Leadership Tuesdays: Be Persistent & Determined!...Suzanne Shank

“While education and talent are extremely important to attaining success, nothing can replace persistence and determination.”

 --Suzanne Shank, CEO, Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. LLC and Acting CEO, Siebert Financial Corporation

Every other Tuesday, WOMEN AT LIBERTY presents Leadership Tuesdays, a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders. Today we featured Suzanne Shank, the 1st Black Woman to Head a Publicly Traded Financial Institution. In fact, she is heading two Wall Street organizations, Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. LLC and Siebert Financial Corporation.

Black Enterprise Magazine featured Ms. Shank along with two others women, Gale King, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer-Nationwide Insurance and Glenda McNeal, Senior Vice President and General Manager-American Express, on their February 2014 "Women Of Power" cover (see below). The article gives an overview of the two Wall Street firms that Ms. Shank leads as well as the challenges she currently faces. She discusses what strategies she is currently pursuing to grow business in each of the two firms.

Siebert Financial Corporation is a brokerage and banking business founded by the legendary late Muriel Seibert, the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. LLC is a black owned municipal bond underwriting firm. To the read article, click here. For more information on Leadership Tuesdays and our recent features on women like Karen Dale of Amerihealth and Michelle D. Freeman of the Carl M. Freeman Companies, please visit our website, womenatliberty.com.

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BLACK ENTERPRISE’s Women of Power Summit is an opportunity to connect with powerful women, develop professional strategies, and get expert advice from today’s leading female executives and decision makers.

To get more information on their upcoming conference, Embrace Your Power: The Moment is Now! Attend the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit hosted by State Farm, Feb. 26 to ­March 1, 2014, at Boca Raton Resort and Club, a Waldorf Astoria Resort, Boca Raton, FL, go to: http://www.blackenterprise.com/events/2013/09/12/overview-2/.