Vanderbilt Financial Group is
DEI Workplace™ Certified
Vanderbilt Financial Group is the umbrella administrative and services company for its affiliates in the financial industry. We service our affiliates in a back-office capacity utilizing our core values of gratitude, respect, innovation, teamwork and trustworthiness. Headquartered in a LEED-certified Platinum building, our commitment to changing the world begins at home in our Long Island based, Woodbury, New York office, and within the fibres of our very culture. This commitment is supported by a constantly expanding roster of socially and environmentally responsible, ethical and impactful investments and giving back to our local community.
Vanderbilt Financial Group is Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Workplace Certification™ certified for 2023.
Vanderbilt Financial Group (VFG) is a Diverse and Inclusive Employer
At VFG we believe that diversity drives innovation. When people feel respected and appreciated, they can be more creative and successful. Together, we strive to build and nurture an inclusive culture of empathy and understanding to encourage and celebrate the diverse voices of our employees.
DEI Vision
At VFG we believe diversity is an essential part of our business. By building an inclusive workplace environment, rich in diverse people, talent and ideas, we seek to encourage and connect better with each employee and understand their experience. We utilize these experiences to adapt our way of doing business and embrace and operate in a multicultural world.
DEI Statement
Mutual Respect. Our leadership family models the philosophy that diversity is based on respect for one another and honors all the unique attributes that are brought to our team because of it. Women’s experience and perspectives are invaluable and when combined with our core values of gratitude, respect, innovation, teamwork and trustworthiness, it allows us to empower and support one another completely.
DEI Goals
It is an integral part of who we are as a company, how we operate and how we see our future. VFG’s business model focuses on a Social and environmental responsibility to help make the world a better place with impact investing. What better way to mimic that ethic within our DEI practices than to employ and embrace individuals with the same like-mindedness.
Words from Heidi Distante, CEO Vanderbilt Financial Group
We are committed to disrupting the norms of the finance industry, and part of this disruption is ensuring a diverse, inclusive and impactful community committed to a sustainable future.
Heidi DistanteCEOVanderbilt Financial Group's Latest DEI Accomplishments
- Incorporated DEI topics into the company’s daily and monthly internal and external communication network
- Respect in the Workplace Training
Why Work at Vanderbilt Financial Group?
We are on a mission to impact our industry.
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Our business model is unique in that it places advisors front and center, providing a world-class level of service with a family office feel.
We hold Gratitude as one of our core values and believe one must always be appreciative of others and what is available to them. Being respectful is a form of appreciation and an acknowledgment of equality.
We are honoured to be recognized as an Inclusive Workplace by Best Companies Group and COLOR. Inclusive Workplace: The Inclusive Workplace Program recognizes companies that create a workplace where people feel heard, seen, and like they belong.
Vanderbilt has a longstanding commitment to GRITT as a guiding framework for how we work. GRITT (Gratitude, Respect, Innovation, Teamwork, Trustworthiness) comprises the core values at the heart of our culture. We look at our team members’ strengths and talents through the lens of DiSC Assessment and Strengths Finder assessments to truly know who we are.
Our commitment to changing the world begins at home in the first office LEED-certified Platinum building on Long Island, NY, and within the fibres of our very culture.
We are a forward-thinking, fast-moving organization on a trajectory to significantly disrupt traditional finance by focusing on providing the most flexible, collaborative and innovative solutions to advisors and clients.
Our values infuse an entrepreneurial spirit in our workplace – inspiring and celebrating innovative ways of doing business that empower employees. Vanderbilt’s culture has garnered numerous awards for its leadership in organizational management.
Vanderbilt encourages and supports team members who are passionate about having a local impact in their communities. As a company, we helped form a foundation to raise awareness to the opioid epidemic.
We give volunteer time and contributions to many Long Island-based nonprofit organizations.
What our staff are saying?
I joined Vanderbilt because of its values of reduced inequalities. I want to make a financial impact in the African American community and believe that Vanderbilt can help me in my desire to achieve my goals. I am excited to be part of the team!
Walter McKinney President & CEO of MG Wealth ManagementI have joined a firm that walks their talk and leads with passion, generosity, and inclusion.
Luna Jaffe, CFP® Founder & CEO of Lunaria FinancialI am delighted to be a part of a firm with an unwavering reputation. It has, and continues to earn a reputation of strong ethics and integrity, along with its supportive feel and environment of being family rather than merely a business.
Andrea Steiner Founder & Managing Director of Sequoia Wealth ManagementWhere is my employer?
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