The American College Announces Jocelyn Wright As New Director And Chair, State Farm® Center For Women & Financial Services

BRYN MAWR, Pa., Aug. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American College announced the appointment of Jocelyn D. Wright, MBA, CFP^® as the new Director of its State Farm^® Center for Women & Financial Services and holder of the State Farm^® Chair. Wright, a veteran of the financial services industry, will serve as the Center's chief ambassador tasked with leveraging research and increasing awareness around the challenges and opportunities that pertain specifically to women and financial services.

"Jocelyn is the perfect ambassador for The American College and women in the financial services industry," said College Acting President Mike Davidson. "She possesses the optimal combination of experience and leadership needed to promote awareness and specialization to an ever-growing and important demographic."

Wright's nearly twenty years of financial services experience includes serving as an Equity Research Analyst at JP Morgan Chase, Research Assistant at Nomura Securities, Inc., advisor with independent firms in Houston, TX and the Greater Philadelphia area, and Founder of The Ascension Group, where she continues to serve as Managing Partner. In addition, her financial education series, Debt Boot Camp, has been utilized by such organizations as Clarifi (formerly Consumer Credit Counseling of Delaware Valley (CCCS)) and Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston, TX. In the media, she is responsible for numerous financial assessment profiles for Black Enterprise Magazine, and served as host of local weekly radio show, The Bottom Line, on 900AM-WURD.

With The American College, Wright will teach FA 204: Marketing Financial Services to Women and contribute material on women's issues to other courses across the curriculum. She will also oversee the planning of the Center's annual Women's Leadership Academy Summit.

"I am delighted to join the team at The American College and continuing the work already begun by The Center," said Wright.  "In the months ahead, we will explore opportunities to expand our support of women within the industry to include female leaders, managers and advisors affiliated with banks, independent and investment firms.  We will also release another groundbreaking research report and look to develop tools that advisors can incorporate into their practice based upon the results of our prior studies.  I strongly believe The Center is in a unique position to have a tremendous impact well beyond our industry, and I am excited to be a part of that."

About The State Farm^® Center for Women & Financial Services

The State Farm^® Center for Women & Financial Services was created in 2011, through a donation from State Farm Insurance^®. The Center, dedicated solely to the study of women and financial services, is the first of it's kind in the industry, and strives to become the nation's leading authority on the economic issues and opportunities faced by American women, both as providers and consumers of financial products and services.

About The American College of Financial Services

The American College is the nation's largest non-profit educational institution devoted to financial services.  Holding the highest level of academic accreditation, The College has served as a valued business partner to banks, brokerage firms, insurance companies and others since 1927.  The American College's faculty represents some of the financial services industry's foremost thought leaders.  For more information, visit TheAmericanCollege.edu.

SOURCE The American College of Financial Services