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b'Welcome to another episode of the Conversations for Financial Professionals podcast where we are shaping the next generation of financial advice.\\n\\n\\nToday we have Elois Joseph, MBA who is an accomplished financial services professional with an extensive career in brokerage operations, regulatory compliance, and exchange registration services. \\xa0She holds a MBA from \\xa0Northern Illinois \\xa0University and a BA in Journalism from \\xa0Columbia College Chicago. \\xa0Her career spans 20+ years; however, she could no longer resist the call to dedicate her expertise full-time to the Greenwood Project. \\xa0\\nOver the last two years, Elois has harnessed her expertise to bolster the capacity of The Greenwood Project by creating a framework to expose and educate minority students to a world that they never knew existed. Consequently, the organization grew from serving 120 students and 8 firms in 2017 to 400+students and 50 partner firms in 2021.\\nThe Greenwood Project introduces Black and LatinX students to careers within the financial industry via paid summer internships, educational field trips and their summer institute for high school students. The organization was established five years ago by Elois and her husband, Bevon Joseph. Initially, the organization\\u2019s mission was to introduce academically talented students from Chicago\'s under-resourced communities to opportunities within the financial industry. However, they have now expanded that mission to reach Black and LatinX youth nationwide.\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\nIn our discussion we talked about:\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\U0001f399\\ufe0fWhere to Start in Creating the Talent Pipeline\\n\\U0001f399\\ufe0fNurturing the Talent Pipeline for\\xa0\\n\\U0001f399\\ufe0fThe Greenwood Project\\nResources:\\nAre you a current or aspiring financial professional?\\xa0 Click here to join the Jumpstart community!Listen to previous podcast episodes, clicking here.\\nJoin our weekly newsletter, click here.\\nDon\'t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates for our "Conversations for Financial Professionals!" by clicking here. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post.\\nAnd, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get.\\nPlease leave a review right now, click here.\\nThanks again for listening, reading, and watching!'