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I had the great pleasure to speak at a Compass in the Americas event last night at RBS in Stamford, CT. 

The building is gorgeous -- I would be tempted to work there for that reason alone!  

I teamed up with 4 fabulous women on the event's choreography: Nancy Keane, Jen Fitzgibbon, Tejal Wadhwani, and Maxine Gibbs.  These gals are smart, warm, gracious, and made the night an absolute hit.

Roughly 150 people...

That is the question this week after three women filed a lawsuit seeking class-action status against the firm. The 72- page complaint chronicles their experiences while at Goldman. As a former Goldman partner, I am upset by their accounts.

I joined Goldman in 1988 as an analyst in the mortgage securities department and two years later became a trader on the mortgage desk. By 1996 I was managing the fixed-rate trading...

Women Call for Obama to Act: Linda Tarr-Whelan, Jacki Zehner


Today marks Women’s Equality Day, the commemoration of women’s suffrage achieved in 1920. What better time to take stock of what’s left to do?

We need a national conversation led by the White House to explore how women decision-makers can help achieve better economic performance and a more prosperous future for all.

The administration of Barack Obama has already taken the first...

From Jacki:

I wanted to share with you two pieces I have co-written with my dear friend Katharine Henderson, President of Auburn Seminary, and JC Austin. I am sure you have read about Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein saying ( tongue and cheek) that he was doing “God’s Work.” What an opportunity to write about God and Goldman! In response we wrote this piece “Can Goldman Find God?” ...

Watch Jacki's fabulous video on CBS Evening News: September 10,2009

This is both timely and thought provoking. Wall Street needs more smart women in executive positions. Period. End of story!

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/10/eveningnews/main5301487.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody

Tuesday, May 19, 2009
The FT Calling for 30% Women on Boards
YES! It is another sign. Just today we are putting the final touches on a discussion paper that I have been working on for a very long time with the National Council for Research on Women looking at reasons and solutions for why there are so few women managing money. We pull the lens back on the issue in to a...

Why are Goldman's Women Invisible?
Huffington Post: October 31, 2008
by Jacki Zehner

Wednesday Goldman Sachs & Co. announced their new class of Partners and yesterday they announced their new Managing Directors. Twelve years ago I was one of those fortunate people who got the call inviting me into the partnership of the firm. The year I made it, I was one of two women out of a total of thirty-eight bringing the...