NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Women's Bond Club, the first organization in New York to focus on women in finance, today announced that Beth Mooney and Erin Keown Ganju received the organization's two most prestigious awards, the Merit Award and the Isabel Benham Award respectively. Both were recognized at the Women’s Bond Club annual Merit Award dinner, held last night at the Museum of Natural History. The event was co-hosted by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Beth Mooney, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KeyCorp, received the Merit Award, presented to a senior leader for her career accomplishments in financial services. Beth is a talented leader with over 30 years of experience in retail banking, commercial lending and real estate financing. Beth has been with KeyCorp since 2006 and previously served as Vice Chair of Key Community Bank. She was named Chairman and CEO in May 2011 and has been a member of KeyCorp’s Board of Directors since 2010. With more than 160 years of responsible service to clients and communities as its foundation, Cleveland-based KeyCorp is today one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies. Key provides clients with consumer/small business, private, and middle-market banking services, in addition to corporate and investment banking services such as capital markets, real estate capital, commercial payments and equipment finance. Accepting the award on Beth’s behalf was Amy Brady, Key's Chief Information Officer.
Erin Keown Ganju was the recipient of the Isabel Benham Award in recognition of her significant contribution to the greater community of women. Erin is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Room to Read, a global organization seeking to transform the lives of millions of children in the developing world by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. She has been instrumental in the design and implementation of Room to Read’s scalable, replicable model for improving the quality of education across Asia and Africa. Erin oversees the organization’s global operations which include implementing programs in ten countries and managing global fundraising teams and a worldwide staff of more than 900 employees.
Brian Moynihan, Chief Executive Officer of Bank of America, served as the keynote speaker for the dinner. Commenting on the awards he said, “Diversity and inclusion are central to Bank of America’s values and I commend the Women’s Bond Club for their leadership. Congratulations to Beth and Erin, and to the “Rising Stars” being recognized, including my three teammates from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.”
The dinner also recognized 45 emerging leaders in the financial services industry with the presentation of the Women’s Bond Club Rising Stars Awards. These women and their firms are:
| Accenture | Lauren Kucic | ||||
| AXA Equitable | Jizi Dai | ||||
| AXA Equitable | Aubrey Hait | ||||
| Bank of America Merrill Lynch | Kavita Purswani | ||||
| Bank of America Merrill Lynch | JuliAnn Burkhardt | ||||
| Bank of America Merrill Lynch | Lindsay Greenberg | ||||
| Barclays Capital | Alexandra Cannon | ||||
| Bloomberg, Inc. | Becky Plummer | ||||
| BNY Mellon | Lauren Kozora | ||||
| Broadridge Financial Solutions | Alyssa Struzenberg | ||||
| Capco | Mitali Munshi | ||||
| Capital One | Cristina Beneforti | ||||
| CIT | Kristin Hopper | ||||
| Citi Shared Services | Laura M. Morris | ||||
| Citi Group | Jessica Raybeck | ||||
| Credit Suisse | Caroline Halimi | ||||
| Deloitte & Touche, LLP | Angela Asante | ||||
| Deloitte Consulting | Lauren Hayes | ||||
| Ernst & Young LLP | Courtney Ford | ||||
| Ernst & Young LLP | Eileen Miller | ||||
| Gartland & Mellina Group | Ratavy Sun | ||||
| Goldman Sachs | Emily Kane | ||||
| IBM | Michelle McDonagh Baxter | ||||
| ICAP | Lauren Carroll | ||||
| Invesco | Beth Zayicek | ||||
| Invesco PowerShares | Michelle Mikos | ||||
| Jefferies LLC | Bhoomica Reddy | ||||
| J.P. Morgan Chase | Alexandra Nash | ||||
| J.P. Morgan Chase | Nithya Nareshkumar | ||||
| KPMG | Lori Mittelman | ||||
| MetLife | Kearney Posner | ||||
| Morgan Stanley | Jacqueline Purcell | ||||
| Morgan Stanley | Kimberly Ryan | ||||
| Nasdaq OMX | Stephanie Murillo | ||||
| Nomura Holding America Inc. | Wing-yan Choi | ||||
| NYSE Euronext | Wendy Wu | ||||
| PIMCO | Mariko Boswell | ||||
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | Liz Barry | ||||
| Prudential Investments | Nicole Whalen | ||||
| RBS Securities Inc. | Himani Rawal | ||||
| S&P Capital IQ | Christine Davis | ||||
| Standard & Poor's | Alison Sullivan | ||||
| SunGard Data Systems | Nicole Robbat | ||||
| Thompson Reuters | Anamaria Meauta | ||||
| Wells Fargo | Jillian Mariutti | ||||
Established in 1921, the Women's Bond is a non‐profit organization dedicated to the professional development of women in financial services. The Women's Bond Club prides itself on being more than a network; it is a vital community of experienced women across financial services who share a common mission, “to advance women's leadership, grow our intellectual capital, and return worth to our companies, communities and upcoming generations.” These goals are accomplished by sponsoring events and community service activities and by developing relationships with corporate sponsors and other not‐for‐profit institutions that support women. Key to its mission is the scholarship program for young women enrolled in undergraduate university programs focused on business. The Women’s Bond Club membership reflects buy‐side and sell‐side across financial services, and a cross section of executive management, consulting and technology functions. For more information on the Women's Bond Club, please visit www.womensbondclub.com.
Proceeds from the annual Merit Award Dinner go to the Women's Bond Club and its many charitable giving programs which focus on assisting in college preparedness for girls interested in careers in business and finance and the WBC College Scholarship Program.