Biography
Cheryl L. Evans, JD, LLM, is a director, professional learning, at CFA Institute. She has also served on the Future of Finance team and was a senior investigator in the Professional Conduct Program at CFA Institute. Prior to joining CFA Institute, she held various legal positions, including: senior counsel at the US Securities and Exchange Commission; trial attorney at the US Department of Justice; and Special Assistant US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, handling criminal matters, among other positions. She holds bachelor of arts, juris doctor, and master of laws degrees.
At the 73rd CFA Institute Annual Virtual Conference, psychotherapist Amy Morin shared practical details for being stronger when it matters most.
We can't control the stress of our current environment, but we can still choose our own attitude. Donald Altman recommends choosing mindfulness and gratitude.
Lauren Foster asked Nicholas J. Colas, Meredith Sumpter, and Jack Ablin, CFA, to discuss the pandemic’s effects on economies around the world.
Former astronaut and retired Air Force Colonel Cady Coleman says that we generally don’t get to choose our colleagues, but you need to understand their point of view.
Investment firms are accepting the premise that they need to change their cultures and increase diversity. We need to change cultural norms, working to challenge embedded views along with overt and unconscious biases.
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The 72nd CFA Institute Annual Conference will highlight Disruption: The New Reality in Investment Management, focusing on disruption and its effects on the global investment profession.
Michele Norris, award-winning journalist and former host of NPR’s All Things Considered, describes her current project as “eavesdropping on America’s conversation about race.”
The main challenge lies not in diagnosing the issue of diversity in the workplace, but in addressing it.
The 71st CFA Institute Annual Conference has been designed to equip financial professionals with the tools necessary to succeed in an increasingly competitive, diverse, global working environment.