LPL Financial Celebrates Its Growing Network of Women in Wealth Management

“At LPL, we’re proud to support the largest network of women advisors, championing their success and fostering a community that thrives together in every life stage of their business.” - Rich Steinmeier

Last Edited by: LPL Financial

Last Updated: December 09, 2024

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Representing the largest community of female financial advisors in the industry, LPL’s sixth annual Achieve Conference unites a community of successful wealth management professionals.

SAN DIEGO – Dec. 9, 2024 – LPL Financial LLC, a leader in the wealth management industry, hosted its annual Achieve conference last week in Washington, D.C., an invitation-only leadership conference for LPL’s growing community of women advisors. During the conference, the company announced significant progress in expanding its network of women advisors, reflecting the breadth of its affiliation models that provide ideal fits for women advisors who are starting, scaling and succeeding in the industry.

With over 5,400 registered representatives who identify as women, LPL is significantly outpacing other firms. This achievement underscores LPL’s commitment to nurturing female talent in finance. In 2024, the firm has welcomed 547 new female advisors, increasing its total number of women advisors by 10% compared to the previous year.

At the conference, LPL Financial Chief Executive Officer Rich Steinmeier reiterated the firm’s commitment to supporting the continued success of this expanding network, noting, “Our industry is much better served when more women become advisors and bring their unique perspectives to building long-term client relationships through personalized financial advice. At LPL, we’re proud to support the largest network of women advisors, championing their success and fostering a community that thrives together in every life stage of their business.”

In addition to sessions on wealth management and business development, Achieve attendees toured Capitol Hill and met with lawmakers, heard from keynote speaker and negotiation expert Alex Carter, and celebrated LPL’s 2024 cohort of Rising Stars. Launched in 2018, LPL Financial’s Rising Star program recognizes women financial advisors and program managers who are delivering accelerated business growth and are next-gen leaders in a high-performing practice, program or institution. The following 20 women were honored at Achieve:

  • Kristin Afelumo
    HerPlanning

  • Rachel Betzwieser
    Compass Financial Group

  • Crystal Bowles
    Financial Advice & Consulting, LLC
  • Amanda King
    KQ Wealth Management

  • Sarah Kosmerl
    Blue Heron Financial Group
  • Elise Levy
    Legacy Wealth Planning

  • Nickie Maia
    Delta Community Retirement & Investment Services
  • Courtney Callas
    Armstrong Wealth Management

  • Rachel Dick
    Growtrust Partners

  • Danielle Durham Chan-Pong
    Allen & Company

  • Taylor Mavrakos
    MFP Financial Services, Taylored Wealth Management

  • Kathryn Murphy
    EPM Financial

  • Katrina Ridgeway
    Benchmark Wealth Management

  • Alissa Todd
    The Wealth Consulting 
  • Kelli Gargasz
    Client Centric Financial Advisors

  • Emily Jameson
    Barney Financial Services

  • Miranda Kimball
    VyStar Investment Services Group

  • Abigail F. Wade
    R.M. Wade & Company, LTD.

  • Elizabeth Wertz
    Elements Wealth Management

  • Christina Zins
    Summit Wealth Management Group

About LPL Financial

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace, LPL supports more than 28,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,200 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $1.7 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of 6 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

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