25 Most Powerful Women in Banking

The American Banker released “the ninth annual list. Plus The 25 Women to Watch, The 25 Most Powerful Women in Non-bank Finance, and reports on the women who are changing the face of the industry.”

And, once, again Carla Harris was selected. Harris has continued to prove her worth as a leader in the finance sector, while working  tirelessly in the community.

Congrats, Carla!!

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17. Carla Harris
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

If you don’t know the difference between a mentor and a sponsor, you probably don’t know Carla Harris. A renowned speaker on career development, she has counseled countless finance professionals on the road to success. And she knows that of which she speaks. A veteran of Morgan Stanley’s M&A and equity syndicate departments, Harris was plucked in late 2009 to run the emerging manager platform at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. The initiative is intended to advise and nurture women- and minority-owned, long-only asset managers.

“If you have an agenda for your career, it will keep you from making emotional decisions about your career and it will also guide you with respect to the timing of making career moves or changes. Without one, you will be easily distracted by the external economic environment or the internal political environment around you.”

Carla’s New Album…

Praise Be: Morgan Stanley MD Goes Gospel

by Kyle Stock (excerpt from FINS.com)

Don’t let anyone tell you Wall Street has no soul.

Carla Harris, a 23-year Morgan Stanley veteran, has just released her third full-length gospel album on iTunes.

Goldman Sachs’ analyst/rapper Allen Mask may have brought his firm some colorful publicity, but Morgan Stanley is working to improve its status with a higher power.

“It’s original gospel and it’s hot,” said Harris, a 48-year-old managing director in bank’s investment management arm, where she advises companies and public pension managers on their portfolios.

Harris started singing as a child in Jacksonville, Fla. She sang her way through Harvard and Harvard Business School and stuck with it as she started her career an analyst at Morgan Stanley.

She sang in New York churches and clubs — even Carnegie Hall. In fact, Harris occasionally croons for her clients.

“I try to graciously decline, but if I’m pressed, I’ll do it,” she said. “I bring Carla the singer wherever Carla the banker goes.”

This week’s release follows “Joy Is Waiting,” Harris’s latest effort from 2005 and “Carla’s First Christmas,” her first album from 2000. The newest installment is titled “Unceasing Praise” and sells for $9.99. All of the proceeds go to a Catholic school in the Bronx and the high school Harris attended in Florida.

If you work under Harris, you’d be smart to get it on your iPod. Or, go see her belt it out on Sunday’s at the Church of St. Charles Borromeo at 211 West 141st Street in Manhattan, just west of 7th Avenue — a long ways from Wall Street.

CDBaby | ITunes | Amazon

If you love Gospel music, this is the CD for you. In her second Gospel CD, Carla has brought a fresh, new twist to Gospel while sticking to it’s origan roots. This is clearly her best effort to date. I highly recommend this CD and her other two. Unceasing Praise

HOT BUZZ: Carla TOP 50

Carla Harris  is one of the 50 leaders that has “been selected as the 50 Top Women in Wealth for 2010 by WealthManagerWeb.com.

“We selected the most influential, powerful and inspiring women for our list, from the national stage to the practitioners managing the financial assets and of their clients, to the academics who inform our thinking. These leaders are the ones we look to for guidance, and we salute them.

“The exceptional leaders on this list are responsible for hundreds of billions of dollars of wealth, for investors and for the nation. Every American is affected by the decisions some of these women make; the bills they shepherd through Congress and the regulations that affect all investors.”

TO SEE THE COMPLETE LIST

http://www.wealthmanagerweb.com/News/2010/5/Pages/50-Top-Women-in-Wealth-Named-by-WealthManagerWebcom.aspx

Carla Harris at US Treasury Panel

To view United States Treasury Department’s Women in Finance Symposium, online click here. The video shows the panel discussions and remarks from the US Treasurer and Secretary of the Treasury.

Carla is a Black Enterprises’ Powerful Women

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With Morgan Stanley since 1987, Harris’ recent focus within the firm has been the strategic client group at MS Investment Management. In that role, the Wall Street veteran provides investment advice to corporations, public pension plans, foundations, and endowments. The company’s emerging managers’ platform is also under her leadership.

Carla on KAZI News Magazine

An interview with Morgan Stanley managing director Carla Harris, author of Expect to Win: Proven Strategies of Success from a Wall Street Vet, is the podcast of the week.

On the June 21st edition of KAZI News Magazine Sunday Book Review on KAZI 88.7FM, Harris dispensed advice on what it takes to move
up the corporate ladder… To listen to the interview click here:

Carla Harris Interview

… or copy and paste the following link into your browser…

http://econpers.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/carla-harris-econpers.mp3