EDUCATION SESSION
Celebrate 100WF’s 1500th Education Event - Fireside Chat with Diana Cantor, 100WF Global Board Chair & Partner at Alternative Investment Management
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Finance. Law. Education. Government. Nonprofit. With service in leadership roles at multiple organizations, Diana Cantor has a unique perspective on the intersection and overlap of these sectors. In a wide-ranging conversation with Amanda Pullinger, CEO of 100 Women in Finance, Cantor will reflect on her career. She will also explore her commitment to empowering women in the financial services industry and 100WF’s Vision 30/40, which aims for women to occupy 30% of senior investment roles and executive committee positions by 2040.
Celebrate 100 Women In Finance's 1,500th Education Event, bring your questions for a lively discussion with lessons learned and anecdotes of scenes at the highest levels of finance.
We are excited to reconvene in-person in Washington, DC. You are welcome to bring a guest, and together connect with colleagues over drinks and canapes following the program.
100 Women in Finance follows local government guidance in producing in-person events. Note that, should local government guidance change in advance of this event, we shall notify guests of any changes or cancellations. Please check here for local health guidelines.
This event will be recorded and will be available On Demand at 100 Women in Finance's website.
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5:30 PM Registration
6:00 - 7:00 PM Drinks and Canapés
7:00 - 8:00 PM Fireside Chat
We will begin promptly; please arrive early.
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PwC
655 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
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Kevin P. Smithson
Opening Remarks
PwC
Diana Cantor
100 Women in Finance and Alternative Investment Management
Amanda Pullinger
Moderator
100 Women in Finance
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Kevin P. Smithson
DC Metro Office Managing Partner, PwC
Kevin serves as PwC’s Washington DC Metro office managing partner which includes oversight of approximately 2,200 professionals. Kevin has over 25 years of experience as a tax partner serving a broad client base with multinational public companies in the real estate, tele-communications and pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. He has leveraged his tax expertise with his clients as a platform to provide business advisory services including management of large scale business transformations, acquisition and divestiture planning, implementation of global tax planning strategies and development of workforce planning strategies. Kevin received his bachelor's degree in Accounting from The American University in Washington, D.C. and has lived in D.C., NY and Boston. Having an impact in the community is important to Kevin. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Reading is Fundamental, Junior Achievement of Greater Washington, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, and The Samaritans, Inc. Kevin is an active member of The Economic Club of Washington DC and sits on the Corporate Council for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Diana Cantor
Global Board Chair and Partner, 100 Women in Finance and Alternative Investment Management
Diana Cantor’s vast and diverse career experiences span the investment, financial and business management, and legal arenas. She is a member of the Investment Committee and the Board of Managers of Alternative Investment Management, LLC, an independent, privately held investment management firm. She also serves as a Senior Adviser with AKF Consulting Group, focusing on the areas of governance, fiduciary duties and oversight of state-run investment programs. Previously, she was a Managing Director of New York Private Bank & Trust and served for over a decade as the founding Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia College Savings Plan, the state agency that administers Virginia’s Section 529 college savings plans. She held the position of Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York, serving as chief administrator of the firm’s leveraged buyout and internal investment funds and merchant banking/principal investment operations and practiced law in the real estate department of the New York office of Kaye Scholer (now Arnold & Porter). In addition, Ms. Cantor is a Past Chairman of the Board and served for over ten years as a Trustee of the Virginia Retirement System. Ms. Cantor is currently a director of three public companies: Domino’s Pizza, Inc. (Chair of the Audit Committee), VICI Properties, Inc. (Chair of the Audit Committee), and Universal Corporation (Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee). She also serves on the private company boards of Adore Me, Mauser Packaging Solutions and SCP Retirement Services. Ms. Cantor is a past director of the public company boards of Revlon, Inc., Media General, Inc., and The Edelman Financial Group Inc., and a past director of the private company boards of Edelman Financial Services, Knowledge Universe, Service King Collision Centers and Vistage International. Ms. Cantor is an Advisory Board member of Stone Canyon Industries, Cerity Partners and Valor Ventures. She also serves on the non-profit governing Boards of 100 Women In Finance, where she currently serves as the Global Chair, the YMCA of Greater Richmond, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation where she served as Chair of its prior supporting foundation, the Policy Forum Endowment Fund. Ms. Cantor is a Certified Public Accountant and member of the State Bar in Virginia, Florida, and New York. She has an undergraduate degree from the University of Florida’s School of Accounting, a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Miami, and a law degree from New York University.
Amanda Pullinger
Chief Executive Officer, 100 Women in Finance
Ms. Pullinger is the Chief Executive Officer of 100 Women in Finance. She leads a staff team and provides direction to 500 volunteer practitioners globally. The organization, which has registered members in 31 locations, is focused on empowering women in the finance industry and inspiring the next generation of pre-career young women. Ms. Pullinger is a former principal of Aquamarine Capital management, where she was responsible, over a period of seven years, for managing marketing, investor relations and back office administration for two private investment funds. Ms. Pullinger is Chair and Non Executive Director of the Board of FlyPlymouth, based in Plymouth, UK. She also serves on the Board of the HALO Trust (USA) and as a Director on the Oxford University Alumni Board. She is Vice Chair of the Women’s Network Forum and an Advisory Board Member of the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance (Harambe). Previously, she served as Chairman of the Board of The HALO Trust (www.halotrust.org) and served on the Board of Langone NYU Cancer Institute. She was on the founding Board of 100 Women in Finance, serving as its President for two years. She is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Ms. Pullinger graduated from Brasenose College, Oxford University in 1987 with an Honours Degree in Modern History. She earned an MBA from La Salle University, Philadelphia, in 1998, and received the Academic Award for MBA student of the year as well as the Beta Gamma Sigma designation.
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PwC
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100 Women in Finance
100 Women in Finance strengthens the global finance industry by empowering women to achieve their professional potential at each career stage. Its members inspire, equip and advocate for a new generation of industry leadership, in which women and men serve as investment professionals and executives, equal in achievement and impact. Through Education, Peer Engagement and Impact, the organization furthers the progress of women who have chosen finance as a career, and enables their positive influence over pre-career young women.
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