FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rachel Barnard Women Investment Professionals 312.445.8562 rachel@midwaymgt.com (CHICAGO, IL – June 28, 2017) Women Investment Professionals (WIP), a leading not-for-profit organization for professional women in the institutional investment management industry, today welcomed Christina Cryer as its new president and Susan Small as its new vice president. Both Christina and Susan will assume …

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Tricia Spellman, Principal MIOD, LLC 773-620-6716 (cell) tspellman@miodonline.com Deb Clarke, Global Head of Investment Research at Mercer Investment Consulting, to Receive the 2016 Distinguished Woman Investment Professional of the Year Award  This prestigious recognition will be presented to Ms. Clarke at WIP’s Annual Trailblazer Dinner for her outstanding contributions and …

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Geri Hansen, Attucks Asset Management, LLC, Receives the WIP 2015 Trailblazer of the Year Award This prestigious recognition was presented to Ms. Hansen at WIP’s Annual Awards Dinner for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the institutional asset management industry WIP  awarded their prestigious “Trailblazer” award to Geri Hansen, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Attucks …

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Deborah’s Place welcomes Joanne Hickman Dodd, WIP Co-Founder, to their Board of Directors for Fiscal Year 2016. Joanne Hickman Dodd is a Senior Vice President, Relationship Manager, and Consultant Relations Coordinator at Capital Group (Chicago). She has more than thirty years of diverse experience in the global financial services industry. Prior to joining Capital Group, …

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When the credit crisis hit, risk management expert Jane Western kept Boeing’s retirement programs secure Scott Dorsey ’99 By Gina Bazer | Photo by Jeff Sciortino When Wall Street titans Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns went belly up in 2008, many pension plan sponsors at multinational corporations were left scrambling. But not the Trust Investments …

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Janna L. Sampson of OakBrook Investments to Receive the Women Investment Professionals’ 2014 Trailblazer of the Year Award FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Tricia Spellman, Principal MIOD, LLC 773-620-6716 (cell) tspellman@miodonline.com Janna L. Sampson of OakBrook Investments to Receive the Women Investment Professionals’ 2014 Trailblazer of the Year Award This prestigious recognition will be presented …

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Honoring WIP’s 2014 Trailblazer of the Year Recipient Trailblazing Women:  Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 | 5:30PM THE UNIVERSITY CLUB 76 East Monroe Street Chicago Men and Women welcome The Trailblazer Dinner is the high point of our yearly programs, focusing on women who inspire us in achieving professional and personal excellence. Kelly M. Williams, J.D. …

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Jane A. Western named “trailblazer of the year” Boeing exec is “trailblazer of the year’ By Barry B. Burr | October 28, 2013 12:01 am Jane A. Western, managing director, risk management and trust operations at Boeing Co., was named “trailblazer of the year” by Women Investment Professionals. Ms. Western — who works in Boeing’s …

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Honoring WIP’s 2013 Trailblazer of the Year Recipient Trailblazing Women:  Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 | 5:30PM THE UNIVERSITY CLUB 76 East Monroe Street Chicago Men and Women welcome The Trailblazer Dinner is the high point of our yearly programs, focusing on women who inspire us in achieving professional and personal excellence. Jane Western will be …

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