Robbins cuts path that diversifies advice
Rita Robbins
Rita Robbins, the 2023 recipient of the Alexandra Armstrong Award for Lifetime Achievement, founded Affiliated Advisors 30 years ago, a ground-breaking move in a career that has created new opportunities for women.
When Rita Robbins was an operations manager at a Paine Webber branch on Long Island in the 1980s, the firm held staff meetings at a country club that didn’t admit women. No one seemed to care except her.
Fast forward about 40 years, and Robbins, who has been named the InvestmentNews
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