Founded in February 2016, the Association for Wholesaling Diversity (AWD) serves as a bridge between the African-American communities of the United States of America to the financial services wholesaling industry at large. Networking over 400 African-American financial services wholesaling professionals throughout the country, we are the first & only organization of our kind. African-American distribution executives, distribution managers, external wholesalers, internal wholesalers, strategic accounts professionals, advanced markets professionals, compliance professionals, training professionals, IT professionals, portfolio management professionals, analysts and more--all from within the financial services wholesaling industry--are 100% dedicated to our missions to educate black youth about the lucrative and fulfilling careers available within the financial services wholesaling industry and facilitate the upward mobility of black wholesaling professionals already in our industry.
