CEO Wes Thompson took the stage to announce M’s new partnership with The Links, Incorporated during the 2019 M Marketing Meeting. After Thompson shared high-level details of the partnership, the Links president Dr. Kimberly Jeffries Leonard joined him for a Q&A session. The two leaders discussed how M will serve Links’ membership base of influential decision-makers and opinion leaders.
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Portland, Oregon, September 25, 2019 — M Financial Group is pleased to announce their partnership with The Links, Incorporated (The Links), an international nonprofit that includes more than 16,000 professional women of African ancestry, in 288 chapters across 41 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and the United Kingdom.
The partnership aligns the mission of The Links — to serve their communities and members across its spectrum of influential decision-makers and opinion leaders — with M Financial’s ability to provide exceptional financial solutions for the high net worth, emerging affluent, and corporate markets. This partnership is a part of the Links Economic Empowerment Program (LEEP) launched under the administration of national president Dr. Kimberly Jeffries Leonard.
Members of The Links interested in entrepreneurial or advocacy opportunities will have a direct path to M Financial’s Magnet Program, an industry-leading professional development program designed to train, guide, and mentor the next generation of highly successful M Financial Advisors.
Dr. Jeffries Leonard says the effort is both transformational and unique, unlike anything the organization has undertaken before. “This is the first time that we have come into a partnership where we are supporting the economic empowerment of our own members, including our younger members with the Magnet Program, and also for our broader membership through access and utilization of M Financial services,” Dr. Jeffries Leonard said, explaining that this type of financial empowerment will have a ripple effect. “We are able to share this opportunity with our organization as a revenue stream and then invest that back into our communities and our programs.”
“This is an exciting partnership for M, different from anything we’ve done before,” said Wes Thompson, President & CEO of M Financial Group. “We are honored to participate with The Links in what both organizations believe will be a mutually beneficial relationship. This partnership closely aligns with M’s strategic direction and our innovative DNA, and it will further fuel the transformation of our business.”
The Links’ goal of empowering African American women’s financial independence complements M Financial’s commitment to innovative solutions, industry transformation, and community partnership.
About The Links, Incorporated
The Links, Incorporated is an international nonprofit corporation established in 1946. It is one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of extraordinary women who are committed to enriching, sustaining, and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry. The Links members contribute more than 1 million documented hours of community service annually — strengthening their communities and enhancing the nation. For more information, visit linksinc.org.
About M Financial Group
With 146 Member Firms in 36 states and the United Kingdom, M Financial Group is one of the nation’s leading financial services design and distribution companies. Since 1978, M’s network of independent insurance, investment, and executive benefit firms has served the needs of high net worth individuals, corporate executives, successful entrepreneurs, and Fortune 1000 companies. For more information, visit mfin.com.
