As the driving force behind countless efforts to increase diversity, equity and inclusion, Kristi Rodriguez was again recognized for bringing real change to the financial services industry.
Rodriguez’s advocacy efforts were honored at Excel REPRESENT Women in Wealth Management Awards, where she was named the recipient of the Industry Transformer Award. The award spotlights a woman who is driving transformation and innovation in wealth management and bringing real change for the overall betterment of the industry as a whole.
Recently, Rodriguez was honored with the 2022 Lang Dixon LEAD Award by the American College of Financial Services for her leadership and the significant impact she is having on diversity and inclusion in the industry.
As Senior Vice President of the Nationwide Retirement Institute®, Rodriguez led the creation of the Financial Alliance for Racial Equity (FARE) by partnering with leading financial services organizations, industry associations, and six historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). FARE’s goal is to increase the number of Black professionals entering the financial services industry and to support them once there by providing resources, scholarships, training, and connections to diverse students and professionals. FARE was recently recognized with the Diversity Champions Award at InvestmentNews’ Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion event.
The Diversified Markets Initiative within Nationwide, also initiated by Rodriguez, aims to foster retirement planning opportunities, education and awareness for women, Black, LGBTQ, Hispanic and rural communities. The goal of this program is to provide increased access to retirement planning resources and solutions in underserved markets.
Nationwide Investment Services Corporation (NISC), Member FINRA, Columbus, Ohio. The National Retirement Institute is a division of the NISC.
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