FCS Portfolio Awards - FCS: The Financial Communications Society

31st annual FCS Portfolio Awards

THE GALA IS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT

The FCS is proud to recognize the great and iconic financial services marketing and communications work done in 2024. [SEE LIST OF FINALISTS BELOW.] On Thursday, May 1st, the FCS will throw the biggest party of the year for the financial marketing industry, celebrating our Portfolio Award winners. Join us for our legendary black tie gala as we make another triumphant return to the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City.

Doors open at 5:30pm for an exciting cocktail reception, followed by a gourmet plated dinner. With more than 285 trophies to present, our program will kick-off at 7:15pm.

Patty Sachs of Publicis and the FCS Board of Directors will serve as emcee, and our six Award Presenters will be:

Pinki Mehta, SVP/MD, Head of Global Marketing and Digital Experience, AllianceBernstein
Branden Jones, Chief Marketing Officer, BlackRock Aladdin
Toni Clayton-Hine, Chief Marketing Officer, EY Americas
Dara Marshall, MD, Head of Brand Management, JPMorganChase
Andrea Saporito, MD, Wealth Management Digital Marketing, Morgan Stanley
Tara Giuliano, Chief Marketing Officer, Nuveen

Once all the awards are announced, we’ll launch into a two-hour after party with a DJ and dancing.

This will be a magical night for you to celebrate the very best in financial marketing and communications and connect with old and new friends from across our community and industry.

Toasting 100 years since the Jazz Age of the Roaring Twenties, we’re expecting a sold-out crowd of 600 financial marketers, agency professionals and media executives.

In addition to Gold, Silver and Bronze trophies, Best in Show Awards will be announced for Corporate Image, B2B, Consumer, Employee Communications, DEI and Corporate Social Responsibility. The “Judges’ Choice” trophy will be awarded to the #1 favorite of our judging panel of 51 industry and agency luminaries.

THE FINALISTS OF THE 31ST ANNUAL FCS PORTFOLIO AWARDS

From among the 130 brands that competed this year, the following list of 94 brands will be honored with at least one trophy. Will it be Gold, Silver or Bronze? Join us at the Gala on May 1st to find out!

Adviser Compliance Consulting
AllianceBernstein
Ally
Alpine Investors
American Century Investments
American Express
Ameriprise
Ara Partners
Arbor Realty Trust
Ascensus
Bank of America
Barclays
Binance
BlackRock
Blue Owl Capital
BMO Financial Group
BNY
BNY Wealth
Cambridge Investment Research
Capital Group
Cboe Global Markets
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards
CFA Institute
Chase and Marriott Bonvoy
Citadel and Citadel Securities
Citi
Citi® / AAdvantage®
Clark Capital Management Group
CME Group
Coinbase
Columbia Threadneedle Investments
DTCC
E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley
Equitable
EY
Fannie Mae
Financial Communications Society
Fisher Investments
FM
Forbes Media
FS Investments
Goldman Sachs
Grayscale
Hartford Funds
HSBC
Invesco
Invesco QQQ
iShares by BlackRock
J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan Wealth Management
JPMorganChase
KPMG
Lexington Partners
Lincoln Financial Group
LinkedIn
M&T Bank
M&T Bank/Wilmington Trust
MassMutual
Mizuho
Moody’s
Morgan Stanley
NerdWallet
Neuberger Berman
Northwestern Mutual
Nuveen
Ocean Park Asset Management
Pagaya
PGIM
PGIM Fixed Income
PGIM Investments
PIMCO
PNC Bank
Principal Financial Group
Prudential Financial
Sector SPDR ETFs
State Street
State Street Global Advisors
Synchrony
T. Rowe Price
tastytrade
TIAA
TOI
Tradeweb Markets
Tradr ETFs
Travelers Insurance
TritonPoint Wealth
Trust & Will
U.S. Bank
UBS
VanEck
Vanguard
VistaShares
Voya Financial
Wells Fargo

For more information regarding any aspect of Portfolio, please email Kevin Windorf.

Judges
Sponsors
Portfolio Awards Committee

Judges

Fifty-one senior marketing and creative executives from financial services firms and agencies served on this year’s judging panel, organized and led by FCS Vice Chair Tom Jago. In addition to evaluating entries by Group [Corporate Image, B2B, Consumer, Employee Communications] and by category [for Gold, Silver, Bronze trophies], the judging panel honors their top overall favorite with our Judges’ Choice Award.

Kapil Arora, SVP, Head of Digital, AllianceBernstein
Caitlin Schillig, Vice President, Brand, Advertising & Paid Media, Ameriprise Financial
Adam Bell, Chief Marketing Officer, Arbor Realty Trust
Lisa Busenburg, Head of Retirement Marketing, Digital, Marketing & Analytics, Ascensus
Jeremy Cohn, SVP, Global Markets Marketing, Bank of America
Briana Hovington, Senior Manager, Growth Acquisition, Better
Maura Crehan, Vice President, Aladdin Marketing, BlackRock
Jim Kotulka, Head of Brand & Creative, BNY
Lisa Parkin, Vice President, Enterprise Marketing & Events, Broadridge Financial Solutions
Kira Sandmann, Chief Marketing Officer, Brown Gibbons Lang & Co.
Janet Sawires, AVP, Global Brand and Creative, Chubb
Tanya Fraser, SVP, Head of US Cards Advertising, Citi
Lisa Whitman, Marketing Director, Columbia Threadneedle
Stephanie Gay, Managing Director, Strategy, Crossmedia
Chris Donahoe, Executive Vice President & Head of AI Strategy, Edelman Smithfield
Andrew Miller, Executive Creative Director, Episode Four
Leeor Sillman, Managing Director, Marketing, Epoch Investment Partners
Andrew DeCaro, Director, Marketing, Grayscale
Jeff Coghan, Head of Digital Marketing, Hartford Funds
Stephanie Fiset, Associate Director, QQQ Brand and Content, Invesco
Matthew Pisciotta, Executive Director, Digital Acquisition & Engagement Strategy, J.P. Morgan Wealth Management
Katherine Boylan, SVP, Director of Integrated Marketing, Jennison Associates
Paul Leibowitz, President & Chief Creative, Leibowitz Branding & Design
Pat VanGorder, President & Head of Growth, Level
Jessica Huban, SVP, Social Media Manager, M&T Bank
Katie Cronen, Partner, Maslansky
Christa Perry, Head of Advertising and Sponsorships, MassMutual
Hope Kennedy, Assistant Vice President, Chief of Staff, Global Marketing and Communications, MetLife
Max Alex, Executive Director, Head of Brand and Creative, Mizuho
Andrea Saporito, Managing Director, Wealth Management Digital Marketing, Morgan Stanley
Zack Menna, SVP, Group Creative Director, MullenLowe
Kate Murphy, Digital Strategy & Project Manager, NeubergerBerman
Sheryl Markov, EVP, Head of Demand Generation and Performance Marketing, Northern Trust
Lauren Fryefield, Chief Marketing Officer, Pathstone
Haley Cohen, Head of Social Media/PGIM, PGIM
Merry Fish, Senior Vice President, Brand Strategist, PIMCO
Anne Swan, Chief Creative Officer, Prophecy, Prosek Partners
Paul Wilhelm, Strategy Director, Leo NY, Publicis Groupe
Paula Brennan, Director, Integrated Marketing, Sands Capital
Patrice Bedard, Global Head of Brand and Creative, State Street Global Advisors
Berta Aldrich, Global Head of Marketing, Stepstone Group
Nick Miller, Principal, Strategy, Sullivan
Kelly Nowlan, Global Product Marketing Director, Target Dates, T. Rowe Price
Reed Handley, EVP, Head of Growth and Financial Services Co-Lead, The Bliss Group
Renee Baker, Founder & CEO, The RBI Group
Jennifer Ogden, CSO, Head of Brand and Communication Strategy, The Ricciardi Group
Ondina Purcell, SVP, Chief Marketing Officer Wealth Management, TIAA
Deb Breines, VP, Enterprise Integrated Marketing, Travelers
Andy Srygley, Director, Sr Writer, UBS Global Wealth Management
Scott Wentworth, CEO, Wentworth Financial Communications
Kristin Gower, Global Client President, WPP/Group M