academic center of its kind, with the focus on research, education, and awareness. The Center is the leading authority on the economic issues and opportunities of American women as consumers and providers of financial products and services.
In this episode, you will learn:
- What The American College Center for Women in Financial Services does and who it serves
- Why The Center is committed to action, not just words, when it comes to furthering education for women and women of color
- Practices for companies to take in recruiting, hiring, and education for employees and prospects
- Why it’s so important to provide education for women and women of color about finances
- And more!
Tune in to learn from Hilary Fiorella, executive director of The American College Center for Women in Financial Services, about the importance of financial education for women and women of color.
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Guest bio: Hilary Fiorella is Executive Director of The American College for Women in Financial Services. Prior to joining The College, Hilary was Chief Operating Officer for Money Management Institute, (MMI). In that role, she had oversight responsibility for strategic initiatives and all Operations and Administrative functions within MMI. She was responsible for several development initiatives including Women in Wealth Management, whose mission was to attract, develop and retain women in the industry. She also led Gateway to Leadership, a diversity initiative focused on attracting African-American and Hispanic talent to financial services and Leadership Pathway, which was aimed at helping high potential candidates with five to ten years’ experience gain the skills and connections need to take on additional responsibility and or rise to the next level.
Other roles include having worked for Fiserv (Now Tegra118) as SVP, Service Delivery, which encompassed Client Services and Customer Operations. Preceding her role leading Service Delivery at Fiserv, she also led the Product Management, Marketing, and Professional Services departments. Previous responsibility at MMI as the External Affairs Advisor involved managing communications, marketing and branding.
Hilary is a graduate of Temple University.