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Women in Securities Finance is a network of over 500 professionals in the securities finance industry. Their Perspectives podcast series provides insight and content to keep members up to date with a focus on professional development and career strategies. Women in Securities Finance has grown significantly over the past three years since formation and now has organized Chapters in New York, Boston, Chicago, Toronto and London. Find the Women in Securities Finance group on LinkedIn for more information. Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/76920894/ Join our group on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8665973/ For more information, check out our website: Women in Securities Finance

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Educational Series: Securities Finance Repo

2026/10/06

Repo plays a critical role in global financial markets, supporting liquidity, funding, and collateral management. Anita Hill Sands of Intuition Financial Placement and Erika Fleming of Charles Schwab speak with Lara Hernandez of Mirae Asset Securities, Nancy Allen of State Street, and Sabine Farhat of Murex about repo fundamentals, market participants, risk management, regulatory developments, and emerging trends shaping the market.

Relationship Building for Lasting Success

2026/05/05

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.

Enhancing Workplace Dynamics - Understanding Personality Colors for Effective Leadership

2026/04/07

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.

Navigating a Career Move with Clarity, Confidence, and Intention

2026/02/19

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.

Creating Success Through Trust and Connectedness

2025/05/16

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.

Be An Active Participant in Your Wealth Planning

2025/03/04

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/

Our Stories - Virtual Chapter Lead: Erika Fleming

2025/02/18

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. Continuation of "Our Stories" mini podcast series.

Don't Mind the Resume Gap

2025/01/23

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.

Our Stories - Boston Chapter Leads: Chelsea Grossman, Bridget McGill & Meredith Roderick

2024/12/11

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. Continuation of "Our Stories" mini podcast series.

The Importance of Resilience When Overcoming Challenges

2024/06/17

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.

The Real Truth - Female Competition to Allyship

2024/03/22

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. Women in the Workplace 2023 report | McKinsey

Celebrating Female Entrepreneurs

2024/02/14

In anticipation of International Women's Day, WISF co-founder, Elaina Kim Benfield asked two inspiring female entrepreneurs, Tessa Jenkins, founder of The Works studio, and Kristen Sapp founder of Orange Lotus to join us and share their experiences in stepping out of their comfort zones and starting successful businesses.

How to Have Difficult Conversations

2024/01/11

WISF co-founder, Elaina Kim Benfield speaks with Stephanie Movahhed, an Executive and Leadership Coach for Krishtel, about navigating difficult conversations, setting boundaries, letting go of perfectionism and people-pleasing, and remembering you always have a choice. Learn more about Krishtel here: https://www.krishtel.com You can find Stephanie on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smovahhed

LIVE from IMN: The Vital Role of Fostering an Inclusive Culture for Lasting Change

2023/10/27

Harpreet Bains of J.P. Morgan was joined by Selina Suresh, Co-CEO of The Culture Practice, for an enlightening discussion about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, navigating DEI fatigue, generating measurable goals, creating practical changes in the workplace, and how micro exercises lead to macro changes.

Pivoting your Career and Becoming Part of the Change

2023/09/06

Francesca Sanzone of Pirum speaks with Nadine Chakar, CEO of Securrency, about Nadine's inspiring career journey that led her to be a key pioneer in the evolution of Blockchain while taking risks, not being afraid of failure, and continuously learning new things.