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Volunteer Spotlight: Christina Wen
While many of the Museum’s volunteers are retirees or students, a few work
their volunteer schedules around full-time
jobs. Such is the case with Christina Wen,
who began volunteering at the Museum in
2012, five years after co-founding a marketing firm that specializes in consumer electronic goods. Because much of her business is international — primarily in China,
Hong Kong and Taiwan — she is able to
commit a full day each week to her volunteer activities due to the time difference.
Originally from GuangDong, China,
Christina came to the Unites States 11
years ago after having earned a degree in
International Business with a minor in
Finance from Lancaster University in the
United Kingdom.
Her background in finance, along with
her well-developed language skills, made
Christina a natural fit for the Visitor Services department, where she volunteers
on Thursdays as a docent. She leads public
and private group tours of the exhibits in
English, as well as in Mandarin and Cantonese, by request.
Christina said her favorite part of volunteering as a docent is when visitors tell
her they have learned a lot from her. In
turn, she said she also learns quite a bit
from them. “I get great satisfaction from
that exchange of knowledge,” she said.
For example, Christina came to the
Museum with a good understanding of
business and finance, but with little prior
knowledge of US history, having never
studied that subject in school. Much of her
comprehension of American history — particularly financial history — has come from
the Museum’s exhibits, as well as other volunteers, staff members and visitors.
When she is not volunteering at the
Museum, Christina enjoys watching films
and visiting other museums, especially
the Metropolitan Museum of Art and
the Museum of Art and Design. She has
recently begun taking pottery classes and is
teaching herself the art of acrylic painting.
It is that combination of a love of art
and finance that has made Christina a real
treasure at the Museum.
MUSEUM OF AMERICAN FINANCE CORPORATE SUPPORT
The Museum gratefully recognizes the
support in the past year of the following
corporate funders to help advance our
commitment to preserving, exhibiting
and teaching the power and value of
American finance.
• American Express Corporation
• Anonymous
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Barrett Asset Management
• BlackRock, Inc.
• Bloomberg
• Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.
• Capco
• Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP
• CFA Institute
DEC 18
1985
The US House of
Representatives approves
the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
• Citigroup
• Clear Harbor Asset Management
• CME Group
• Consolidated Edison
• Credit Suisse Securities LLC
• Crystal & Company
• Guardian Life Insurance
• Herzog & Co., Inc.
• Houlihan Lokey
• ING Americas
• International Precious Metals Institute
• itBit
• Kx Systems
• Moody’s
• New York Life
• New York Stock Exchange
• Philidor Rx Services, LLC
DEC 27
1928
• Protiviti
• R. W. Pressprich & Co.
• Richmond Hall
• Saybrook Capital
• Shenkman Capital Management
• Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
• TCW Group, Inc.
• The Adirondack Trust Company
• The Clearing House
• The Royce Funds
• Tishman Speyer
• US Bank
• Van Eck Global
• Vested
• Voya Financial
• Wells Fargo & Company
• Willis
Portfolio manager Walter Morgan founds the nation’s first “balanced”
mutual fund, the Industrial and Power Securities Co., which invests
in both stocks and bonds. Later renamed the Wellington Fund, it
eventually forms the nucleus of the Vanguard Group of Investment Cos.
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