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Women & Wealth

Dec 2, 2021

For someone who considers herself a problem solver, AB Portfolio Manager Dureka Carrasquillo initially found climate change to be a depressing conundrum. But a newly launched strategy has her revisiting her tech investing roots and has restored her sense of optimism. Hear why she’s more convinced than ever that...


Oct 12, 2021

On the 50th anniversary of the nation’s “War on Cancer”, Bernstein’s Women & Wealth Institute welcomes Myra Biblowit, President & CEO of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF)—the largest global funder of breast cancer research and the highest-rated breast cancer organization in the country. Myra joins...


Aug 3, 2021

Four years after the passage of Title IX, Ginny Gilder and the rest of the Yale Women's Rowing Team staged a "Strip In" to fight sexism in sports. More than 40 years later, not enough has changed. Ginny continues to tackle gender inequality as a co-owner of the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, while using her investment platform...


Jun 29, 2021

Angel investor Lorine Pendleton once heard a quote that so shocked her, it changed the course of her career: "Only 1% of VC dollars go to African American founders." Today Lorine is Lead Partner in Rising America, a VC fund dedicated to investing in companies with underrepresented founders. She joins Renee...


Jun 8, 2021

Writer Heather Bolen didn’t set out to go viral. But her blog asking LinkedIn to make a simple platform fix soon became a rallying cry for women seeking to re-enter the workforce. Her post, which unexpectedly touched a nerve, tackled implicit hiring biases against women and society’s ongoing devaluation of...