Ellevate Works with Prudential to Address the Financial Challenges Unique to Women and Close the Retirement Income Gap

NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ellevate Network, the leading network for professional women, has tapped Prudential Financial, Inc. (Prudential) to help drive awareness for the need for lifetime income and provide resources that can help women overcome financial challenges. Prudential will be a Platinum Sponsor for Ellevate's 2019 Mobilize Women Summit and host multiple workshops throughout the year focused on retirement income and financial wellness.

"We are so pleased to be working with Prudential for our Mobilize Women Summit in 2019, as well as a range of exciting communication programs about financial wellness throughout the year which are designed to help set professional women up for success," said Ellevate Network CEO Kristy Wallace. "We truly believe in the value of taking action towards greater equality, and to do that, we must understand the unique challenges facing women. That's why we're so excited to partner with an innovative and purpose-driven company like Prudential, which is committed to diversity and to helping women access tools to succeed financially."

Prudential and Ellevate will delve into how issues like the impacts of longevity, multiple caretaker roles, diverse responsibilities, unique career paths and health care issues can impact their overall financial wellness and what women can do today to secure a steady stream of guaranteed lifetime income.

"When it comes to helping women address their unique financial challenges, I believe there's more our industry can do," said Caroline Feeney, Head of Prudential Individual Solutions Group. "That's why we're so excited to work with Ellevate to offer us another platform to provide education and advice to help women achieve financial wellness."    

To learn more about getting involved with the 2019 Mobilize Women Summit, click here. To become a Mobilize Women 2019 sponsor, click here. To subscribe for updates in the Ellevate Network community (such as Early Bird tickets for Mobilize Women 2019), click here.

About Ellevate Network Ellevate Network is a community of women at work committed to elevating each other through education, inspiration, and opportunity. We believe that when ambitious women get more opportunity — to have a voice in important conversations, to have a seat at the table where decisions are made, to steer our collective economic power towards that which we care about — it ultimately benefits everyone, and leads to a more equal world. We do this by providing these women with a community to lean on and learn from. Ellevate Network also works with companies committed to gender diversity  and has a proven track record of changing business culture from the inside out.

SOURCE Ellevate Network