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“I learned the principles of life from ancestors who were simple, honest, hardworking people with fortitude, strong faith and a focus on love of family.” – George Scanlon, Fidelity National Financial
Sharon T. Sager
Anita M. Sands
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
Sharon T. Sager is a senior vice president and private wealth advisor at UBS Private Wealth Management. A CIMA, she began her career in financial services in 1983 with Kidder Peabody & Co., which was acquired by Paine Webber Inc and then by UBS. Barron’s has named her to its Top 100 Women Financial Advisors each year since its inception in 2006. She has appeared on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street and Closing Bell. A native New Yorker, Sharon began her career in textiles and fashion upon receiving a B.A. from The College of Mount Saint Vincent. She is co-chairman of the Board of Overseers for the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, secretary of the board of directors of Careers Through Culinary Arts, a member of the Chairman’s Circle of the James Beard Foundation, and an active member of The Economic Club of New York and the Financial Women’s Association. Sharon is a mentor with the CEO-UBS Small Business Advisory Program. Sharon is a second-generation Irish-American. Her father’s family, the O’Tooles, are from Galway, while her mother’s family the Carrolls, hail from Cork. She and her husband, Loring Swasey, live in Manhattan and in Remsenburg, Long Island.
Anita M. Sands is group managing director and head of Change Leadership at UBS Wealth Management Americas, and is responsible for technology and operations along with designing and executing the organization’s transformational strategy. Previously, she was managing director, head of Transformational Management for Global Operations and Technology at Citigroup. Before moving to the U.S., Anita was at the Royal Bank of Canada, where in 2007, she was appointed as the youngest ever senior vice president in the history of the company. Anita was recently named one of “ The TEN to Watch” by Registered Rep. Her educational background includes a Ph.D. in atomic and molecular physics and a first class honors degree in physics and applied mathematics from Queen’s University of Belfast. She attended Carnegie Mellon University where, as a Fulbright Scholar, she graduated with a master’s in public policy and management. She is also a graduate of the London School of Music, and a former all-Ireland public speaking champion. She was born in Drogheda, Co. Louth. In June, Anita traveled to Haiti with Concern Worldwide, the Irish relief organization, and received the 2012 Women of Concern Award.
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