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Uplifting Conversations, The Impact Engagement PodcastQuick Reflects: Women's History MonthCEO & Founder, Toussaint Bailey and Director of Communications & Engagement, Tamerri Ater reflect on the first three UPLIFTING Conversations episodes of 2023 with: Founders of Choir, Sonya B. Dreizler & Liv Gagnon Jacqueline "JaQ" Campbell, President & CEO Alexander Legacy Private Wealth Lenore Anderson President, Alliance for Safety and Justice Investments in securities involves the risk of loss. Any mention of a particular security and related performance or impact data is not a recommendation to buy or sell that security. The information provided in the Uplifting Capital newsletter, podcast, social media channels or the www.upliftingcapital.com website (including any information that may be...2023-03-2812 min
Mission Driven BusinessDiversifying The Financial Services Industry with ChoirBrian chats with Sonya Dreizler and Liv Gagnon, the co-founders of Choir, a business dedicated to lifting the voices of people of color, women, and non-binary professionals in industries historically represented by white men. Sonya and Liv share why they started with a focus on the financial services industry. They also discuss how they’ve adapted to meet the needs of their customers while staying true to their company’s mission. Episode Highlights Mission-driven businesses look inward and outward. Like other guests on the podcast, Liv defines a mission-driven business as one that bala...2023-01-2450 min
Uplifting Conversations, The Impact Engagement PodcastDiversifying the Face of Finance In this episode Toussaint chats with the founders of Choir, Sonya B. Dreizler & Liv Gagnon about their mission to lift the voices of people of color, women and non-binary professionals at events and in the media.@upliftingcapital @TouBaileyLiv Gagnon is the co-founder of Choir, a diversity-tech platform and conference diversity certification aimed at bringing more people of color, women, and non-binary financial experts to conference stages and media. Liv co-launched Choir in January 2022 and runs the company's platform, VoicesTM, which connects reporters, conference planners, and other industry content producers with new-to-them sources and speakers...2023-01-1038 min
Diversity in Action™Why Representation Matters with Sonya Dreizler & Liv GagnonWelcome to the third episode of the Diversity in Action™ podcast! In this new episode, we are joined by Sonya Dreizler & Liv Gagnon, the Founders of Choir. Together, they aim to give voices to women, non-binary folks, people of color, and especially women of color in the financial industry. Through Choir, they have been creating opportunities for diverse people to speak in conferences. The platforms they have raised now brings more awareness to the world of finance about the discrimination that is experienced by people from underrepresented communities. In order to raise more awareness, we have...2022-09-2036 min
Renegade CapitalChanging the Face of Finance One Conference at a Time: Liv Gagnon & Sonya Dreizler, Co-Founders of CHOIRSeason 2, Episode 6Many of us have stories of attending conferences and feeling like the voices on stage resemble something like a one-note choir. Underrepresentation of women and people of color continues to be a problem throughout financial services, and it often feels painfully evident at professional gatherings and conferences. To try and change this, Sonya Dreizler and Liv Gagnon founded CHOIR, the first diversity certification for financial conferences. This week, Sonya and Liv join Renegade Capital to share why they believe increasing representation is important and how CHOIR is meant to help. 2022-07-2656 min
Model FA PodcastRaising Diverse Voices in Wealth Management & Financial Services with Sonya Dreizler and Liv GagnonSonya Dreizler and Liv Gagnon are the Founders of Choir, the financial services industry’s first diversity certification program for conferences. Choir is focused on amplifying the voices of women, non-binary people, and people of color in the financial services industry. Sonya Dreizler is a speaker, writer, and consultant dedicated to fostering conversations about gender and race in financial services. Her 20 years of industry experience include 14 years in traditional financial and investment roles. Before founding Solutions with Sonya and co-founding Choir, Sonya served as the President and CEO of Protected Investors of America. She completed her bachelor’s deg...2022-03-291h 02
Minority MoneyAll The Colors: Changing the Complexion of Wealth with Diana G. YanezFinancial literacy is not something that comes easy for a lot of people– oftentimes people are ashamed and shy away from complicated terms. This is especially true for those that speak another language as their mother tongue.In this episode, I’m joined by Diana G. Yanez, founder of All The Colors. Her company aims to teach holistic financial education through workshops, one-on-ones, and shareable educational content. While a whiz with money and numbers, Diana is passionate about her work as an educator– empowering many in the process.Jump in on this episod...2022-03-2834 min
One Vision fintech fuseNot a pipeline problem; we have a listening problemHow well are women and communities of color being represented in financial services? And how many brilliant ideas don’t get the opportunities they deserve because we are not listening to all the voices? Many people assume that we have a pipeline problem, that there are no women or prominent female leaders in financial services. But that cannot be further from the truth. We don’t have a pipeline problem; rather, we have a listening problem. In this episode of One Vision, Theo chats with Sonya Dreizler and Liv Gagnon, founders of Choir, who are on a mission to change whom...2022-03-0832 min
Framework with Ana Trujillo LimónSonya Dreizler & Liv Gagnon: Bringing Diverse Perspectives into the SpotlightThis week's guests, Sonya Dreizler and Liv Gagnon, founders of Choir, talk with Jamie and Ana about how they recognized the opportunity to represent different perspectives after attending multiple events with the same speakers and the same topics. That epiphany helped lead Sonya and Liv to create Choir, the first diversity certification for financial conferences. You can find show notes and other information at CarsonGroup.com/Framework.2022-03-0751 minMinority MoneyKicking off Women’s History Month with Sonya Dreizler and Liv GagnonWelcome to the first Minority Money episode for Women’s History Month! While the fight for equality has made bounds and milestones in our society, women; especially women of color, are still fighting for their space in many aspects of said society.In this episode, I’m joined by Sonya Dreizler and Liv Gagnon, some of the most driven people I’ve met in my life. Striving to empower women and people of color, these two are co-founders of Choir, a new firm that aims to certify and verify that conferences are tr...2022-03-0740 min