Closing the Opportunity Gap
Bevon Joseph
Bevon Joseph, co-founder of the Greenwood Project, was inspired to learn about financial services when he took his first job in the business as the trading floor “computer guy” for JPMorgan Chase in New York. He went on to work on Wall Street, but didn’t see many people in the field who looked like him. So he and his wife Elois started the Greenwood Project to expose high achieving students on Chicago’s south and west sides to career opportunities in the financial industry. He spoke at the virtual MarketsWiki Education “World of Opportunity 2020” event about why education, mentorship and internships are needed to close the opportunity gap for Black and Latinx students seeking to work in the financial industry.
Produced by Mike Forrester
Similar Talks
A Discussion with Eileen Flaherty about her career and new book
Eileen FlahertyThe final entry in JLN’s MarketsWiki Education 2020 World of Opportunity virtual event was John Lothian’s interview with Eileen Flaherty, who has had a long career as a financial services attorney and more recently published a novel called The...
Curiosity and Passion: How I Built A Career In Fintech
Jennifer JustJennifer Just is a co-founder of the Chicago trading firm Peak6. She started at O’Connor & Associates after graduating from the University of Michigan and not even knowing what an option was. But she soon learned by asking questions, finding...
Will climate change impact your career in finance?
Alessandro Cocco Alessandro Cocco is vice president of the Financial Markets Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Speaking at our MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity virtual event in July 2020, Cocco said the word that connects climate change...