Please join the Friends of Westerly Library & Wilcox Park for an author talk and signing with Patricia Walsh Chadwick, and her book Breaking Glass: Tales from the Witch of Wall Street. Patricia will be in conversation with Friends board member, Mary Weiss. Books will be available for purchase with Banks Square Books.
About the book:
Patricia Chadwick grew up in a religious community, turned cult, in the Boston area. At the age of seventeen, she was forced out of her home, leaving behind her entire family, and without access to higher education. From her first job as a receptionist at a brokerage firm, she clawed her way up the ladder – rung by rung – in that bastion of male chauvinism: Wall Street. By going to college at night, she achieved her degree in economics from Boston University, and from there, she headed to New York City. With a drive that earned her the moniker “Witch of Wall Street,” she rose from the rank of statistician to research analyst to portfolio manager, where she was responsible for investing billions of dollars in pension and endowment assets. At the age of forty-five, she gave birth to twins, and continued forward in her career, becoming a global partner at Invesco. At the turn of the millennium, she left Wall Street behind and embarked on a second career as a corporate board director and an expert witness.
About the author:
Patricia Walsh Chadwick was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1948. She received her BA in Economics from Boston University and had a successful 30-year career in the investment business, culminating as a Global Partner at Invesco. Today she sits on a number of corporate boards and blogs on economic, social, and political issues. Her pro-bono activities include mentoring young women in high school and college and providing strategic planning advice to not-for-profit organizations. In 2016, she co-founded Anchor Health Initiative, a health care company devoted to the needs of the LGBTQ community in Connecticut, and serves as the firm’s pro-bono CEO. She is the author of a previous memoir, Little Sister. A mother to twins, a daughter and a son, she lives in Connecticut with her husband John.
