WLA Ambassadors
Together, we can make a difference.
The Ambassador Community is the WLA’s ambitious next step in building an empowered and diverse community of financial advisors, leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, educators, students, advocates and allies committed to advancing women in the financial advising profession through advocacy and engagement.
Our Ambassadors are a part of a growing network across the country. Together, we are organizing and scaling our energy, resources, outreach, and support for women in the financial advising profession. As a WLA Ambassador you will be a part of a powerful and empowered community making a difference in finally moving the needle in gender representation at all levels in the financial advising profession.
As a WLA Ambassador you will receive exclusive benefits along with opportunities to support advocacy efforts. Ambassadors will benefit from their membership in a growing network of professionals in the exchange of ideas, resources, and tools while collectively helping to scale the reach of our vision to transform the financial advising industry to one in which women comprise an equitable representation at every level.
There is a place for everyone in the WLA Ambassador community who believes that attracting, supporting, and empowering women in the financial advising profession is good for women and good for our entire industry.
Join a powerful community dedicated to empowering women in the financial advising profession.
Find the Right Fit for You
Ambassador
WLA Ambassadors include financial advisors as well as advocates and allies, of all gender identities who want to join a movement to advance more women in the financial advising profession.
Early Career Ambassador
Early Career Ambassadors are financial advisors with fewer than four years of experience in the profession who are looking to build their network, their business, and their confidence, AND who would like to support other women on their financial advising path.
Student Ambassador
Student Ambassadors are enrolled in a college or university or are engaged in a financial advising internship and plan to pursue a career as a financial advisor and wish to connect with other women at various stages of their financial advising path.
How WLA Ambassadors Make an Impact
Do you have other ideas to empower more women in the financial advising profession? We want to hear them!
Many hands make light work! WLA Ambassadors play a valued role in supporting today’s and tomorrow’s generations of women in the financial advising profession by helping the WLA to expand our reach in businesses, communities, and colleges around the country. Whether you have an hour to give each year, each month, or each week, your Ambassador support makes a difference.
Here are a few examples of how WLA Ambassadors make an impact:
- Identify yourself as a WLA Ambassador on your website and social media
- Refer others to join the WLA Ambassador Community
- Share WLA “Her Path” stories and social media content
- Provide the WLA mission and link on your website
- Access WLA provided tools and resources to share in your presentations & among your circle of influence
- Speak to college women (virtually or in-person) about the financial advising profession
- Join a panel in a WLA Ambassador Community & Conversation
- Become a WLA Ambassador/Donor with a monthly or annual tax-deductible contribution
- Invite potential sponsors to support the WLA programs
- Participate in an online “office hour” Q&A for women considering the FA profession
- Nominate women as mentors and mentees in the WLA’s Mentorship program
- Mentor a WLA Mentee
Exclusive Benefits for WLA Ambassadors
- Membership in a powerful community advancing women in the financial advising profession
- Exclusive invitation to WLA virtual and in-person events
- Business development tools, templates, and checklists
- Exclusive WLA Ambassador online Community & Conversation events
- Networking and outreach access to the WLA Ambassador community
- Opportunity to refer mentees and universities for WLA funded programs
- Recognition on the WLA website and in your own marketing as a WLA Ambassador
Ambassador
Ideal For: Advisors, Advocates, & Allies
$150/year
- Benefits
- Access to business development tools, templates, and resources
- Access to a diverse network of industry professionals
- Exclusive invitation to WLA in-person and online events
- Eligibility to nominate mentor and mentee candidates and university partners
- Commitments
- Be an advocate for the WLA mission to attract, develop, and empower women to thrive in the financial advising profession
- Provide contact information for inclusion in WLA Ambassador directory
- Be accessible to 1+ student or early career women financial advising professionals in the ambassador network
- Refer potential WLA mentors, mentees, and ambassadors to help grow our community of support and advocacy
Early-Career Ambassador
Ideal For: FAs in First 4 Years of Career
$75/year
- Benefits
- Access to professional development resources
- Access to a diverse network of industry professionals
- Exclusive invitation to WLA in-person and online events
- Eligibility to apply to for WLA mentorship
- Commitments
- Be an advocate for the WLA mission to attract, develop, and empowre women to thrive in the financial advising profession
- Provide contact information for inclusion in WLA Ambassador Directory
- Support a WLA program or initiative in a way that is meaningful to you
- Attend 1+ WLA Community & Conversation event
- Be accessible to 1+ student ambassador for advice/support
Student Ambassador
Ideal For: Current Students
FREE
- Benefits
- Access to career development resources
- Special access to WLA Ambassador community internship and job placement opportunities
- Invitations to WLA virtual and in-person events
- Invitation to apply for WLA scholarship
- WLA tools and resources to support on campus advocacy activities
- Commitments
- Be an advocate for the WLA mission to attract, develop, and empower women in the financial advising profession
- Provide WLA campus program support
- Support a WLA program or initiative in a way that is meaningful to you
- Organize, promote or participate in a “Meet One, Be One” community conversation
- Attend 1+ WLA Community & Conversations each year
Become a WLA Ambassador Strategic Business Partner
Partners in advancing a nationwide movement for positive change in the financial advising industry
Ambassador Business Partner Benefits:
- Recognition as a WLA Ambassador Business, a designation reflecting your company’s commitment to gender equity and inclusion
- Your company logo featured on WLA Website, at Ambassador events, and in promotional materials
- Access to ambassador events and resources for up to 20 advisors or staff in your firm Eligibility WLA mentorship and internship programs
- Access WLA provided tools and resources to share in your presentations & among your circle of influence
- Opportunity to partner on WLA research related to attracting, retaining, and advancing
- Opportunity to promote openings within your company to WLA Ambassador community
- Invitation to be featured on Ambassador webinar industry panels Invitations to WLA onsite community events around the country
Investment: $5000/Year
In addition to an annual $5000 investment,
WLA Ambassador Business Partners pledge to engage in practices
that support gender inclusion and equity within their business.
Contact Executive Director, Stephanie Gularte, for more information.
Many Thanks to our Strategic Business Partners
