While the financial services industry and related roles in financial technology have historically been male-dominated, we are seeing steady progress toward gender parity as women demonstrate their abilities and keen interest in making a difference within various segments – especially in the segment devoted to the financial planning and investment advisory profession.

​The establishment of Equita Financial Network in 2018 stands as a beacon, inviting other women to participate in the change. ​

It was 1987. President Reagan challenged Gorbachev to "tear down this wall." Disposable contact lenses became available. The Internet was inching along, and the first laptop computer, complete with a 3.5 inch floppy disk drive, was released by Hewlett-Packard.
 
Working from a small, upstairs loft with a slanted ceiling and a staff of one, Jay A. Buckingham watched the local and national news – and hunkered down.

​Mr. Buckingham had just left a large corporation because he wanted to offer truly independent financial advice to his clients. He knew that if he did things his way, versus the big company way, that he had the opportunity to follow his own sense of integrity – and to change more lives.