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GEORGIA IN YOUR HEADPHONES
Listen to these podcast episodes to learn more about Georgia’s career path and how she built Modernist
georgia’s bio
CEO & FOUNDER | CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ | KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Georgia Lee Hussey is the Founder and CEO of Modernist Financial, a B Corp wealth management firm dedicated to helping progressive people structure their wealth around their values. Her mission is to build a world where smart, creative people feel permission to enjoy today while providing a stable financial base for our common future. Before launching Modernist, Georgia worked for national and local financial firms as a CFP. Prior to working in finance, she was a sculptor and writer.
She is a seasoned keynote speaker who has sat on panels, and led keynotes and workshops at goop’s In goop Health NYC, Portland Monthly’s WomanUp!, Oregon Community Foundation’s Women Give, Women's Entrepreneurial Day Oregon, and Sarah Lawrence College as well as lecturing at Texas Tech University and Pacific Northwest College of Art.
Georgia serves on the board of Oregon Humanities, whose essential work creates opportunities for folks to talk in thoughtful and inclusive ways about who we are and who we might become, so we can understand and bolster democracy in Oregon and beyond.
language to use ABOUT MODERNIST
Modernist Financial is on a mission to build a world where progressive people feel permission to enjoy today while also investing in our common future. They are a wealth management firm that helps progressive people structure their wealth around their values.
Modernist helps their clients identify the money stories that drive their financial decisions and uncover their progressive values – from protecting the environment to supporting under-resourced communities.
WHERE TO LINK IN YOUR SHOW NOTES or article
OUR WEBSITE | FREE TOOLS FOR THE PEOPLE
NEWSLETTER | INSTAGRAM | LINKEDIN
OUR MANIFESTO | CAREERS
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Modernist’s Website: https://modernistfinancial.com/
Free Tools for the People: https://modernistfinancial.com/money-toolkit
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modernistfinancial/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/modernist-financial/
Sign up for the awesome monthly Modernist newsletter: https://modernistfinancial.com/newsletter
Learn more about joining the Modernist team: https://modernistfinancial.com/careers
Check out the manifesto that guides Modernist’s work: https://modernistfinancial.com/about-2
downloadable headshots + logos
Georgia’s Headshot
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Georgia’s B&W Headshot
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SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES
see georgia in action, and learn about her speaking topics
Georgia gave the 2022 OSU Susan McGregor Lecture
Georgia speaking at Woman Up! presented by Portland Monthly in 2018
topics we love to discuss:
Money Stories
Discovering and rewriting our money stories to drive values-based financial decision making
Racial Wealth Inequality
Addressing structural racial wealth inequality and our commitment to dismantling it
Tax Policy
Changing the narrative from “burden” to “collective benefit” and acknowledging the structural racism
Evidence-Based Investing
Using a data-driven approach to build portfolios and our focus on ESG investing
Generosity Strategies
Reimagining philanthropy and empowering those most affected by inequality and injustice
Meaning of Wealth
Understanding historical factors and the impact of wealth, and expanding the definition