Michelle Lynch has been appointed vice president and director of Raymond James Network for Women Advisors, Raymond James announced Thursday.

With 11 years of experience serving the Private Client Group and Asset Management divisions at Raymond James, including the Network for Women Advisors and other diversity initiatives, Lynch will represent the firm’s 800 women advisors, organize an annual conference now in its third decade and support the firm’s ongoing objectives for recruiting professional women financial advisors. 

“I am honored to represent and support these successful women,” says Lynch, who will assume her new role next month. “With a solid foundation in place and strong leadership support for the program, I look forward to leveraging my experience to provide our women advisors with unrivaled dedication to meeting their unique needs and increase the growing number of qualified women advisors joining the firm."