Afsaneh Beschloss
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, RockCreek Group
Women Leaders in Finance and Business Interviews
The Psaros Center showcases successful women and facilitates student interviews with these women. Georgetown University MBA and undergraduate students interview these women leaders in finance and business as they seek advice on how they can achieve their own success in these sectors. Explore some of our female-focused events below.
Speakers:
Rosemary Berkery
Former Chair and Chief Executive Officer, UBS Bank USA
Jessica Bent
Group Head of Special Assets, Capital One
Regina Lawrence Savage
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Brooke Bollyky
Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Isabelle Moses
Chief of Staff, Faith in Action
Academic Seminar: Gender and Diversity Research
March is Women’s History Month, and the Center has organized a number of events to celebrate. These include 1) student interviews with Women Leaders in Finance and Business series; 2) Career and Networking events for women students, and 3) Academic finance/economics research presentations related to gender and diversity.
Speakers:
Mengxin Zhao
Financial Economist, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Office of Corporate Finance
Renée Adams
Professor of Finance, Oxford University Saïd Business School
Lisa Cook
Professor of Economics and International Relations, Michigan State University
- “Discrimination in Lending? Evidence from the Paycheck Protection Program,” presented by Lisa D. Cook, Professor of Economics and International Relations, Michigan State University (co-authors Rachel M. B. Atkins and Robert Seamans)
- “Gendered Prices,” presented by Renée B. Adams, Professor of Finance, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (co-authors Roman Kräussl, Marco Navone and Patrick Verwijmeren)
- “Corporate Leadership and Inherited Beliefs about Gender Roles,” presented by Mengxin Zhao, Financial Economist, Office of Corporate Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (co-authors R. David McLean and Christo Pirinsky)