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Underrepresentation is not a pipeline problem. It is a listening problem.

It’s time we listen to the expert voices of people of color and women.

Imagine if the financial industry looked like the world around us.

The Choir Certification™

For financial events. Stay relevant, reach more people, and publicize your commitment to DEI with
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The Voices™ Platform

A place where conference organizers, marketing teams, and journalists connect directly with new-to-them Voices; all people of color, women, and/or nonbinary experts.

The Choir Pledge

For ALL speakers, sponsors & attendees: sign the free Choir Pledge to show public solidarity and help change the face of financial services.

Choir Certified™ Conferences

These 2021 and 2022 conferences reached Choir's rigorous standards for speaker diversity and visibility at their most recent event and earned Choir Certification. Conferences are assessed after the event concludes.

Excell Conference by Carson

ESG for Impact by First Affirmative

Jolt Conference

Financial Therapy Association

Conferences Doing the Work

These upcoming conferences are working with Choir to meet diversity and representation goals at their next event. These are future events so cannot yet be certified.

Future Proof

#XYPNLIVE 2022

Excell

Choir in the Spotlight

Will financial services achieve its ambition of inclusion? Get the facts about inclusion

This setback can also have an impact on talent pipelines as visibility of diverse leadership reduces. Despite…

Sonya Dreizler’s zeal is turning 2022 RIA events into a giant coming-out for talented women, with Choir algorithms and a larger halo effect

Long a Twitter force, the San Francisco entrepreneur caught a women’s wave with a judicious admixture of…

How Choir Co-Founder Liv Gagnon Is Elevating Diversity in Finance

By focusing on financial conferences and media, the Rising Star is lifting the voices of women, non-binary…

Choir’s New “Safety by State” Tool Provides Conference Planners and Attendees Data on Abortion Access and LGBTQ+ Rights

The free interactive map and database use publicly available state policy data from leading human rights organizations.

VIDEO: Sonya Dreizler on Creating Greater Demographic Representation, One Conference at a Time

In this video, David Armstrong, editor-in-chief and executive director of content, WealthManagement.com, and Sonya Dreizler, co-founder, Choir, dissect…

Snappy Kraken Recognizes Best Industry Marketing Work with Jolt! Awards

The awards are meant to elevate the quality of financial services marketing by highlighting stand out work…

Uplifting Underrepresented Communities at Financial Conferences

In this episode, Matt Halloran speaks with Liv Gagnon, co-founder of Choir, the first conference diversity certification…

Changing the Face of Finance One Conference at a Time

Sonya and Liv join Renegade Capital to share why they believe increasing representation is important and how…

Conference consultants to track ‘man-els’ and minority representation

Amid growing sources of data tracking the demographics in wealth management, a new company is using a…

Choir Announces First Certified and Inaugural Partner Conferences

Envestnet’s 2021 Advisor Summit and Informa Connect’s RIA Edge are among the first Choir Certified and Inaugural…

Podcast: Kicking off Women’s History Month with Sonya Dreizler and Liv Gagnon

In this episode, I’m joined by Sonya Dreizler and Liv Gagnon, some of the most driven people…

Podcast: Not a pipeline problem; we have a listening problem

How well are women and communities of color being represented in financial services? And how many brilliant…

Podcast: Sonya Dreizler & Liv Gagnon: Bringing Diverse Perspectives into the Spotlight

Sonya Dreizler and Liv Gagnon, founders of Choir, talk with Jamie and Ana about how they recognized…

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