Raymond James Women's FA Network Taps Spinelli as New Director

The change in leadership will not affect the programs and events sponsored by the network, the company says.

Networks events include the annual Raymond James Women's Symposium held each fall in St. Petersburg. And special sessions that highlight issues for female advisors also take place during the firm's regional business-development conferences that are held every quarter across the United States.

In addition, the network organizes monthly practice-management conference calls and web-based sessions

"I plan to continue to broaden the scope of the network's offerings," said Spinelli in a phone interview.

"We have programs focusing on 'working smarter' instead of harder and also have a well structured professional coaching program that we have been offering to our women advisors for over six years. We are currently working to establish a speaker's bureau to leverage the knowledge of some of our top women advisors within the communities in which they live," she explained.

Spinelli would also like the industry to help boost the number of women entering the financial-services industry as advisors. "Girls aren't aspiring to grow up and be financial advisors and that needs to change," she said.