Securities America's Super Women's Summit Draws Capacity Crowd
The room was filled to capacity for the 2017 Securities America Super Women’s Summit, Monday, June 26. The invitation-only
luncheon was held during the independent broker-dealer’s Connect National Conference in San Diego, California. Securities America is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. (NYSE MKT: LTS,
LTS PrA).
“What started 10 years ago in Boston as a simple dinner conversation among 25 top women advisors has grown into a hugely popular
special event,” said Janine Wertheim, Securities America Advisors president and chief marketing officer for Securities America.
“The Super Women’s Summit provides our female advisors an enriching and reaffirming environment to learn and network.”
Thirty percent of Securities America’s licensed representatives are female. One hundred women advisors were on hand to hear
keynote speaker Adri Miller-Heckman’s presentation “When Purpose and Passion Collide; Female Advisors Take Success to New Heights.”
Illustrating her talk with personal stories, the career coach and author of “The Keys to the Ladies' Room” discussed the importance
of knowing the difference between passion and purpose and their place in creating a fulfilling and successful financial services
career. She also emphasized it’s not necessary for women advisors to follow a traditionally masculine business model; a woman’s way
of doing business may be different, but it can be just as profitable and empowering.
“She was spot on,” said Anne Buck of Schumann and Buck Financial Services in New Braunfels, Texas. The advisor said that, prior
to joining the Securities America family, she felt like she was trying to conform to a professional mold that just didn’t fit her –
a traditionally male approach to business. Buck’s concept of how to achieve success, the type of inspiring relationship-building
model described by Miller-Heckman, felt right.
“Coming to Securities America and really starting at the beginning and creating me, again, has been really authentic,” Buck
said. “I think that’s what Adri was saying. You need to feel good about what you’re doing.”
Finding a broker-dealer that provides women advisors independence and the right kind of support is important, Wertheim said.
“They need to be able to build a practice that is real to them, and encourages them to use their innate skills in their clients’
best interests.”
About Securities America
Securities America is one of the nation’s largest independent broker-dealers with more than 2,200 independent
advisors and nearly $72 billion in client assets.
Securities offered through Securities America, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Securities America
Advisors, Inc., an SEC Registered Investment Advisory Firm. Schumann and Buck Financial Services and Securities America are
separate entities.
Securities America
Natalie Hadley, 402-399-9111 ext. 4606 or 800-747-6111 ext. 4606
nhadley@saionline.com
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