Fireside Chat with Penny Pennington and Dave Whorton

Fireside Chat with Penny Pennington and Dave Whorton

Penny Pennington is the sixth Managing Partner of Edward Jones, a financial services firm with over 15,000 branch offices across the US and Canada. With their focus on community and relationships, along with their 100 year history, Edward Jones is an exemplary Evergreen® company across all of the 7Ps. 

In this Fireside chat with Dave Whorton, Penny shares her journey, beginning with her upbringing in Nashville, to becoming the leader of Edward Jones. She considers the impact each of the other five Managing Partners have had, and shares how the Evergreen 7Ps® principles show up at Edward Jones.

Watch and learn about the journey of this impressive leader and the impressive, Evergreen company she leads.   

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