9th Annual FCS Leadership Award honors Jennifer Grazel, RBC Capital Markets

Jennifer Grazel, Global Chief Marketing Officer for RBC Capital Markets, has been selected as the recipient of the FCS Leadership Award for 2024. The trophy will be presented to Jennifer at the prestigious 25th Anniversary FCS RFK Marketing Summit, held at the Lodge at Spruce Peak, Stowe, Vermont, from January 5-8, 2025.

“The FCS is proud to recognize Jennifer for her proven leadership throughout her career and especially in the impactful marketing work she has done at RBC Capital Markets this past year,” said Kevin Windorf, CEO of the FCS. “Our judges cited Jennifer’s ‘well-rounded impact on people, transformation and real marketing influence and results.’”

In Jennifer’s honor, the FCS is delighted to make a $2,500 donation to the charity of her choice: the CREAR Futuros program of Hispanic Federation. CREAR (College Readiness, Achievement and Retention) Futuros is a peer-mentor program that recruits qualified Latinx students in participating educational institutions to mentor, guide, and support younger students, or mentees.

Jennifer has been a longtime champion of the FCS. In 2021, she was one of the featured guest speakers during the inaugural season of the FCS Members Only Virtual Event Series. In 2023, Jennifer spoke at an FCS CMO Spotlight Luncheon at the New York Yacht Club. This past October, she served as a judge for the 2024 FCS Financial Marketer of the Year Award.

  • The FCS Leadership Award was created in 2016 to honor the memory of Jamie E. DePeau. The award recognizes an FCS member whose performance as a leader, in and beyond the workplace, has a transformative impact. This annual award seeks to honor an individual who, through professional and personal excellence, serves as a living example of the selfless, inspirational leadership that Jamie embodied during her career in financial services marketing. (More information)

Jennifer Grazel was nominated by Gaston Legorburu, CEO & Founder of GlueIQ. The judging panel included:

  • Elena French, former SVP, Corporate Marketing, Communications and Brand, Lincoln Financial
  • Renée Baker, Founder & CEO, at The RBI Group, recipient of the FCS Jamie E. DePeau Leadership Award 2020
  • Caleb Silver, Editor-in-Chief, SVP, Content, at Investopedia; recipient of the FCS Jamie E. DePeau Leadership Award 2021
  • Tom Jago, Managing Director, The Ward Group; Vice Chair, FCS
  • Kevin Windorf, CMO, 2112 Communications; CEO, FCS