Summary: Tony Barrett often talks about his introduction to the profession of financial advice. He had a high school football coach who was a successful financial adviser, and African-American. Seeing the success of a person who looked like him was an inspiration to Tony, who followed in that coach's footsteps in more ways than one. He not only joined the financial advisory profession — today he is a Raymond James & Associates' complex manager — he shares his role model's passion for mentorship and support for others.
 While Tony and I don't believe that mentors and mentees need to be the same race or gender, his story reinforces that for many young people, it helps to "see it if you want to be it." It can be hard to imagine yourself in a profession if there are few in that profession who look like you.."Tash Elwyn is president of Raymond James & Associates, Private Client Group, and executive sponsor of the Raymond James Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council. |
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