ALPFA Salt Lake City × JPMorganChase
Finance Forward
Careers • Capital • Community
An afternoon for ambitious professionals at every stage—from building executive presence to expanding financial perspective, exploring private markets and entrepreneurship, and forming relationships that move careers and communities forward.
- Date
- Saturday, September 26, 2026
- Time
- 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Venue
- Kiln, Salt Lake City
- Admission
- Free
- Availability
- Limited spots
Free admission. Advance registration required. Limited spots. Registration is handled on Eventbrite.
Doors open in
Overview
One room. Multiple next chapters.
Finance Forward is built for a mixed room on purpose. Three throughlines run through the afternoon, so a first-year analyst and a thirty-year executive can each leave with something they can use.
Lead with authority
Executive identity, presence, and strategic influence—how experienced professionals are seen, heard, and trusted in rooms where decisions are made.
Expand your financial perspective
Wealth planning, private markets, and emerging themes examined through an educational lens designed for both newer earners and seasoned investors.
Build community capital
Professionals, founders, business leaders, and Utah organizations in one room—relationships that outlast a single afternoon.
Agenda
Careers, capital, and community—hour by hour.
Doors at noon, close at four. Block 1 seats you with your track; Block 2 is choose-your-own. Move between the careers and capital tracks as the afternoon unfolds.
12:00 PM
Doors open
CommunityCheck-in + welcome
Arrive, check in, and settle in over lunch as the room fills with professionals, founders, and investors from across Utah.
12:30 PM
Opening
CareersCapitalCommunityOpening keynote
ALPFA Salt Lake City and JPMorganChase open the afternoon, framing the day's three throughlines: careers, capital, and community.
1:00 PM
Block 1 · Training sessions
CapitalCareersAlternatives & investing
A training-style session on alternative investments and portfolio thinking—education for both newer earners and seasoned investors.
Entrepreneurship & startups
A training-style session on founding, financing, and scaling a company in Utah's innovation ecosystem.
2:00 PM
Intermission
CommunitySmall business fair + refreshments
A mini expo of local Latino-owned businesses between sessions—plus refreshments and open conversation. Stop by the ALPFA table to become a member.
2:30 PM
Block 2 · Choose your own
CapitalCareersAlternatives panel · Q&A
An interactive panel across VC, private credit, and private equity—bring your questions and pick the practitioners' brains.
Entrepreneurship panel · Q&A
Founders and operators on building and banking a company—an interactive, question-driven conversation.
3:00 PM
Closing
CareersCapitalCommunityClosing keynote panel + networking
Speakers from both tracks share the stage for a curated closing conversation built to add value for both audiences, followed by open networking before the 4 PM close.
Session times are approximate; rooms and participants will be updated as confirmations are completed.
Join ALPFA now (Free)Who it's for
Built for a deliberately mixed room.
New & early investors
Start your career and your portfolio.
Learn how careers in finance are built, how to start investing with confidence, and meet the founders and professionals a room like this puts within reach.
Your afternoon: the Entrepreneurship & Startups sessions
Seasoned investors
Sharpen your edge in private markets.
Go deeper on alternatives, private credit, private equity, and venture capital with practitioners who allocate—and network with peers who do the same.
Your afternoon: the Alternatives & Investing sessions
Early- and mid-career professionals
Accountants, analysts, bankers, and operators building the next decade of their career.
Senior leaders and experienced professionals
Directors, partners, and executives sharpening influence and expanding their networks.
Investors seeking broader perspective
Those curious about markets, capital formation, and how private allocations are approached.
Founders, entrepreneurs, and business owners
Operators raising, banking, and scaling companies in Utah and beyond.
ALPFA members, partners, and the wider Utah community
Chapter members, corporate partners, university affiliates, and community organizations.
Membership
Join ALPFA Salt Lake City.
ALPFA (Association of Latino Professionals For America) is a national organization dedicated to empowering and developing Latino leaders. The Salt Lake City chapter brings together professionals, students, and allies across Utah for career growth, community, and meaningful connection.
Free to join
ALPFA membership is free and open to professionals, students, and allies.
National network
Connect with ALPFA members, mentors, and corporate partners across the country.
Local events
Access chapter programming, networking, and leadership development in Utah.
Career resources
Tap into job boards, mentorship, and professional development opportunities.
Speakers
Perspectives from finance, business, and Utah's innovation community.
Confirmed speakers will be revealed progressively.
Founders scaling VC-backed startups
Operators building and financing companies in Utah and beyond.
Announcements beginning soon
Investors across VC, private credit & private equity
Practitioners on capital, allocation, and private markets.
Announcements beginning soon
Senior voices in innovation banking & wealth management
Leaders on careers, strategy, and long-horizon wealth.
Announcements beginning soon
Full lineup announced soon—limited spots.
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Spots are filling—claim yours.
Free admission. Advance registration required. Limited spots. Save the date, and pass it to a colleague who should be in the room.
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Venue
Kiln · Salt Lake City
We are hosting at Kiln in Salt Lake City—a workspace built for gathering, with room for both seated sessions and open conversation.
Kiln, 26 S Rio Grande St #2072, Salt Lake City, UT 84101Arrival, parking, accessibility, and check-in details are shared with your registration confirmation.
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