Jennifer Cabalquinto
Unless you’ve studied the Warriors’ media guide really closely, this isn’t a name that you’re going to recognize. But you absolutely should. Jennifer Cabalquinto is Golden State’s Chief Financial Officer.
As of February 2015, there were 58 women CFOs in Fortune 500 companies. Now, the Warriors aren’t a Fortune 500 company, but it’s clearly not easy for women to get into a position like that. Cabalquinto is obviously great at her job.
She will be entering her fourth year as the Dubs’ CFO. According to her listing in the media guide, “she oversees all day-to-day and long-term financial planning and accounting for the organization.” Basically, she’s a pretty big deal. She is also working closely with the development of the Warriors’ future arena in San Francisco.
Cabalquinto was invited to the White House in October 2015 for the first ever “Celebration of Filipino American History Month.” It was her great work as the Warriors’ CFO that earned her an invitation to the nation’s capital. She cites it as her proudest professional achievement.
She gave BizJournals.com her ideas on how to help women in business succeed, saying that “mentorship and sponsorship of other women, but also coaching male colleagues to help them see the unconscious bias they may be exhibiting – in a non-threatening way, of course.” It’s a valuable idea that shows everyone’s responsibility.
The Warriors are the the best franchise in basketball. That doesn’t happen without a great CFO. Cabalquinto entered a realm primarily dominated by men, used her very expansive background, and owned it.