{"id":1276,"date":"2015-02-09T09:45:28","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T15:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/financialplanning\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2017-03-14T15:44:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T15:44:48","slug":"this-is-my-profession-alexandra-mcgowen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/college.agrilife.org\/financial-planning\/this-is-my-profession-alexandra-mcgowen\/","title":{"rendered":"This is My Profession: Alexandra McGowen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/118293133\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: arial;font-size: small;color: #5f574f\"><strong>Alexandra McGowen<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Financial Planner, RGT Financial Advisors, Dallas, Texas <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #5f574f;font-family: arial;font-size: small\">Do\u00a0you encourage women to look into a career in financial planning? <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: arial;font-size: small;color: #5f574f\">\u201cI think it\u2019s a really great opportunity. You get to experience a challenging environment in terms of things you have to learn and retain but you also get to have relationships with your clients, which are so important and come naturally to a lot of women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: arial;font-size: small;color: #5f574f\">Alex Weber McGowen\u00a0is a member of the Roberston, Greige &amp; Thoele Financial Planning Team. Prior to joining RGT, Alex was a financial analyst at Simmons &amp; Company International, a boutique investment bank in Houston. As an analyst, Alex helped to provide M&amp;A advisory and capital market services to public and private companies in the energy industry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: arial;font-size: small;color: #5f574f\">Alex graduated from Texas A&amp;M University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Honors and Finance. While at A&amp;M, Alex competed as a Professional Triathlete for two years and was chosen to represent the USA at the World University Games in 2010. 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