2024 FINRA Virtual Diversity Leadership Summit Recordings

FINRA’s Diversity Leadership Summit provides a forum for diversity practitioners and business leaders in the industry to share ideas and effective practices to promote inclusion in the workplace.

The 2024 Diversity Leadership Summit took place virtually Oct. 30 – 31.

Want to revisit a session you attended or catch one you missed? View the recorded sessions below.

Chief Executive Officer Conversation

FINRA President and CEO Robert Cook and Mark Kim, President and Chief Executive Officer, Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), discuss perspectives on the evolution and impact of full inclusion in the financial industry—and the role of Self-Regulatory Organizations (SROs) in this space.

Introduction:

  • Audria Pendergrass Lee, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, FINRA

Speakers:

  • Robert Cook, President and CEO, FINRA
  • Mark Kim, President and CEO, MSRB

Q&A:

  • Cynthia Friedlander, Senior Director, Fixed Income Regulation Regulatory Practice & Policy FINRA

Financial Capabilities—Ensuring Financial Access for Future Generations

During this session, panelists speak about the potential barriers to financial access future generations may face and steps the financial industry can take to help secure access for all future investors.

Introduction:

  • Greg Jones, 2024 Diversity Leadership Summit Co-chair, Director, Technology, FINRA
  • Sushama Acharya, 2024 Diversity Leadership Summit Co-chair, Associate Director, Credentialing, Registration, Education and Disclosure (CRED), FINRA

Speakers:

  • Yves Denizé (Moderator), Senior Managing Director & Division General Counsel, Nuveen
  • Sidney Dillard, Head of Corp. Investment Banking Division, Loop Capital
  • Jervis Hough, COO/CCO, Blaylock Van, LLC
  • Belissa Savery, Senior Director Enterprise Partnerships, HireTalent/Consciously Unbiased

Q&A:

  • Mitka Baker, Director, Office of Enforcement, FINRA

Paving the Way to Inclusion—the Cultural Competence Journey

Panelists from the securities industry, government and academia share career journeys with a focus on how they developed cultural competence. Our guests explore their workplace experiences and discuss how we can collaborate to understand and respect diverse values, attitudes and beliefs to achieve common goals.

Speakers:

  • Katie Madison (Moderator), Vice President, Customer Engagement and Product Management, FINRA
  • Pepe Finn, Chairperson of the Board and CEO, Stern Brothers & Co.
  • Joshua Conrad Jackson, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
  • Lori Schock, Director of Investor Education, Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Desi Wyatt, CRPC®, Director, National Sales, Citi Personal Wealth Management

Q&A:

  • Susan Collet, Director, Office of Government Affairs, FINRA

Chief Diversity Officer Roundtable

Drawing on their own professional experiences, panelists share their perspectives on the solutions, innovations and research findings explored during FINRA’s Diversity Leadership Summit, and offer a range of ideas attendees can use to inspire full inclusion in the workplace.

Introduction:

  • Audria Pendergrass Lee, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, FINRA

Speakers:

  • Audria Pendergrass Lee (Moderator), Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, FINRA
  • Paolo Gaudiano, Founder and Chief Scientist, Aleria
  • Tyronne Stoudemire, SVP of Global Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Q&A:

  • Sushama Acharya, Associate Director, Credentialing, Registration, Education and Disclosure (CRED), FINRA