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AWARDS & HONORS
- July 7, 2011
Brenda Blisk Featured as One of Five Women Business Leaders In Northern Virginia Magazine
McLean, VA, July 7, 2011 - Brenda Blisk, CFP®, Founder & CEO of The Blisk Financial Group at Spire Investment Partners in McLean, is featured as one of five leading business women in the July issue of Northern Virginia Magazine.
In an article entitled, "Women Warriors," Blisk says her secret for success the fact that "I have always loved serving other people."
Blisk has been a financial advisor for 26 years, starting her financial career in 1985. In 1997 Blisk and her team went independent as an Investor Advisor Representative of Legacy Advisors, LLC, (now Spire Investment Partners). Serving clients in more than 20 states, Blisk heads a team of five, which manages more than $280 million in assets.
Commenting on the glass ceiling, Blisk says: "Well, as you know, the financial industry has always been very male-dominated and still is. Back in 1985 and 1986 when I began my training in New York, I was like the bumble bee. Scientists tell you the bumble bee can't fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know that, and the bumble bee goes ahead an flies anyway. I'm the bumble bee."
Blisk's success has been recognized by Barron’s Magazine: in March 2011 she was named for the third year as one of the “Top 1000 Financial Advisors” in the U.S. She was recognized in both 2007 and 2008 by Virginia Business Magazine as one of the top 50 wealth advisors in Virginia, and in 2009, 2010 and 2011 as one of the top 25.
The other women featured in Northern Virginia Magazine are Angie Goff, WUSA news personality; Kristina Bouweiri, CEO of Reston Limo; Elaine G. Howard, president and CEO of Gannett Government Media Corporation; and Cynthia De Lorenzi, president and CEO of Success in the City.
About Brenda Blisk
Brenda Blisk has received numerous awards. In December 2009, she was elected to the Research Magazine Advisor's Hall of Fame. In October 2009, she was featured as one of 87 women executives from across the country in the 8th Annual Women Worth Watching® issue of Profiles in Diversity Journal.
May 2009 Blisk was recognized by Virginia Lawyer's Weekly as one of 28 Influential Women of Virginia. According to Virginia Lawyers Weekly, “The awards recognize the outstanding efforts of women in all fields, including law, business, health care and education. The honors are given to individuals who are making notable contributions to their chosen professions, their communities and society at large.”
Blisk was also named one of the 2008 “Women Who Mean Business” by the Washington Business Journal. She was one of 25 women to receive this prestigious award in November 2008. Washington Business Journal Publisher Alex Orfinger describes these awards as representing “leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, business savvy and just plain hard work.”
In June 2007, Blisk received a Bravo Women Business Achievement Award sponsored by Washington Smart CEO magazine and TiE-DC, an organization dedicated to supporting the community of entrepreneurs in the Mid-Atlantic region. Blisk was one of 25 women honored.
