WISE Virtual

WISE is Women Investing for a Sustainable Economy, a community for people who identify as women to connect, grow, and share, with the purpose of advancing sustainable investing and women’s leadership.

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WISE was founded in 2012 in New York City by Eva Zlotnicka, Lily Trager, and Lori Choi. Early on, all meetings were hosted in members’ living rooms and relationships were cultivated over a mutual interest in the growing field of sustainable and impact investing, laughs and deep conversation. Members are asked to bring their whole selves to the community – not solely their professional organization or affiliation – and to connect with other members beyond the regular meetings.

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Today, WISE has 8 chapters globally – Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington DC, London, and Toronto. Each chapter is run by committed Chapter Leaders with community members helping to host and organize regular monthly gatherings virtually and in apartments, homes, offices and public spaces. Additional events are planned on an ad-hoc basis around specific interests and themes or to feature external speakers, such as mentors and industry leaders.

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In this time of COVID and remote work, we are taking this opportunity to offer additional virtual events beyond what is being organized regionally, and to open up membership to those located outside of our main chapters. We welcome those aligned with our purpose to join us.

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Find upcoming events and apply for membership by clicking on your city here. If we do not have a Chapter in your area, please register your interest by filling out this Virtual Chapter form.

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Our purpose:

Women Investing for a Sustainable Economy (WISE) was created by and for you – people who identify as women contributing to the sustainable investing* industry. WISE is a community for us to connect, deepen relationships, share our expertise, and learn from each other. We are all here because we commit to take the call – ready and willing to support one another. Our ultimate goal is to lead sustainable investing into the mainstream and to have fun along the way.

*We use the term sustainable investing as a way to represent financial investing approaches that generate positive environmental and social impact including ESG, responsible, impact, mission-related and beyond.