WLA Ambassadors

Together, we can make a difference.

Join a diverse community of financial advisors, entrepreneurs, leaders, investors, educators and students committed to empowering women in the financial advising profession through advocacy, engagement, and collaborative thought-leadership.

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

Many Thanks to our Founding Members

Tracy Alm
Jamey Hendricks
Julie Pressnell
Ann Austin
Dan Hiebert
Traci Richmond
Victoria Azpurua
Marla Hinman
Madison Rivers
Ellenore Baker
Jenny Hite
Misty Robertson
Bethany Beebe
Lizzette Inchaustegui
Casey Sage
Natalie Berning
Melissa Jones
Iyanu Saka
Erin Bethge
Melissa Joy
Amanda Schneider
Kalita Blessing
Heidi King
Colleen A Schon
Kimberlee Bouska
Kelli Lanino
Jackie S. Daniels
Nicole Caringal
Kjersten Lazar
Beverly Shean

Jill Carr
Nancy Leizman
Kaylee Smith
Mary Carter
Deborah LeMoine-Hickey
Emily Smith
Katie Centofonti
Veronica Logan
Florence Smith
Tracy Christensen
Nicole Louvar
Margaret Starner
Lindsay Corneille
JoAnn MacWilliams-Wolf
Ariel Stein
Jackie Schlup Daniels
Susie McEuen
Sheryl Stephens
Solitaire Dasher
Judith McGee
Markus Strauss
Constance Deianni
Kasha McLemore
Lindsey Stuart
Mariah Faith Doyle
Kristina M Meyers
Kristy Sullivan
Melissa Dyer
Kathleen Miller
Tatiana Sunik

Lori Endicott
Megan Miller
Katie Tyrrell
Lanta Evans-Motte
Janet Moses
Vanja Vermezovic
Maria Fraile
Brooke Nelson
Tanya Wandoff
Dr. Pamela Grey
Maya Nelson
Michael Wang
Jill Griffith
Jennifer Napper
Sasha Watson
Fara Grim
Leslie Nettles
Laura A Webb
Paola Gonnet
Gretchen Olsen
Rhonda Weinman
Alea Groshek
Danielle Page
MaryAnn White
Stephanie Gularte
Laura Pedroncelli
Cydney Gutridge
Kimberly Phelps
Janice L Henderson
Frances Povloski