RETIRED MEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GREENWICH, Inc. (RMA)
Invites you to its meeting, February 26, 2025, at 11 am at
Christ Church, Parish Hall, 254 East Putnam Ave., Greenwich
The program will also be shown on Zoom: https://bit.ly/30IBj21
Patricia Chadwick
“Breaking Glass: Tales from the Witch of Wall Street”
Breaking Glass: Tales From the Witch of Wall Street is Patricia Walsh Chadwick’s second book, and is a sequel to her first book, Little Sister, A Memoir, the story of her growing up in a staunchly religious Catholic community-turned-cult. One hundred people, including thirty-nine children, comprised the cult which was led by an excommunicated Jesuit priest and a married woman.
Patricia was evicted from her home at the age of seventeen, due to a crush she had developed on a man in the community. She got her first job as a receptionist at a brokerage firm in Boston, where she developed her attraction to the stock market, memorizing every stock symbol on the NYSE. Within months she was scouring the news ticker for information on the stocks that the brokers owned for their customers. Rung by rung, she clawed her way up the ladder in that male bastion known as Wall Street, all the while taking courses at Boston University and Wharton.
Moving to New York in 1975, she quickly rose through the ranks of analyst to portfolio manager and was soon managing billions of dollars in pension and endowment assets. Her relentless drive earned her the moniker “Witch of Wall Street.” At the age of forty-five, she gave birth to twins, while continuing forward in her career, becoming a global partner at Invesco. At the turn of the millennium she made the decision to leave Wall Street to spend time with her children, and within a couple of years had embarked on a second career as a corporate board director and an expert witness.
In 2016, Patricia co-founded Anchor Health Initiative, a healthcare firm that serves the needs of the LGBTQ community in Connecticut. She remains the pro-bono CEO of the organization.
Our next speaker, on March 5, will be David Michonski, CEO of Quigler, Inc., on “Greenwich Real Estate Market Review.”
The Greenwich Retired Men’s Association offers a free program every Wednesday that is open to the public, both men and women; no reservations are required. Our social break starts at 10:40 am followed promptly by our presentation at 11:00 am. For additional information see https://greenwichrma.org.
