Our VP of Finance, Jennifer Olson, was recently nominated for the Rising Star category in Orange County Business Journal’s CFO of the Year Awards. This program is designed to recognize senior financial professionals for their outstanding performance as corporate stewards.

Here’s an excerpt of the nomination:

“A natural born leader, she leads significant initiatives that helped the firm gain national recognition as a top financial advisory firm, Investment News Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion, outstanding small business, and one of the most civic-minded companies. She heads the engagement team promoting diversity and inclusion; the firm’s compliance to a global investment performance standard on full and fair representation of performance; and pushed for Apriem Cares’ Dollar-for-Doers initiative, a giving program that provides grants to nonprofits where employees volunteer. “

You can read the full article here.

Disclosure: Apriem Advisors and staff did not pay a fee to be included in the list of nominees. The award was based on data as of December 31, 2020.Candidates must be the chief financial officer (or equivalent) of a business headquartered in Orange County, CA. CFO of the Year Awards are presented in the following categories: Outstanding CFO of a Public Co., Outstanding CFO of a Private Co.; Outstanding CFO of a Not-for-Profit Organization; Rising Star; and Lifetime Achievement. The CFO special report was published May 3rd, 2021 and Winners will be announced at the 14th annual CFO OF THE YEAR Awards Dinner & Program on September 28, 2021 at the Irvine Marriott.