Panel to discuss challenges for women in finance Oct. 3 at Robins School of Business

Succeeding in the financial services industry offers unique challenges for women. A panel of four women will explore those challenges in a discussion of leadership, professional experience in the industry and achieving work/life balance at the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business Oct. 3, 6 p.m.

Nancy Bagranoff, dean of the Robins School, will lead the discussion at Queally Hall’s Ukrop Auditorium. The program is free and open to the public, but registration is required online at http://tiny.cc/womeninfinance100312.

Panelists will include:

• Chelsea Babcock, fixed income e-commerce analyst at Morgan Stanley. Babcock earned a bachelor of business administration degree with a concentration in finance from University of Richmond.

• Katherine Busser, executive vice president and chief operational risk management officer at Capital One. She is chair of the Greater Richmond Partnership and previously served as chair of the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce.

• Palmer Garson, head of Cary Street Partners’ institutional advisory services for the Wealth Management Division. She earned an M.B.A. at U.Va.’s Darden Graduate School of Business.

• Amanda Montgomery, UBS Investment Bank’s managing director in the corporate lending group. She received an M.B.A. from Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University.

For more information, contact Andi Minor at 804-289-8813 or aminor@richmond.edu.

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