--- title: Join Vanderbilt | Moira Do --- [![Logo-nav-for-web](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/Logo-nav-for-web.jpg?width=150&name=Logo-nav-for-web.jpg)](http://joinvanderbilt.com/) - [Home](http://joinvanderbilt.com/) - [About Us](http://joinvanderbilt.com/letter-from-our-ceo/) - [Welcome from our CEO](http://joinvanderbilt.com/letter-from-our-ceo/) - [Unique Culture](http://joinvanderbilt.com/unique-culture/) - [Meet Our Team](http://joinvanderbilt.com/meet-our-team/) - [Sustainable Wealth Management Firm](http://joinvanderbilt.com/sustainable-broker-dealer/) - [Our Services](http://joinvanderbilt.com/impact-investments/) - [Impact Investing](https://joinvanderbilt.com/impact-investments/) - [Investments Services](http://joinvanderbilt.com/investment/) - [Insurance](http://joinvanderbilt.com/insurance-services/) - [Advisory Services](http://joinvanderbilt.com/advisory-services-2/) - [Technology Platform](http://joinvanderbilt.com/tech-suite/) - [Join Us](http://joinvanderbilt.com/why-vanderbilt-independent-broker-dealer/) - [Why Vanderbilt](http://joinvanderbilt.com/why-vanderbilt-independent-broker-dealer/) - [Transition Process](http://joinvanderbilt.com/transition/) - [Timeline](http://joinvanderbilt.com/in-the-news/) - [Resources](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com) - [Blog](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com) - [Videos](http://joinvanderbilt.com/videos/) - [In The Press](https://joinvanderbilt.com/in-the-press/) - [Contact Us](https://joinvanderbilt.com/contact-us/) # Join Vanderbilt Blog ## Moira Do ### Recent Posts ## [Black History Month: The Socially Responsible “Black Titan”](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/the-socially-responsible-black-titan) Posted by [Moira Do](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/author/moira-do) on 2/27/20, 1:22 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/hubfs/Arthur%20Gaston.jpg)](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/the-socially-responsible-black-titan)   [Socially responsible businesses are not new concepts](https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/history-of-corporate-social-responsibility/). For centuries, people have been using their businesses and investments to engage and better their communities and their environments. We saw this on a local level through examples such as corporate-sponsored community health programs. [Read More](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/the-socially-responsible-black-titan) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/the-socially-responsible-black-titan#comments-listing) Topics: [Black History Month](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/topic/black-history-month) ## [Black History Month: Lauren Simmons, the youngest African American Woman Trader](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/youngest-african-american-woman-trader) Posted by [Moira Do](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/author/moira-do) on 2/25/20, 4:32 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/hubfs/Lauren%20Simmons.jpg)](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/youngest-african-american-woman-trader)   Women have been historically underrepresented in Financial Services. According to a 2017 study by Stanford University, men comprise 75% of the Wealth Management field and fill 80% of the leadership roles. However, a young black woman from Georgia has continued the trend of women breaking the glass ceiling in Financial Services. In March 2017, Lauren Simmons made history as the youngest full-time woman equity trader at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). “I am proud to have a badge of a trader,” Simmons said of her achievement in an [interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drXjCovDECs&t=214s) with LinkedIn. [Read More](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/youngest-african-american-woman-trader) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/youngest-african-american-woman-trader#comments-listing) Topics: [Black History Month](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/topic/black-history-month) ## [Introducing the SDG Action Manager](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/the-sdg-action-manager) Posted by [Moira Do](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/author/moira-do) on 2/20/20, 1:02 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/hubfs/SDG%20Action%20Manager.jpg)](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/the-sdg-action-manager) [Read More](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/the-sdg-action-manager) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/the-sdg-action-manager#comments-listing) Topics: [Impact Investing](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/topic/impact-investing), [United Nations](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/topic/united-nations) ## [The Top 3 Things Clients are Afraid of (And How to Ease Their Fears)](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/things-clients-are-afraid-of) Posted by [Moira Do](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/author/moira-do) on 10/31/19, 10:31 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/hubfs/Halloween%20Worst%20Fears%20of%20Clients.jpg)](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/things-clients-are-afraid-of)   [The origins of Halloween](https://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween) date back 2000 years ago when the Celts, who lived around Northern Ireland, celebrated their New Year on November 1. This day was believed to be the beginning of a dark, cold winter with low food supplies, and increased opportunity to meet a mortal’s end. It was said that on the evening before this new year, the boundary between the world of the living and the dead was believed to become blurred. Ghosts and ghouls returned to Earth with tricks and spookiness abound. Now a popular holiday worldwide, Halloween’s frightening undertone isn’t only because of the spooky costumes, it’s also the stories we pass on to one another. Each industry deals with scary stories and fears that aren’t always life-threatening or haunted, but still a scary story indeed. To commemorate this, we gathered a group of Vanderbilt Financial Advisors to pass on their stories about the worst fears they see in clients and how they ease them. [Read More](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/things-clients-are-afraid-of) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/things-clients-are-afraid-of#comments-listing) Topics: [Client Relationships](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/topic/client-relationships), [The October Effect](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/topic/the-october-effect), [Investment Fears](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/topic/investment-fears) ## [Back to School: CE Courses to Help Build Your Business](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/ce-courses-to-help-build-your-business) Posted by [Moira Do](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/author/moira-do) on 10/17/19, 8:45 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/hubfs/nervous-businesswoman-hands-close-up-PN97CAV.jpg)](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/ce-courses-to-help-build-your-business)   Being an [independent Financial Advisor](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/top-3-advantages-of-being-an-independent-financial-advisor) often means growing your business on your own without the structure or framework of a large firm. While the upsides to that are many (think: being your own boss on your own terms), the downside can include not having the business building skills needed to grow. An often under-utilized resource for leveling up on these skills can be found within the yearly mandated Continuing Education (CE) courses you’re required to take to uphold your license. Advisors may sometimes think of these as merely a compliance obligation, yet we’re here to let you in on a secret: there is valuable content that could help to build your entrepreneurial advisory *IF* you take the right classes. Below are 4 relevant CE Courses and why they could help your practice: [Read More](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/ce-courses-to-help-build-your-business) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/ce-courses-to-help-build-your-business#comments-listing) Topics: [Business Building](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/topic/business-building), [Financial Literacy](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/topic/financial-literacy), [CE Compliance](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/topic/ce-compliance) [All posts](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/all) [Next](https://blog.joinvanderbilt.com/author/moira-do/page/2) ### Subscribe to Email Updates ### Recent Posts Copyright 2015 - All Rights Reserved - Vanderbilt Financial Group 125 Froehlich Farm Blvd, Woodbury, NY 11797 | Phone: [631.845.5100](tel:6318455100) Vanderbilt Financial Group is the marketing name for Vanderbilt Securities, LLC and its affiliates. Securities offered through Vanderbilt Securities, LLC. 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