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RIA Edge Los Angeles
October 7-8, 2025
Ritz-Carlton | Marina del Rey, CA

Michele Welsh
Chief Marketing Officer at Verdence Capital Advisors
Speaker

Profile

Michele Welsh is Chief Marketing Officer at Verdence Capital Advisors, where she leads marketing, branding, and content strategies. An early AI adopter, Michele is leveraging AI as a business strategy to drive client engagement through data-driven innovation and insights.

She built an in-house TV studio and podcasting platform for Verdence, producing three podcasts that provide insights for advisors and clients. These initiatives have helped position Verdence as a thought leader and facilitated strategic media appearances on CNBC, Fox Business, and Bloomberg.

With a background as a designer, entrepreneur, and C-suite executive, Michele previously founded two startups which earned national recognition. She completed the AI as Business Strategy course at MIT and guest lectured at Harvard Innovation Lab, sharing how AI can amplify established processes like Design Thinking for innovative business solutions.

Michele is a mom of three and co-founder of Sisters Circle, a mentoring program for underserved girls in Baltimore.

Agenda Sessions

  • AI-Powered Growth: Marketing Innovation for Modern RIAs (CMOs)

    12:00pm