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A Look at Leading Women Advisors

By FA Staff March 01, 2025 Financial Advisor

Despite efforts to increase diversity, the financial advice profession remains predominantly male, with women making up only 23.8% of CFP® professionals, according to CFP Board. However, many of the pioneering advisors who helped shape financial planning into a profession in the 1970s and 1980s were women. Financial Advisor highlights nine female advisors from the second generation of the field, including Judith Lee, mother of the 100,000th CFP® professional, Simone Lee Alston.

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Financial Advisor
FA Staff
March 1, 2025