We’re bringing together 175+ of the best digital content creators and experts in personal finance and investing to help you learn in a variety of formats. Get ready for inspiring keynotes, breakout sessions, and panels with real takeaways. Plus, expert roundtables and one-on-one mentoring, where you’ll be able to get those specific questions answered.

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  Gwen is a Millennial on the path to Financial Independence. She lives in the Midwest and writes anything and everything about her journey on her blog, Fiery Millennials.

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  Peter loves designing great products and creating tools and systems that help people live better lives. He is the CEO and Founder of Tiller Money. Previously he was a founder and president of Junxion (acquired by Sierra Wireless) and later CEO at Dashwire (acquired by HTC). When he's not working on Tiller you'll find him with his family and often in the mountains.

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  Collin Brennan is a professional writer, editor, and journalist based in San Francisco's Mission District. He is the Senior Editor for multinational personal finance company Credit Karma, and his work has appeared in LA Weekly, SF Weekly, and other major publications across the web. Collin has more than six years of experience in writing, editing, and web-based journalism, including two years as a Senior Editor at Groupon and regular contributing positions at StubHub and Reviews.com. He's constantly looking for new ways to educate and engage online audiences, whether in the field of personal finance or cultural journalism.

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  Theresa Schmall, a Senior Associate at the Center for Financial Services Innovation, is responsible for researching, identifying and analyzing financial services trends and product innovations around consumer financial health. Prior to joining CFSI, Theresa worked in nonprofit and affordable housing development, where she focused on public and private funding source development to expand opportunities for low-income Americans. She earned her Master of Public Policy from Loyola University Chicago, and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Boston College.

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  Ankur Nagpal is the founder of Teachable (http://teachable.com) -- an online course hosting and delivery platform used by over 10,000 teachers to reach over 7m students and earn over $90m in the process.

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  Michael Smith is always the first one on the dance floor. That may seem like a small task to some, but that boldness is the energy that drives him in everything he does. Currently, he's the Art Director at AWeber, where he leads a team of brand designers to create exceptional experiences for their customers and pre-customers. In this role, he has spoken on the topic of email to groups large and small; most recently at the Social Brand Forum in Iowa. When his energy isn't directed at solving brand and email misunderstandings, he coaches students through Seth Godin’s altMBA program, blogs about being a dad and designer, has self-published a children's book, and is in the process of illustrating 100 jarred goods.

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  Summer Hull is the owner and lead writer for MommyPoints.com, a site that shares daily content designed to educate and inspire families and other busy folks on the go to travel more for less by just tweaking a few things in their everyday life. Content topics range from how to obtain and use rewards credit cards, to the ins and outs of loyalty programs, to reviews of hotels and airlines, as well as lots peeks into the travel adventures and misadventures that Summer, her husband, and their two little girls have along the way.

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  Andrea Woroch is a nationally-recognized money-saving expert and trusted news source dedicated to helping consumers find simple solutions to common financial woes. She is a regular contributor for top-rated shows like Today, Good Morning America, FOX & Friends and KTLA Morning News. Her advice and articles have been published in hundreds of popular media including Money, Forbes, Yahoo!, Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post and Kiplinger Personal Finance. Inspired by her own journey of overcoming debt and learning how to manage money on a limited income, Andrea sought out to spread her message of smart spending. By leveraging her media relations skills, Andrea successfully propelled herself into the media as a leading financial expert and can show you the endless benefits such media mentions will provide to your site and brand.

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  As CEO of Eventual Millionaire, a global business mentoring company, Jaime Masters specializes in creating automated systems and doubling her client's revenue. She’s the author of Eventual Millionaire and a top business coach who is known for getting rock solid results. Over the past 10 years she has taught six and seven figure ambitious CEOs, entrepreneurs and small business owners how to optimize every area of their business, like pumping profit into their bottom line, implementing sales funnels to target the perfect customer, and marketing strategies that lead to massive conversions... All while remembering to love life and love the journey. Jaime genuinely cares about helping others and loves watching her clients' businesses grow! Jaime is also the producer and host of her own online show and has conducted over 400 interviews with millionaires and billionaires. She has been featured in Yahoo online, Inc.com, SUCCESS Magazine, Entrepreneur, Women’s Health Magazine, and Business Insider. Find out more about her unique and effective approach to business growth at www.eventualmillionaire.com

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  Born in Toledo Ohio, and a current resident of San Diego (via Philly, Boulder, Denver, and Brussels), Michael O’Neal’s report cards always said “Talks too much”. This feedback would eventually come in handy, as he is now the host of the popular business and entertainment podcast, The Solopreneur Hour. The show focuses on people that have found themselves “Profitably Unemployable”, and what they’ve done to become successful. A 5 year journey, starting with the loss of his parents and just $14 remaining in his bank account has taken him on a circuitous path to success. Professional drummer, car racer, competitive racquetball player, BMX'er, and former expert mountain bike racer with a penchant for stand up comedy, Michael likes to get out in San Diego and live the solopreneur life of time, location, and financial freedom.

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  Nathan is the founder and CEO of ConvertKit. An email marketing company for professional bloggers. He loves soccer, woodworking, and designing software.

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  Lauren Bowling is the award-winning blogger and editor behind personal finance site Financial Best Life and author of The Millennial Homeowner: A Guide to Successfully Navigating Your First Home Purchase. Throughout her five year blogging journey her financial advice and expertise has been featured on CNBC, Forbes.com, Business Insider and The Huffington Post, and many others.

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  Chris’s passion is sharing ideas and creating products for people who are looking for a better way to handle their money. He loves showing everyday-normal people how to go from living paycheck-to-paycheck, to getting completely out of debt and creating hope for their future. Chris created a Powerful Budgeting Tool that has helped over 10,000 families create their own personal budget and manage their money the right way. He helps families with one-on-one financial coaching to create a budget, get on a proven plan to pay off their debt, and create a path not just for them, but for their future and their children’s future.

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  Matthew Kepnes runs the award winning budget travel site, Nomadic Matt. After a trip to Thailand in 2005, Matt decided to quit his job, finish his MBA and head off into the world. His original trip was supposed to last a year. Over seven years later, he is still out exploring and roaming the world. He's scuba dived in Fiji, was a poker player in Amsterdam, taught English in Thailand, got lost in a jungle in Central America, and broke down in the middle of Australia's outback. His writings and advice have been featured in The New York Times, CNN, The Guardian UK, Lifehacker, Budget Travel, BBC, Time, Yahoo! Finance and countless other publications. He is also a regular speaker at travel trade and consumer shows. When not traveling the world, he lives in New York City.

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  Julie Broad is founder of Book Launchers, a new company that helps entrepreneurs and professionals boost their business by writing, publishing, and selling a top quality book. She's also an Amazon Overall #1 Best Selling Author, an International Book Award Winner, and recipient of the Beverly Hills Book Award for Best Sales book. As an entrepreneur and successful real estate investor she was awarded the Top 20 under 40 Award in 2015.

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  Toni Husbands is a freelance writer who focuses on personal finances, because to her, it is personal. After repaying $107,000 of consumer debt, she shines a light on healthy money management tips so others can break their cycle of debt, too. She hangs out online with debt-dumping enthusiasts at DebtFreeDivas.org.

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  Jason Vitug is bestselling author of You Only Live Once, keynote speaker, and founder of financial media and education startup, Phroogal. Jason successfully raised $78,501 through crowdfunding supported by 541 donors. In 2013, he founded Phroogal as a personal finance blog and has evolved into a community of over 65,000 people. In 2015, Jason created the Plutus Awards winning project, The Road to Financial Wellness, a grassroots and social campaign to break the social taboo about money and empower a generation through financial knowledge. Jason continues to engage with local organizations, nonprofits and government agencies to promote financial wellness.

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  Michelle is the founder of Making Sense of Cents and enjoys helping her readers earn more, save more, and most importantly – live more. She travels full-time with her husband and two dogs.

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  Former teacher who has left the confines of the classroom to walk the walk. Teaching personal finance and money habits through gamification.

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  I am VP of Operations at BiggerPockets.com--we help anyone build wealth through real estate investing. I am author of Set for Life--a book that specifically focuses on the transition from full-time work to early financial freedom for the full-time employee seeking early financial freedom. I am an active real estate investor, serial house-hacker, licensed real estate agent, and personal finance junkie.

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  Scott has been speaking in public, well since birth honestly, really you can’t get him to not speak. But as a certified instructor of DISC personality systems, he’s finally learned how to do more than babble into the wind. He’s learned how to craft a message that resonates with personalities of all types. Scott spent years delivering messages to some of the toughest audiences on the planet. He was a middle school science teacher. He’s also spent years in corporate mid-management, another venue where you must craft your ability to communicate both up and down to get anything done. He’s now a working mainly full time as a coach and consultant while living in Texas with his wife and son.

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  Matt is a coach, author, and speaker who works with folks to get the most out of their money by understanding his clients’ values and goals, and then helping them do what it takes to gain control of their income and increase their savings rate. Matt loves to hang out at the intersection of goals, values, money, and people. Matt holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Arizona State University in Tempe Ariz. and an MBA from Duke University in Durham, N.C. On weekdays, he leads the sales organization of a thirteen-store John Deere dealership. Matt lives in Raleigh, N.C. with his wife and their three terrific, entrepreneurial, and money-savvy children.

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  Candice Marie is passionate about helping urban millennials take control of their finances. She started the blog Young Yet Wise as a way to document her own money journey, as a result she's managed to bring her net worth from the negatives into the positives and wants to inspire others do the same. Candice enjoys long walks to the bank, eating dark chocolate, working out and reading personal finance books.

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  Richard has been on the road since leaving his home in Georgia to attend high school in the United Kingdom. While serving 9 years as a Naval officer, Richard’s duties took him around the world from serving onboard a nuclear submarine to living in Japan for three years. He has earned and redeemed millions of frequent flyer miles, visited 40 countries, and spends his spare time dissecting loyalty program award charts in order to maximize the value of his points and miles. Richard is a Senior Points and Miles Contributor for The Points Guy and founder of the Award Travel 101 Facebook community.

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  Sarah Li Cain a financial storyteller who weaves practical tips and strategies into her work so that those trying to change their money mindset can see themselves in the starring role. She loves answering reader questions on her website at High Fiving Dollars or opening up her struggles with money by revealing current experiments she's running.

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  Beta Karimzadeh is EVP at Consumer Track, Inc. where she oversees advertiser and partner relationships in Banking, Credit Cards, Investments, Retirement and Lending. Beta has a long extensive background in digital and print advertising which includes managing multi-million dollar budgets, customer acquisition, and partner relationships. She works cross functionally with the many teams at ConsumerTrack to build new and innovative products for both brands and publishers. In her spare time Beta enjoys traveling, photography and yoga.

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  Shane Steele is the Vice President of Marketing at Chime, a mobile bank account that helps people automate their savings and lead healthier financial lives. Ms. Steele was previously the global sales marketing Director at Twitter where she built the marketing function for company’s advertising business. Prior to joining Twitter, Ms. Steele was VP Marketing at Yahoo and Director of Digital Marketing & Emerging Media at Coca-Cola. Ms. Steele began her career as a consultant at Accenture and as Sr. Manager and Creative Lead at Sapient. She graduated from Cornell University where she received a B.S. in psychology and worked as a research assistant in Cornell’s department of social psychology, contributing to several published articles on the study of cognitive biases.

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  Gary Leff writes ViewFromTheWing.com which is visited over 2.5 million times each month. He was named one of the world’s top travel specialists by Conde’ Nast Traveler. He’s been called an “Air Genius” and Rolling Stone called him “the godfather of the [frequent flyer] hobby.” Gary has appeared on The Colbert Report, Good Morning America, The Today Show, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and more. He’s been profiled in Town & Country, the Washington Post, and Washington Business Journal. And he’s regularly quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times. He currently serves as treasurer for two non-profits, and has had a non-profit fundraising practice writing under the signatures of two Majority Leaders of Congress and a future Vice Presidential candidate. He’s worked alongside several Nobel laureates in economics, a Director of the Congressional Budget Office, and a member of the 9/11 Commission.

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  Heather Heuman is the CEO/founder of Sweet Tea Social Marketing, the host of the newly launched Business, Jesus and Sweet Tea Podcast and the CEO/Owner of ElizabethtownFamily.com. She travels the country as a national social media speaker, consultant, and strategist helping businesses, professionals and brands learn effective ways to leverage the power of social media. She's had the privilege of working with clients such as Chick-fil-A, Chambers of Commerce, business owners from Alaska to Virginia, and participated in more than a dozen speaking events over the past twelve months. Heather received her Master's degree from Webster University in Management and Leadership and has crafted a skill set in social media marketing, leadership, business and sales. Forbes social media expert Kim Garst included Heather Heuman on her 'Top 30 Women Rocking it Like A Girl' in 2015. Heather loves God, her husband and three young children and sweet tea, no lemon. Heather calls capital city Columbia, South Carolina home.

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  Jason Brown has over a decade of trading experience and is a graduate of Wayne State University with a Bachelors of Science in Finance. At the age of 23 Jason took a $10,000 student loan and grew it to a six figure trading account. In addition to trading, Jason has a passion for teaching others how to unlock the financial power of the stock market and to avoid the mistakes he has made over the years. Jason is the founder of The Brown Report.com and the creator of Power Trades University an online financial education company that teaches it’s students how to navigate the ins and outs of trading stocks and options while fostering a safe community for new and experienced traders to grow together.

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  Diane Harris is an award-winning personal finance journalist and financial wellness advocate. She is the former editor-in-chief of Time Inc.’s Money Magazine—the first woman to hold the top job—and one of the founding editors of its website, Money.com. During her 22 years at the title, Harris wrote or edited more than a dozen award-winning features; worked entrepreneurially to develop new franchises for the brand; and nearly doubled traffic to its website. Currently, Harris is writing a book on financial wellness along with a bimonthly column for the PBS website NextAvenue.org, and launching a related coaching and consulting business. Previously, Harris was an editor at Working Woman Magazine, where she developed her expertise in women and money issues. She is also the co-author, with Georgette Mosbacher, of the book "It Takes Money Honey: A Get-Smart Guide to Total Financial Freedom," based on a feature that Harris wrote for Money.

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  Crystal Hammond founded SophisticatedSpender.com, a personal finance blog in 2011. She is based in Washington, D.C. and has also been a full-time engineer for the U.S. government for the past 11 years. Crystal is one of the few who has attended all FINCONs when it first began. After being motivated by FINCON16, she partnered with a fellow FINCONner to create a side hustle income challenge. One short month later, her side hustle turned into a full brick and mortar business called Sip and Sew Old Town.

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  Amanda L. Grossman is closing the money education gap − one kid at a time − with experiential money simulations + activities over at MoneyProdigy.com. The Mt. Everest Money Simulation: A Kid's Educational Adventure represents her first grant-funded project through The Plutus Foundation. You probably know her best from FrugalConfessions.com, where she's been blogging + evolving as a Money Organization Strategist since 2009. She's been a featured blogger at the Houston Chronicle, created a Financial Intimacy Webinar for The Dating Divas, and was interviewed by Woman's Day Magazine. Amanda lives in Houston, TX with her husband Paul, their baby, Conner, and cat Danny Boy.

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  Rod Griffin is Director of Public Education for Experian. He leads Experian’s national consumer education programs and supports the company’s community involvement and corporate responsibility efforts. Rod oversees the company’s financial literacy grant program, which awarded more than $500,000 in 2016 to non-profit programs that help people achieve financial success. He works with consumer advocates, financial educators and others to help consumers increase their ability to understand and manage personal finances and protect themselves from fraud and identity theft. For almost two decades he has written Ask Experian, the credit reporting industry’s first online consumer credit advice column. He participates regularly in Experian’s weekly #CreditChat Twitter chat, appears regularly on the company’s weekly live video stream on YouTube Live and hosts a twice weekly live Credit Q&A on Periscope. Rod serves as an expert spokesperson on credit reporting and credit scoring issues and is frequently quoted in national print, broadcast, television and online media outlets.

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  Dan Green is CEO of Growella, a millennial destination website for money, career, and life advice. Dan has appeared on CNBC and NPR as an expert on money, and in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and other national publications. Prior to Growella, Green founded The Mortgage Reports. Dan lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with his wife, 3 children, 2 dogs, and 1 guinea pig. He runs marathons and chases the elusive BQ.

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  A social media storyteller and educator, Greg Gates Jr began a SnapChat project @CashChatSnap. With the intent of sharing responsible and free financial literacy through short, often silly, videos, Greg makes SnapStories about money stuff. Greg expanded CashChatSnap to most of the medias that are social, including Instagram, Musically, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. By being open and available to chat, Greg hosts a community who feel at ease being honest with their stresses around money and/or level of financial knowledge. To increase accessibility, Greg uses Instagram Live for the #DailyDish to talk about money stuff until the dishes are done! His career in alternative education and behavioral health has helped shape his financial conversations around the importance of forming healthly financial habits, while reducing the frictions around making those changes. Here for his first FinCon, he wants to chat with ALL OF YOU!!

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  John held senior positions in 4 Fortune 100 Companies retiring as a Senior Vice President. After leaving corporate America, he built Stock Trend Spotter.com, a service to help individual investors improve their investing results.

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  Kendra James is the creator and CEO of The Finance Femme - a premiere & unique financial consulting firm for women entrepreneurs. She is a young corporate retiree with an entrepreneurial heart and her business finance coaching & consulting services have helped countless women run their business with the confident panache of an executive CEO. With a Corporate Finance degree from Clemson University, 10+ years of corporate finance experience, and over 3 years helping women entrepreneurs – her experience and expertise is vast. Her passion for numbers and business strategy has helped countless powerful female entrepreneurs find peace of mind with their business finances and operations.

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  Daniel Parish is Digital Media Producer at Growella, a Cincinnati-based media company that produces original educational content for the current generation. Daniel helms multiple web series for Growella, including the career-focused interview series "Your Job Is Whaaat??!"; the financially-focused live-action animation series "Growella Explains"; and, the interactive money challenge series "Growella Games". Daniel is a Ball State graduate and live in Cincinnati's Northside neighborhood with his wife and two dogs.

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  SEO Expert | Content Strategist | Pittsburgh-Native | History Nerd Emily began her career in digital marketing at The Second City, Chicago where she found her niche in SEO and content strategy. After fine-tuning her skills at companies like DICK'S Sporting Goods and Walgreens, Emily now works with financial industry leaders on developing and implementing well-rounded content strategies. In her free time, Emily works with local artists and attends as many Renaissance festivals as possible.

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  Amanda Abella is a millennial finance expert, Amazon bestselling author of "Make Money Your Honey" and business coach. Her work has been featured in Forbes, The Huffington Post, Inc and many more.

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  Connie Albers began speaking professionally onstage, online, and on-air early in her career. Her work has included being a spokesperson for Fortune 500 companies as well as serving as a director and board member for a large non-profit, state homeschool organization, and during her tenure created a communications division which included developing and implementing a strategic social media campaign as part of her rebranding process. She has owned an events company, worked on all sides of the booking process, managed and coached speakers as well as executed the largest multi-day homeschool convention in the country. More recently she has worked as a senior political strategist for a U.S. Congressional campaign and speaker relations manager for a large publishing company. Her new venture is fulfilling her desire to teach parents how to navigate the teen years and help kids earn a college degree debt free. Connie enjoys helping communicators achieve the speaking career they desire.

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  Catherine Alford is the go to personal finance expert for educated, aspirational moms who want to recapture their life passions, earn more, reach their goals, and take on a more active financial role in their families. Named the Best Contributor/Freelancer for Personal Finance in 2014, her writing and expertise have been featured in dozens of notable publications and in national media. She founded her award winning personal finance blog, www.CatherineAlford.com, in 2010 and is a frequent speaker at FinCon. As a self employed entrepreneur and the mother to boy/girl twin toddlers, she lives the messages she teaches each and every day.

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  Shannyn has blogged at FrugalBeautiful.com since 2011, and used her blog to pay down her debts and navigate her finances. She's also the founder of VirtualCharityRuns.com and loves being part of an online community that has real life impact in helping others and promoting a common mission. She lives in San Antonio, TX with her partner and two rescue dogs.

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  Toni is the publisher of the popular home management blog, The Happy Housewife. She owns a six-figure ecommerce store specializing in diffuser jewelry. She also co-hosts two conferences, Success Incubator (for bloggers) and Sellers Summit (for ecommerce entrepreneurs). Her kids swear her only hobbies are working from home and Pinterest, but in reality she spends her free time driving kids to and from practices and sporting events.

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  Victoria Araj leads the Quicken Loans Zing Blog and held roles in mortgage banking, public relations and more in her 12+ years with the company. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism with an emphasis in political science from Michigan State University, and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Michigan. She also manages the Opportunity Detroit blog, highlighting the work, live and play resurgence of the Motor City. She has been a guest speaker at New Media Expo and FinCon. Her content has appeared on many sites including Allstate, HomeInsurance.com, Military.com, Scotsman Guide and MoneyTips.

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  Mark is a serial entrepreneur and podcaster with an ever increasing number of network shows to his name via his Excellence Expected brand. Since starting in 2014, he has built a 6 figure business from podcasting as well as co-founding Podcast Websites in late 2015 with his co-founder, John Lee Dumas of EOFire. He teaches brands across the world how to podcast for the good of the brand, the people and the future.

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  Brian is the founder of Investor in the Family, DIY Investing Summit, and Entrepreneur Trainer. His passion is empowering people to find financial freedom and live lives of deep meaning and blessing to others.

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  Charlotte Baker partners with her daughter Eva on TeensGotCents and The Teenpreneur Conference and didn't know what a blog was until 2013.

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  At 16, Eva Baker founded TeensGot Cents, a personal finance website just for teens. It started as a school project and is now her full time job. She is also the founder and organizer of The Teenpreneur Conference an event designed to bring together business minded teens to help them start or grow their business. Her mission is to educate teens everywhere about personal finance and the extraordinary opportunities available to teen entrepreneurs.

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  Grant Baldwin is a nationally known keynote speaker and expert at helping people start and build their speaking business. He is the founder of the Booked & Paid To Speak training course and host of The Speaker Lab podcast. As a speaker, Grant has given nearly one thousand live presentations and has spoken to over 400,000 people in 46 different states through leadership conferences, conventions, and other events. His book and curriculum for students, “Reality Check,” is taught in 400 high schools around the country. While Grant does love speaking and inspiring others, his favorite roles are being a husband and father. He is married to his high school sweetheart and together they have a Barbie dream filled with three daughters. They live in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  Debt freedom expert Jackie Beck is the creator of the app store hit Pay Off Debt. She's been writing about personal finance since 2006, and Pinterest is by far her site's #1 referrer. She is also a top-ranked Pinterest user by number of followers. You can see her personal finance content at JackieBeck.com and follow her on Pinterest at realJackieBeck. She and her app have been featured in O the Oprah magazine, Costco Connection, All You magazine, Money, US News, Yahoo! Finance, and more.

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  Grayson Bell is a blogger over at Debt Round Up and the founder of iMark Interactive where he helps bloggers keep their websites up and running.

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  Emily Guy Birken is a former educator and the author of four personal finance books, including End Financial Stress Now. Her background in education allows her to make complex financial topics relatable and easily understood by the layperson. Her work has appeared on the sites PTMoney, Wise Bread, Student Loan Hero, Money Ning, and Business Insider.

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  Casey is a seasoned personal finance writer and editor, currently serving as the managing editor at Student Loan Hero. You can find her work in a number of publications, including Business Insider, US News & World Report, Forbes, Huffington Post, Yahoo! Finance, The Street, MSN, The Motley Fool, LearnVest, Money Talks News, Redbook, and Style Magazine. Casey has also been featured on numerous local and national radio segments, including ABC News radio.

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  Kathleen is the off-air partner of Stacking Benjamins LLC, where she focuses on the business of blogging. You can find her writing at forprofitblogging.com.

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  Erin Chase is the founder of $5 Dinners, Grocery Budget Makeover & MyFreezEasy. She's the co-founder of $5 Meal Plan. And she's developed a new strategy to help overwhelmed entrepreneurs and small business owners take control of their time, workflow and schedule.

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  Steve Chou runs the popular blog MyWifeQuitHerJob.com where teaches others how to create a profitable ecommerce business.

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  Best-selling author and Financial Therapist Kiné has 13 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has helped thousands of people improve their financial well being; taking clients from frustrated and hurt to peaceful and healed. Kiné speaks to and consults with business owners, couples, and divorcees who are dissatisfied with their lives. She assists them by giving them tools to successfully navigate the Money Cycle to reduce stress and anxiety.These tools stop them from making fear based decisions that cause unhappiness and keep them from reaching their heart’s desire.

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  James M. Dahle, MD is a practicing emergency physician who got sick of feeling ripped off by financial professionals and decided to do something about it. He underwent a lengthy self-education process in which he became an expert about personal finance and investing as it applies to those in the upper tax brackets. Jim then applied those principles in his own life and became a millionaire just seven years out of residency training. He realized that no one was teaching these critical financial principles to otherwise intelligent professionals during their training and so founded The White Coat Investor website to help them get a "fair shake" on Wall Street. His first book, begun immediately after attending FinCon in 2013, has remained a best seller on Amazon for over three years. He now criss-crosses the country helping physicians, dentists, and others stop doing dumb stuff with their money.

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  Saundra Davis is a nationally recognized financial coach, and educator. Her experience in the U.S. Navy, where she made EVERY money mistake possible, and her twenty years serving community based organizations (that is where you make the big bucks, right?) led her to the reality that the best way to help people find a path out of poverty is to help them become their OWN financial expert. Now, as a financial coach, educator, and consultant, Saundra is nationally recognized as an expert in the financial coaching field. Her work has helped to shape financial coaching programs around the country and her high energy, comprehensive training programs inspire nonprofit staff to become true experts in the field.

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  Louis learned how to use LinkedIn while working at a boutique executive search firm in New York City. He’d search through hundreds of profiles each week, looking for the best candidates to fill high-level human resources positions. When he became a full-time freelance writer, Louis used this knowledge to craft his own profile. Potential clients started to find and reach out to him on LinkedIn, and the social network became a consistent source of new work. In 2017, Louis expects to make over $50,000 from writing clients that found him on LinkedIn. In anticipation of this presentation, Louis hired a professional LinkedIn SEO consultant to review his profile and give it an update. He’ll show you the before and after results, give recommendations on how to update (or create) your profile to attract high-quality leads, and share a behind-the-scenes look at his conversations with potential clients.

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  Gerri Detweiler has more than twenty years of experience guiding individuals through the confusing world of credit, and had earned a reputation as a reliable and independent resource on personal and small business credit. Her five books include her newest title, Finance Your Own Business: Get On The Financing Fast Track and the free Amazon Kindle ebook, Debt Collection Answers: How to Use Debt Collection Laws to Protect Your Rights. Gerri serves as Head of Market Education for Nav, the first site to give business owners free personal and business credit scores. There she develops educational programs and content for small business owners, and works on advocacy initiatives. A prolific writer, her articles have been featured on popular websites such as Yahoo!, MSN Money, Forbes, The Today Show website and others. She’s been interviewed in more than 3000 news interviews. Gerri recently downsized to a tiny house.

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  Tom Drake has been blogging since 2009 when he started MapleMoney (previously Canadian Finance Blog). Since then, he founded Drake Media Inc. which includes top sites like Financial Highway, Retire Happy and Create Hype. While Tom loves writing about personal finance, he puts most of his time online into content promotion through SEO, social media, metric tracking and outreach. Tom is a three-time Plutus Award winner and has attended all seven FinCons!

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  Jared Easley and Dan Franks are the Co-Founders and Co-Organizers for Podcast Movement. Podcast Movement is the world's largest International conference for the podcast community. Over 2000 attendees participated at this year's event in Anaheim, CA. Jared & Dan have also organized and created a variety of smaller events including meetups, workshops, online summits, cruises, award ceremonies and more.

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  Steve & Annette Economides are NY Times Best Selling Authors, parents of five grown children and Family Finance Experts. They are passionate about living the frugal debt-free lifestyle and sharing the fun, laughter and freedom they’ve experienced. This has led them to write three books: "America’s Cheapest Family gets You Right on the Money;" "Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half;" and "The MoneySmart Family System – Teaching Financial Independence to Children of Every Age." They also are publishers of MoneySmartFamily.com and the MoneySmart Free Media e-course. Steve & Annette’s enthusiasm about household finances has earned them appearances on Good Morning America, Today Show, Dr. Phil, CNN, Fox News, 20/20, Nightline, InsideEdition, Yahoo Finance, Money Magazine, People Magazine Huffington Post, Real Simple, BBC Radio, London Telegraph, ABC New Zealand and more. Their message of Financial Hope and empowerment is reaching millions of people around the globe.

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  Josh Elledge is the founder and Chief Executive Angel of SavingsAngel.com®, and is one of the nation’s leading experts on consumer savings. His podcast, The SavingsAngel Show, is the #1 smart shopping podcast on the planet. Josh is a weekly syndicated newspaper columnist – writing to more than 1.1 million readers for over eight years. He hosts a consumer TV segment aired on more than 75 TV stations across the country. He is the go-to consumer expert for three TV stations in Orlando, FL. All told, Josh has appeared in the media more than 1,500 times. Josh is also the founder of upendPR.com - a PR agency for digital entrepreneurs that focuses on growing them into media celebrities. Josh is a US Navy veteran, a dad of 3 awesome kids, occasionally performs improv comedy, and is a self-proclaimed fitness geek.

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  Tara is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, former Wall Street investment analyst, and Founder of ReisUP LLC. ReisUP is an early-stage financial services company dedicated to increasing investing education and access for everyday investors. Her mission is to empower people like her friends and family to "rise up" and play a more active role in achieving their financial goals. When not filming, writing, or investing, Tara enjoys traveling, speaking Spanish, and helicopter-parenting her dog, Ruger. She's married to her college sweetheart and passionate about giving back to their alma mater.

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  Robert Farrington is the founder of TheCollegeInvestor.com. He is a millennial money expert who helps people escape student loan debt and start building wealth.

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  The co-founders of popular women's finance site The Financial Diet, Chelsea and Lauren are a writer and designer, respectively. They live in New York City.

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  Casey Fleming is the owner of Loanguide.com and FinancialHelpDesk.net. He has built traffic to both sites using HARO, and has been quoted as a financial expert in U.S. News and World Report, Investopedia, Realtor.com, CreditKarma.com, NerdWallet, Yahoo Finance, Marketwatch.com, Credit.com, and other on line publications. Over the course of three years Casey has developed ongoing relationships with 80 financial bloggers, financial journalists and freelance writers who regularly reach out to him for input on articles, and is constantly expanding that list.

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  Cait Flanders joined the Rockstar Finance team in January 2015, and has spent the last few years helping J. Money curate all of *your* amazing posts to be shared. She's also the last set of eyes on all content, and is the one who schedules everything Rockstar publishes (on the site, newsletters, social media, etc.). Cait is a former debt blogger turned minimalism/simple living blogger. You can read her stuff at caitflanders.com.

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  Tracie has been in the blogging industry for more than 8 years. During that time, she has learned how to leverage social media, especially Facebook, to grow her tribe. To date, she has more than 640,000 followers on her Facebook page alone and more than 25,000 in her private group. She understands what it takes to truly grow an engaged audience who hangs on every word you have to say.

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  Jared Easley and Dan Franks are the Co-Founders and Co-Organizers for Podcast Movement. Podcast Movement is the world's largest International conference for the podcast community. Over 2000 attendees participated at this year's event in Anaheim, CA. Jared & Dan have also organized and created a variety of smaller events including meetups, workshops, online summits, cruises, award ceremonies and more.

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  Donna Freedman has been a college dropout, a single mom, a newspaper reporter and a late-in-life university student. She has also picked tomatoes, worked on a chicken farm, managed an apartment building, inspected and packed bottles in a glass factory, babysat, cleaned houses, mystery-shopped, set type, and sold doughnuts, movie tickets, fresh Jersey produce and, when things got bad, her own blood. While going broke during a protracted divorce she earned a university degree without incurring a dime of debt. Her survival skills so impressed MSN Money that she was hired to create the Smart Spending blog and, later, her own column. Writing for dozens of magazines and newspapers won her regional and national awards. She’s a writing coach, creator of the “Write A Blog People Will Read” course and author of “Your Playbook For Tough Times” 1 and 2. (Ask about the FinCon discount!) Read her at DonnaFreedman.com.

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  Melody Gambino is the Head of Global Marketing for Media.net, an advertising technology company focused on developing innovative monetization products and maximizing competition and value for publishers and marketers. She is also an Advisory Board Member for Rutgers University, an active member of the IAB on several councils, Co-Chair of the sponsorship committee for 212, and the Co-President of the New York chapter of Women in Wireless. She's a Johnson & Wales alumni, originally from Connecticut but now living in Brooklyn.

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  By day, Marcus has been a Certified Internal Auditor for nearly a decade specializing in performance or the assessment of efficiency and effectiveness in the public sector. By night and weekend, he's the co-host of the Paychecks and Balances podcast with Rich Jones. Marcus is the author of Debt Free or Die Trying: How I Buried Myself in Over $30,000 in Debt and Dug My Way Out and enjoys helping others find simple ways to stay out of or get out of debt.

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  Libby is in her fifth year as FinCon's Creative Director. After six years of freelancing as a Graphic Designer and Art Director, she joined the FinCon team full-time in early 2017. Libby has worked with a range of clients from small business start-ups and non-profits to nationwide influencers and companies. At more than 12 years in the creative business, Libby has built experience in branding, environment design, illustration, print media, and apparel design. Currently residing in Nashville, TN, Libby is doing her best to be outside, traveling, and making stuff as much as possible. With the help of FinCon, she's now upping her game at personal finance practices, too.

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  Paul Golden is director of media relations for the National Endowment for Financial Education, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to helping people acquire information and build skills to take control of their personal finances. He has secured exposure with top-tier media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Associated Press, USA Today, the Washington Post, FOX Business News, CNN, CNBC, and others. Golden also serves as spokesperson and has been interviewed by media outlets throughout the country. Prior to joining NEFE in 2005, he worked as a managing editor for an online news service and has spent time working in the financial services industry.

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  Jordan Goodman is known as America's Money Answers Man because he has been answering Americans' questions on personal finance for about 40 years. He hosts the Money Answers radio show on the VoiceAmerica Business network and offers many useful resources at his moneyanswers.com website. He was Wall Street Correspondent at MONEY Magazine, regular commentator on NBC News at Sunrise, Marketplace on American Public Media and is now a regular on many national and local TV and radio shows. He has written 13 books including the Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms, Master Your Debt, The Ultimate Guide to Student Loans and Fast Profits in Hard Times.

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  Dr. Ryan Gray is a former US Air Force Flight Surgeon who found a passion for helping premed students on their journey to medical school. Through his Meded Media network of podcasts, Dr. Gray has helped thousands of students gain the confidence they require to successfully navigate the premed path.

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  Rosemarie grew her blog in less than 3 years to $100k/month while working less than 25 hours a week. She teaches her methods of chasing ROI (return on investment) to get the maximum results in income and traffic with the least amount of effort, time and money. She details the easiest path to full time income from blogging, solutions with high ROI in the four essential areas of growth (traffic, productivity, affiliate income, and list generating) and how to quickly judge opportunities based on their potential for income, and more. Perfect for the new blogger, or the advanced blogger looking for higher returns, this session covers monetization in a way that's applicable for any situation.

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  Ryan Guina – Ryan is an Air Force veteran and the founder of CashMoneyLife.com and TheMilitaryWallet.com. He has traveled to over 30 countries, served as a consultant to the Department of Defense, and loves helping people make better financial decisions. His writing has been featured in US News & World Report and Yahoo Finance, and his websites have been mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN Money, and more.

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  Whitney Hansen is host of The Money Nerds Podcast + founder of WhitneyHansen.com. She teaches millennials how to pay off debt and have fun with their money through webinars, YouTube videos, courses, and coaching. She loves travel and has a slight coffee addiction. Her financial accomplishments include paying off $30,000 in 10 months, buying her first home at 19 and paying $472 for her MBA.

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  Beverly is an award-winning author, credit card expert, and consumer advocate. She has appeared on Fox News, CNN Newsource, Fox 5 NYC, and more. She is also a frequent guest on syndicated radio shows. Beverly's quotes have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Money, Kiplinger, USA Today, Washington Post, Real Simple, Entrepreneur, Family Circle, Consumers Digest, Marie Claire, Redbook, and more. She is also a contributing writer for ClarkHoward.com and editor of the Credit Card Guide Editor for ConsumerAffairs.com. She has published five books, including two award-winners: The Debt Escape Plan: How to Free Yourself From Credit Card Balances, Boost your Credit Score, and Live Debt-Free (Career Press, 2015) and Confessions of a Credit Junkie (Career Press, 2013). Beverly's consumer credit blog gets 100,000 page views a month. And she is proud to say that if you Google "credit card expert," she is the #1 search result.

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  My name's Kali Hawlk, and I help financial advisors build better businesses by creating compelling content that helps attract prospects, capture leads, and convert clients. I started my content marketing firm to make business feel more human, especially in an industry that's sorely lacking in trust between the professionals and the consumers. I love helping financial advisors find authentic ways to attract new prospects to them (instead of chasing them around or hounding current clients for referrals). I believe inbound marketing, and content marketing specifically, can change the way we do business for the better. I'd love to show you how to use creatively written, well-crafted content to attract the exact people you want to work with. I know the power of great content marketing and I devoted the last few years to sharing that reality with advisors like you looking to grow and succeed.

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  Deacon Hayes is the Founder of Well Kept Wallet and is best known for paying off $52,000 in consumer debt in 18 months. He has helped thousands of people develop a financial game plan so they can achieve their financial goals in life. He has been featured in the US News & World Report, MSN Money, Yahoo Finance and more.

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  Jen Hemphill helps busy determined women who are content with their income but not their bank account. She helps them transform their finances from being overwhelming to bringing them financial confidence, control and freedom. She is a Money Confidence Coach, an AFC® (Accredited Financial Counselor) and host of the Her Money Matters Podcast. When she's not talking money, she enjoys photography, coffee, chocolate, traveling, working out and spending time with her husband and two boys.

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  Hilary Hendershott is the founder of Hilary Hendershott Wealth Management, the leading financial advisory firm for women. Hilary’s mission is to motivate women to be financially empowered. She has worked for more than 15 years with women who want to preserve their wealth, make it grow, and eliminate financial stress once and for all. Hilary is also the host of Profit Boss Radio, a weekly podcast where Hilary and her guests offer actionable advice, inspiration and authentic stories to support women in their financial journey. Hilary has an MBA, and she’s a Certified Financial Planner. She’s a TEDx speaker, and been featured in the Wall Street Journal, NBC, ABC, FOX, DailyWorth, Forbes and Investopedia. She was recognized as a Top 40 Under 40 Entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. She’s the go-to personal finance expert in Silicon Valley for the NBC evening news where they call her "The Investor's Voice of Reason."

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  Joseph Hogue runs six websites on topics ranging from personal finance to crowdfunding and dating. Previously an investment analyst and economist, he left the corporate world in 2013 to stop working for someone else and start owning his financial future. He set out to learn everything he could about the business of blogging, how to reach huge audiences and how to make money. He learned early that the fastest way to success as a blogger was to focus on the strategy most bloggers avoided, an SEO process to rank every post on Google. In just three years, he’s built his websites to a $5,000 a month income from five income sources including self-publishing, affiliates and sponsored posts. A veteran of the Marine Corps, Joseph lives with his wife and son in Medellin, Colombia.

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  Michelle Jackson is a blogger, podcaster, and speaker focused on a mission of empowering single women financially. She is the creator of the blog: michelleismoneyhungry.com and the podcast Girl Gone Frugal (again) listen on iTunes.

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  Ted Jenkin, CFP® is the founder and CEO of Hyperchat Social and oXYGen Financial. He is the weekend personal finance expert for CNN Headline News and a featured guest writer for the Wall Street Journal. Ted focuses on helping other small business owners expand their business through unique social media marketing and targets the X & Y generations in his personal practice.

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  Holly Johnson is a professional content creator who writes for publications like The Simple Dollar, Wise Bread, U.S. News and World Report Travel, and Lending Tree. Holly also blogs at ClubThrifty.com and teaches other writers to build profitable freelance careers at EarnMoreWriting.com.

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  At the age of 15, Zac Johnson began making money online designing website banners for $1 each. A self-taught entrepreneur, Zac’s been making money online for almost 20 years and has been involved in nearly every facet of affiliate and online marketing. One of Zac’s many successes includes his story of “How I Made $860,538.38 Profit in 4 Months!” from one website. Zac continues to focus on his blog, where he provides readers with firsthand accounts of his experiences, successes & failures. In addition to his own success stories, Zac reviews affiliate networks and informs readers how & where they should be making new money. Zac’s social reach and site traffic is now over 100,000 strong and has referred over $5,000,000 in new business to his advertisers and network partners. Zac’s latest projects are his podcast, titled “Rise of the Entrepreneur” and his blog training course at Blogging.org.

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  By day, Rich is a Recruiting Manager for a top Silicon Valley company. By night and weekend, he's the Paychecks of the podcast and the show's Producer. Rich has been building things online since 2008, including two award-winning blogs and two podcasts. He cleared himself of credit card debt in 2017 and leverages his work and money insights to help Millennials succeed professionally and financially.

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  Born in Toledo Ohio, and a current resident of San Diego (via Philly, Boulder, Denver, and Brussels), Michael O’Neal’s report cards always said “Talks too much”. This feedback would eventually come in handy, as he is now the host of the popular business and entertainment podcast, The Solopreneur Hour. The show focuses on people that have found themselves “Profitably Unemployable”, and what they’ve done to become successful. A 5 year journey, starting with the loss of his parents and just $14 remaining in his bank account has taken him on a circuitous path to success. Professional drummer, car racer, competitive racquetball player, BMX'er, and former expert mountain bike racer with a penchant for stand up comedy, Michael likes to get out in San Diego and live the solopreneur life of time, location, and financial freedom.

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  Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, The Money Coach®, is a personal finance expert, television personality, and the author of 12 books, including the New York Times bestseller Zero Debt: The Ultimate Guide to Financial Freedom. Lynnette is a former Wall Street Journal reporter for CNBC, who now teaches individuals nationwide how to better manage their finances. She has appeared on hundreds of national TV programs, including Oprah, Good Morning America, The Talk, Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, The Steve Harvey Show, The Today Show and more. As the CEO of TheMoneyCoach.net LLC, a financial education company she founded in 2003, Lynnette oversees all content, marketing and operational efforts; serves as company spokesperson; and is responsible for the editorial direction of the company’s financial blog, AskTheMoneyCoach.com. In 2017, Lynnette launched a video-based learning platform called Money Coach University, with her husband and business partner, Earl Cox. Money Coach University offers online, on-demand personal finance courses.

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  Linsey is a member of the ASJA and has 10 years' experience as a full-time freelance blogger, author, and public speaker. Her experience managing online communities includes acting as the first Community Manager of Wise Bread. Her company, Knerl Family Media, provides digital content for startups across the United States. You can find her work on leading content hubs, including The Christian Science Monitor, TIME, and MSN Money. Her experience as a mom of 6 has inspired her latest project 1099mom.com, a hub for parents looking to blend flexible work arrangements with active family lives.

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  Zina Kumok is a freelance writer specializing in personal finance. She has written for Discover Bank, Wells Fargo and Quicken Loans. She also writes a blog about brave women at A Fearless Female. A true frugalite, she paid off her student loans in three years.

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  Jackie Lam is a personal finance freelance writer whose work has appeared in GOOD Magazine, Business Insider, Huffington Post, Investopedia, and MagnifyMoney. She has also written for Simple Finance, Quicken's Zing! Blog, Acorns' Grow Magazine, Chime Bank, Discover Student Loans, Chase, Swell Investing, and New York Life. Her blog, Cheapsters, is dedicated to helping artists and freelancers manage their money, and support each other to survive and thrive in the new economy.

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  Harlan Landes has been creating and managing online communities since 1990 (before the World Wide Web). He founded one of the first independent blogs to focus exclusively on the topic of personal finance, Consumerism Commentary, in 2003. His articles have appeared in U.S. News & World Report, Currency from American Express, PC World, and Yahoo Finance.

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  I write the Your Money column for The New York Times and am the author of "The Opposite of Spoiled," a book about how, when and why to talk to kids about money and what to say when you do. Current obsession: How families can figure out what to pay for college, which is just the latest six-figure twist on an age old question: How Much is Enough?

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  As a lawyer, Jamie's clients frequently ask for advice on how to be a better negotiator. In this session, Jamie will share negotiation tactics and relay real world experiences where they have resulted in a better deal. Jamie will also discuss the most common mistakes made during negotiation and how to avoid falling into those traps. Finally, Jamie will walk through how to effectively read a contract, the most common contract terms that she sees negotiated and how to maximize your income by effectively negotiating these terms.

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  Nick Loper helps people earn money outside of their day job. He's an author, online entrepreneur, and host of the "Best Business Podcast"-nominated Side Hustle Show, which features new part-time business ideas each week. As Chief Side Hustler at SideHustleNation.com, he loves deconstructing the tactics and strategies behind building extra income streams.

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  Monica Louie is a Facebook ads coach and strategist who helps ambitious online entrepreneurs grow their impact and their profits with the power of Facebook ads. She has worked on more than 100 Facebook ad campaigns, including several traffic campaigns with cost per click as low as $0.02 and conversion campaigns with cost per result as low as $0.35. Her online journey began in 2015 when she shared how her family paid off $120,000 of debt in two years on a single, middle-class income. When she’s not playing in the Power Editor, she can be found hiking in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, dog, and two kids.

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  Erin Lowry is a millennial personal finance expert and the founder of BrokeMillennial.com. She’s also the author of “BROKE MILLENNIAL: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together.” Lowry and her work have been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, CNBC, Fox & Friends, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan and NBC News. Lowry lives in New York City with her spunky rescue dog Mosby.

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  Father, Entrepreneur, Investor, and technology guru. Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Investor Junkie.

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  A financial transformation thought leader, Damion is a born entrepreneur with his first business at age 11, he's started and sold dozens since, ranging from insurance to real estate and personal development. Founder of his own martial art, Yokido ™, and holder of 3 other black belts. Damion paid for his first rental house with a VISA, bought 150 houses in 7 states over next 5 years and then went through a $20,000,000 meltdown in 2008. Today he runs a FinTech dedicated to Disrupting the Wall Street Monopoly by getting people off the Wall Street Roller Coaster and in control of their financial future using alternative assets. Damion is the author of 5 books and has two more being released in 2017.

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  Nathalie Lussier is an award-winning entrepreneur, international keynote speaker, and author who has been making web sites since she was 12 years old. She graduated with a degree in Software Engineering and a job offer from Wall Street, but she turned down this job to start her own business right out of college. She founded AmbitionAlly® to offer the tech and thinking tools needed to turn ambitious entrepreneurs’ ideas into reality. Nathalie has been featured in Forbes, Inc., Fast Company, Success Magazine, Entrepreneur, Venture Beat, Mashable, Business Insider, Yahoo! Finance, and Under 30 CEO. She’s the creator of the hit 30 Day List Building Challenge, and The Idea Sanctuary™ planner for creative entrepreneurs.

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  Miranda is a financial journalist who has been covering money issues for more than 10 years. Her work has appeared on numerous websites including Forbes, Entrepreneur, U.S. News & World Report, NPR, and more. She is the senior writer for Student Loan Hero and the founder of PlantingMoneySeeds.com. Her book is Confessions of a Professional Blogger.

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  Elle Martinez is the creator and award winning blogger of Couple Money, a site and podcast dedicated to helping spouses build up their marriage and wealth together. Every week she interviews financial experts and real life couples who've achieved big financial goals together to break down and find patterns and habits that have helped them be successful.

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  Mark is the voice behind the Late Night Internet Marketing Blog and Podcast at LateNightIM.com. He has been teaching others about Internet marketing and creating passive income online for almost a decade. The Late Night brand is all about helping busy people with a day job build internet businesses one night at a time. Mark is a busy husband and father, and an electrical engineer by day but enjoys helping others learn late at night.

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  Kevin L. Matthews II is a licensed financial advisor, author, and speaker. In 2010, Kevin launched BuildingBread, to inspire millennials to set, simplify and achieve any financial goal. Kevin regularly speaks to young adults across the country and has been featured in several media publications and productions including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, LearnVest, NerdWallet, and many others.

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  Aja McClanahan is a writer who blogs regularly at www.principlesofincrease.com and other online publications about personal finance, entrepreneurship, travel and general lifestyle topics.

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  Talaat and Tai McNeely "America's #1 Money Couple", are Financial Educators that are on a mission to get individuals and couples on the same page financially, and to experience the joys of financial freedom. They are co-authors of Money Talks: The Ultimate Couple's Guide To Communicating About Money. They are also the hosts of the top rated podcast, "The His and Her Money Show". Talaat and Tai McNeely (His and Her Money) have been featured in numerous publications such as T.D. Jakes Show, FoxNews.com, Black Entreprise, MSN.com, Essence, and Business Insider.

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  Joseph Michael is a top-notch trainer & online coach who helps people replace or surpass their current incomes while enjoying a more flexible and fulfilling lifestyle. In less than 1 year Joseph tripled his full-time corporate income and achieved his lifelong dream of working for himself while having the money, time, and flexibility to travel and make lasting memories with his wife and kids. He has mastered the art of teaching online while also developing non-sleazy marketing techniques responsible for bringing in over 25,000 students into his online courses. His most recent course, Easy Course Creation, helps people package their knowledge into something they can be proud of & known for. His course has been called the secret weapon ordinary people are using to replace their income, work from wherever, and reach a wider audience that impacts hundreds…even thousands of people…every single day.

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  Jessica Moorhouse is an award-winning personal finance blogger, speaker and host of the popular Mo’ Money Podcast, who is frequently featured in the news and in major magazines as a go-to millennial money expert. Focusing on building her own community online and offline, Jessica founded the Millennial Money Meetup in 2016 to promote financial literacy amongst millennials in Toronto. Aside from being passionate about personal finance, she’s also a fitness & balance advocate, having launched her first e-course with fitness coach Jaclyn Phillips called the Rich & Fit Bootcamp.

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  Mrs. Frugalwoods writes at www.frugalwoods.com about her journey as an ex-urban, rookie homesteader finding contentment on 66 acres in Vermont with her husband, daughter, and dog. Joyful, extreme frugality made their dream a reality.

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  Ms. ONL is the blogger behind Our Next Life, an early retirement blog with a clear mission: to help people find their own unique path to financial independence and happiness. Our Next Life is known for its thought-provoking posts that question conventional wisdom and encourage readers to think beyond the money aspects of financial independence. She and her husband Mr. ONL are retiring at the end of the year, but for the past 15 years, Ms. ONL has worked as a communications consultant for major nonprofits, cause campaigns, and institutions, crafting unique brands that attract consumer and policy maker engagement and ultimately drive massive social change. Outside of work and blogging, Ms. and Mr. ONL spend their time volunteering on behalf of causes they are passionate about, and enjoying all the outdoor recreation their mountain town has to offer.

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  Chuck built his first profitable website in 1996 at 18 years old. Throughout his career of developing, managing, consulting, and investing in internet-based companies, Chuck has developed a keen ability to spot opportunities and develop strategies that lead to growth and profitability. After seeing an opportunity to leverage his time and money by acquiring under-performing websites, he started investing exclusively in web based assets and has bought and sold companies ranging in size from as little as a few hundred dollars to seven figures. Having successfully sold a large blog that took up the majority of his time, Chuck decided to team up with Quiet Light Brokerage to further leverage his experience and expertise and assist other business owners in entering and exiting their online businesses.

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  Rebecca G. Neale has advocated for clients in the courtroom and the conference room for over a decade. She focuses on family law and estate planning in her legal practice and has a passion for negotiation education. She is a graduate of UC Hastings School of Law and admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and New York.

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  Maria Nedeva is a Business School professor and the creator of The Money Principle: a personal finance blog where she teaches people in financial trouble how to build sustainable wealth.

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  Carrie Smith Nicholson is a financial organization expert and freelance business blogger. After paying off $14,000 of debt she quit her accounting day job and started her blog, carefulcents.com. Over the past 6 years, she’s helped burned out business owners who are tired of chasing money, start earning money on their terms. She does this through fun financial organization and actionable advice for better business systems and productivity. She also offers a private (and FREE) community to support these goals, help you stress less and stop the burnout!

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  After working in public accounting for almost two decades, Eric J. Nisall founded AccountLancer in November 2014. A blogger himself since 2009, he decided to turn his attention to a group he knows quite well: the blogging and freelance community. Not only serving as an accountant and tax preparer for many members of the FinCon community, he also is a go-to expert source for many freelance writers. His advice has appeared on sites such as Huffington Post, Forbes, GoBankingRates, The Penny Hoarder, and more. And it's not all about business, Eric will also talk for hours on end about hockey, music, food, and anything else interesting too!

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  Doug (Nords) Nordman is the author of "The Military Guide To Financial Independence And Retirement" and founder of The-Military-Guide.com. All of his writing revenue is donated to military charities. The-Military-Guide won the FinCon16 Plutus Award for "Best Military Blog". Doug retired from the U.S. Navy's submarine force at the age of 41 to enjoy over 15 years of financial independence. And surfing.

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  Stefanie O'Connell is a millennial money author, speaker and blogger at stefanieoconnell.com. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes and SUCCESS magazine. She is a frequent guest on national television, including The Dr. Oz Show, Reuters, Bloomberg, Fox News, Fox and Friends, ABC World News and CBSN. Stefanie has partnered with national brands, including Capital One, Visa, Allstate and Charles Schwab, sharing her fresh and timely advice with their audiences.

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  Revanche is the personal finance blogger at A Gai Shan Life. A saver, investor, professional, and recovering workaholic, she started blogging about money in the PF Blog Stone Ages while paying down over $100K of debt for her family, putting herself through school, and building a career in a traditional industry. These days she blogs about growing wealth, her family, and creating a rich and fulfilled life.

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  Bev O'Shea writes about consumer credit and debt for NerdWallet. She's been writing and editing stories about money for about a decade and looking to make the most of her money for a lot longer. Her work has appeared on MSN Money, Credit.com and other personal finance websites. She loves dark chocolate, free shipping and rescuing pets.

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  Jessica Rhodes is the founder and CEO of Interview Connections, the premier source for booking outstanding podcast guests. The Interview Connections team of Booking Agents works with podcasters to find and book guests for their shows. They also represent dozens of highly qualified guest experts to connect them with podcast hosts for interviews.

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  Philip Olson spent several years after college as a ‘starving artist’ – waiting tables, parking cars, making lattes while trying to act and direct. Eventually he became a theater instructor, where he fell in love with teaching and coaching his students.Eventually he left the professional artistic world and was inspired to make a difference in a notoriously un-caring industry. In 2015 he went on to pass the Certified Financial Planner™ Board Exam. After that his wife Julia (also an artist) left the mortgage industry and started their own planning firm, The Art of Finance. They adore combining their artistic and financial powers in order to make finance approachable and empowering to creative people.

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  Nathan is the founder and CEO of ConvertKit. An email marketing company for professional bloggers. He loves soccer, woodworking, and designing software.

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  Stephen Rischall is a founding partner and fiduciary adviser at 1080 Financial Group. He has been recognized as one of the top ten “Investopedia 100: Most Influential Advisors” and in 2016 was an “InvestmentNews 40 Under 40” honoree. Born and raised in southern California, by the age of thirteen he began learning how to invest using his own money. During his junior year of college, Stephen started to work in the financial services industry which helped him earn an honors commendation for his role in managing the University Corporation Student Investment Fund. Soon after graduating, Stephen met his eventual business partner Matt while building his advisory practice at a national brokerage firm. In 2015 they put plans in motion to become a fiduciary Registered Investment Adviser and launched 1080 Financial Group, a modern financial firm that combines personal service with smart technology.

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  Now semi-retired, my career in the credit world spanned 40+ years with the likes of FICO, the credit scoring giant where I served for 17 years; Experian, one of the “big three” U.S. credit bureaus; Credit.com, a credit education content provider; and a few others. My many roles included media spokesman, consumer affairs manager, online community developer and credit bureau operations manager. I now write a weekly credit advice column for CreditCards.com, answer a never-ending supply of consumer and media credit questions, and generally take life easy here in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

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  Eric Roberge, CFP®, is the founder Beyond Your Hammock, a financial planning firm that helps professionals in their 30s and 40s do more with their money. He is recognized as an industry leader for his innovative financial planning processes, and frequently speaks at national conferences and events to educate advisors on how to reach, work with, and retain Gen X and Gen Y clients. Eric also helps financial planning professionals understand new, forward-thinking business models that will remain profitable as consumer needs and demands around financial advice evolve. Investment News named Eric to the 40 Under 40 Class of 2016 and he’s also been recognized as a Top 10 CFP Under 36 by Wealth Management Magazine and one of the top 10 Young Advisors to Watch by Financial Advisor Magazine. Beyond Your Hammock is also listed as one of the best financial planning firms in Boston by Expertise.com.

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  Nick True is a married twenty-something from Tennessee and father to three fur-children. He writes about personal finance and budgeting for young professionals at Mapped Out Money.

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  Garrett Philbin is a Financial Coach and the founder of Be Awesome Not Broke, where he helps passionate, driven millennials overcome their money sh*t so they can do more of what they love in the world. In addition, he is the Public Relations Director for the Financial Planning Association of New York and the Marketing Director for the Financial Fitness Workshop. Giving back is an integral part of Be Awesome Not Broke’s mission, so Garrett donates a portion of his time and money to causes that resonate. If you have a charity that you love and want others to help support, send him an email at garrett@beawesomenotbroke.com telling him why they’re awesome and he’d love to add the charity to his list!

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  LaTisha “Tish” Styles is a nationally recognized millennial personal finance expert and digital marketing professional. She is the founder of YoungFinances.com and President of Financial Success Media, LLC. Through her signature training programs, LaTisha helps service based entrepreneurs build an online presence that serves one clear purpose, helping them gain more clients. She has been featured in The Economist, quoted in Forbes, and mentioned in U.S. News and World Report as a top personal finance expert to follow on Twitter.

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  Claudia Pennington is a digital marketing consultant and trainer. With more than a decade’s worth of experience in online marketing, she has become an expert in search engine optimization, Google Analytics, and Google Tag Manager through her work with small and enterprise-level businesses. Claudia trains side hustlers, freelancers, and small business owners in the fundamentals of digital marketing and SEO. Claudia is committed to the success of small businesses and side hustlers everywhere!

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  Winnie Sun is the Managing Director and Founding Partner of Sun Group Wealth Partners, a trusted award- winning financial consulting firm providing financial planning services to small business owners, senior executives, celebrities, tech elite, and established families throughout the West Coast. With over 125K followers on Twitter alone, Winnie is one of the most followed financial advisors on social media today. Winnie has been selected as Investment News' Twenty Women to Watch, is frequent speaker at national events, appears on CNBC’s Closing Bell, Fox Business News, ABC, CBS, and Cheddar as a market commentator and personal finance thought leader, is a regular contributor to Forbes and Nerdwallet, and is quoted in publications including The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, The New York Times, Yahoo! Finance, AOL Finance, HuffPost LIVE, theStreet TV, USA Today, and many others. Winnie was previously First Vice President of Wealth Management, Senior Investment Management Specialist, and Lead Financial Advisor for the Sun Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

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  Abigail Perry is the author of "Frugality for Depressives." Her blog, I Pick Up Pennies, discusses frugality, chronic illness and other life adventures. Her work has appeared on Wise Bread, Citibank and MSN Money.

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  Kyle Prevost is a high school business teacher by day and personal finance expert by night. He has written for many of Canada's leading newspapers and financial publications. If Kyle isn’t on his soapbox at Birtle Collegiate, or providing the answers to Gen Y’s questions over at YoungandThrifty.ca, you can catch him in a boxing ring trying to recapture something he likely never had in the first place.

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  Elizabeth Stapleton is a freelance writer, online entrepreneur, and attorney licensed in New York and Massachusetts. Elizabeth attended New England Law | Boston. While in law school, Elizabeth worked at Ramineni Law & Associates where she specialized in business formation and civil litigation. Elizabeth went on to work at legal research and litigation solutions provider, LexisNexis, for nearly four years as an expert legal research consultant and CLE instructor. She started blogging in 2014 and now enjoys being self-employed and spending time with her newly rescued Catahoula mix dog named Lucy and her less than pleased rescue cat, Doug.

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  Steve Stewart has been producing podcasts since 2010. He currently engineers 17 shows including Stacking Benjamins, Afford Anything with Paula Pant, PT's Masters of Money, and Martinis and Your Money. His latest project includes building the world's largest podcast network for the Money and Media community: The FinCon Podcast Network.

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  Joe Saul-Sehy is the creator and co-host of the Stacking Benjamins podcast. Formerly a media spokesperson for a Fortune 100 financial company, he's worked extensively in television, radio, print media, and now podcasting.

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  Jim Wang runs Wallet Hacks - his encore in personal finance blogging and a renewed focus on strategies and tactics he uses to get ahead financially and in life.

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  Kara Perez is the founder and CEO of bravelygo.co. Bravely is dedicated to connecting women and money through financial literacy events and online content. Kara lives in Austin TX and love peanut butter, New Girl and hiking.

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  Tabitha Philen hosts over 10,000 bloggers in her thriving Facebook community, Inspired Bloggers Network. Founded in 2012, Inspired Bloggers is dedicated to providing bloggers with education and encouragement in a no-pressure environment. Tabitha devotes herself to mentoring and empowering bloggers with her visionary ideas and entrepreneurial spirit through LIVE video and interactive courses at Inspired Bloggers University. Considered a well-rounded expert on blogging for profit and social media, Tabitha shares comprehensive tutorials through live video weekly using Facebook Live. Mom to four children and wife to a talented musician, Tabitha is dedicated to seeing other people learn from her mistakes, blogging about raising a family with sense on cents at MeetPenny.com and budget-friendly recipes at FrugalFamilyFavorites.com. Having published several books and e-courses, Tabitha has been featured in multiple magazines, podcasts, and television appearances, and was named a Pinterest account to follow by iVillage of NBC Universal.

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  Tina Powell is the CEO of C-Suite Social Media, a social media practice management consulting firm for the financial services industry. With over 20 years of experience generating new business and awareness through digital media strategy, Tina’s extensive knowledge and experience with campaigns, channels, and communications has kept her on the cutting edge of marketing in the engagement economy. Currently, Tina judges the WealthManagement.com Industry Awards and the Orion Advisor’s Fuse Conference, in addition to serving on the advisory board for SourceMedia’s Disrupt|Advice financial industry conference and the Presidential Panel for TD Ameritrade Institutional. A dynamic speaker and thought leader, Tina’s prior work has been mentioned in the WSJ, InvestmentNews, Investopedia, Financial Advisor, ThinkAdvisor, RIABiz, WealthMangement.com, Asset TV and The Street TV.

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  Co-Founder (with Justin Malik) of Optimal Living Daily Podcast Network. A podcast company that was started less than 2 years ago and now has 5 top ranking podcasts in the Health, Education & Business charts of iTunes. Justin and Lee had previously operated a successful mobile application business before selling off the bulk of that company's assets and moved into podcasting as a new business venture. Lee has a serious interest in Personal Finance which helped inspire the launch of their Optimal Finance Daily podcast which features many prominent authors and bloggers in the Personal Finance field. 

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  Jason Steele is a journalist who specializes in covering credit cards, award travel, and other areas of personal finance. As one of the nation’s leading experts in the credit card industry, Jason’s work has been featured at mainstream outlets such as Yahoo! Finance, MSN Money, and Business Insider.

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  Jason Vitug is bestselling author of You Only Live Once, keynote speaker, and founder of financial media and education startup, Phroogal. Jason successfully raised $78,501 through crowdfunding supported by 541 donors. In 2013, he founded Phroogal as a personal finance blog and has evolved into a community of over 65,000 people. In 2015, Jason created the Plutus Awards winning project, The Road to Financial Wellness, a grassroots and social campaign to break the social taboo about money and empower a generation through financial knowledge. Jason continues to engage with local organizations, nonprofits and government agencies to promote financial wellness.

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  Winner of the 2015 PLUTUS award for Best Retirement Focused Blog/Podcast. The Retirement Answer Man show shares practical, down to earth lessons on how to work towards your ideal retirement. Host Roger Whitney, CFP®, CIMA®, CPWA®, AIF®, answers listener questions on retirement, addresses the hot topic of the week, shares practical planning wisdom and interviews experts on how to create a great retirement. Head over to rogerwhitney.com/about to learn more and sign up for the free Retirement Learning Center. An online resource full of checklists you can use to work towards your ideal retirement. The Retirement Answer Man show provides practical lessons learned from over 20 years of helping people like you dream up, plan for and work towards their ideal retirement.

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  Kylie Travers has overcome great adversity including domestic violence, homelessness, robbery, rape, paralysis, a cancer scare and mental health issues as a single mom to become a multiple international award winning CEO, keynote speaker, author, blogger and charity advocate, all in the space of 3 years. She used her obstacles to create opportunities to accelerate her business and life, along with doing extensive advocacy work raising funds and awareness for homelessness and domestic violence. Through her work Kylie has been awarded numerous awards such as 3 Plutus Awards and been a finalist for others including Young Australian of the Year in 2015. She is based in Melbourne, Australia with her two daughters and now focuses on public speaking, blogging and advocacy work including her ambitious goal of helping 1,000,000 people get off welfare by 2022. You can find her at www.kylietravers.com.au and www.thethriftyissue.com.au.

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  Caleb Silver is the Editor-in-Chief of Investopedia and an award-winning media executive with 20 years of experience in broadcast news, digital video programming, documentaries, live events and branded content. In 2014, he formed Frog Pond Productions, a New York based production and consulting company that produces and sells television and digital content for cable and broadcast networks, and consults with major media companies and investment firms. Prior to that he was the Director of Business News for CNN and worked for the network for ten years in a variety of executive and management roles. He was the Executive Producer for CNNMoney.com, where he helped launch the CNNMoney Video Network. He was also a Sr. Producer on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. Silver began his business journalism career at Bloomberg News in 1997, where he worked as a senior television producer for 8 years. He is a graduate of NYU’s Carter Journalism Institute and Colgate University. He lives in New York City with his wife and two daughters.

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  Todd is a former hedge fund manager who "retired" at age 35 to become a financial educator and consumer advocate. He began FinancialMentor.Com on the premise that quality financial education must be separated from investment product sales to reduce conflict of interest. He is the author of 5 books including the best seller "How Much Money Do I Need To Retire" and is now creating the (soon to be) industry standard wealth building curriculum "7 Steps To 7 Figures".

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  John Rampton is an entrepreneur, investor, online marketing guru and startup enthusiast. He is the founder of Due, listed as one of the “fastest growing payments companies” by Forbes. Ten years ago, John was working at a construction site trying to pay for college when he was run over by a large skidster. After multiple surgeries, he was told he would never walk again. During this time, he spent 16 to 20 hours a day learning everything he could to be successful as soon as he overcame this massive barrier. Through hard work and a positive attitude, he was able to fully recover and since then has built several multi-million dollar companies. Rampton has been called one of the “most inspirational entrepreneurs and innovators” by Inc.and was just listed as #2 on the “Top 50 Online Influencers in the World” by Entrepreneur Magazine. He loves to pay it forward by sharing his experiences through speaking and writing columns at a variety of publications, including everywhere from HBR to TechCrunch. When he is not working, he spends time with his lovely wife and daughter in Palo Alto.

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  Leisa Peterson is a life coach who helps conscious entrepreneurs fall in love with money. She combines her skills of being a long-time entrepreneur and self-made millionaire with over 20 years of working in personal finance. Then mixes in mindfulness practices, Emotional Freedom Techniques, and other healing modalities to help clients reconnect to their true selves while removing their limiting beliefs around money. Leisa is passionate about exposing the fallacy of lack in our culture whilst encouraging the pursuit of abundance. You can connect with Leisa at wealthclinic.com

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  Bobbi Rebell is the author of the best-selling self-help/personal finance book “ "How to Be a Financial Grownup: Proven Advice from High Achievers on How to Live Your Dreams and Have Financial Freedom,”. It combines unique personal financial stories from inspirational leaders with targeted specific actionable advice to help readers take charge of their money. Role Models include Tony Robbins, Kevin O’Leary, Cynthia Rowley, Jim Cramer, Drew Barrymore and Sallie Krawcheck. "Financial Grownup" has been featured in AARP Magazine, Well + Good, Oprah.com, The NYPost, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Redbook, Refinery 29, the Tony Robbins blog, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, HerMoney with Jean Chatzky, and countless other media outlets. Her documentary, "The Financial Grownup Project" is currently in production. She is also an award-winning TV anchor and personal finance columnist most recently at Thomson Reuters, the largest news organization in the world. Her business videos have been seen on hundreds of broadcast and online channels around the world, and her Reuters column on personal finance was syndicated to newspapers and websites worldwide. She was also previously a reporter at PBS (Nightly Business Report) and held various producer positions at CNN and CNBC. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and has a Certificate in Financial Planning from New York University. She lives in NYC with her husband, 3 kids and her morkie Waffles.

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  An accidental personal-finance expert, J.D. has been blogging for since before "blog" was even a word -- over twenty years! He's the founder of Get Rich Slowly and Money Boss, and the author of Your Money: The Missing Manual.

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  Founder of Millennial Money. Dubbed "The Millennial Millionaire" by CNBC, Grant went from $2.26 to $1 million in 5 years, reaching financial independence at age 30. He has been working in digital marketing for 10 years and is passionate about helping others build wealth and reach financial independence.

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  Courtney Sanders is a rising authority in millennial women’s empowerment. Reaching nearly 50,000 followers through her Instagram profile alone, Courtney has transformed the stodgy reputation of personal and professional development into a social experience by making it fresh, relatable and easy to understand. Courtney Sanders, founder of women's empowerment brand, Think & Grow Chick, is a highly sought after Women's Empowerment Expert, Speaker, and Entrepreneur. Through Think & Grow Chick provides personal and professional advice to over 100,000 millennial women every month. Courtney has had the opportunity to speak to a number of organizations, including The White House Council on Women and Girls, Levo League, The Limited, and the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), among others, all by the age of 28. Her flagship course, No Excuses Woman, has been purchased over 1,200 times, empowering women everywhere to master their self-discipline and take control of their lives.

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  Matt Schulz is Senior Industry Analyst at CreditCards.com. He is also a regular contributor to USNews.com's My Money blog and the founder of TalkingInClass.org, a website devoted to improving childhood financial literacy by mobilizing money-smart grownups to share their knowledge in America's classrooms. With more than a decade of experience in personal finance, Schulz is regularly quoted by news outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and New York Times. He has also appeared on national news shows such as CBS Evening News, NBC's Today Show, CNBC's Power Lunch and Fox Business' Mornings With Maria as well on hundreds of local TV and radio stations throughout the nation. He is also a frequent speaker at conferences such as FINCON and the Digital Money Forum. He is a graduate of the University of Texas and lives in Austin with his amazing wife and awesome little boy.

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  Natalie Sisson is on a mission to help entrepreneurs create freedom in business and simplicity in life. A self-proclaimed Freedomist, she shows you how to work less, earn more and be free. Natalie shares tips, strategies and effective hacks via her blog, videos and podcasts on how to use technology, tools, outsourcing and automation to free up more of your time so you can focus on living your ideal lifestyle and embracing every moment, while your business runs seamlessly (and even without you)!

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  Crystal Stemberger is a born entrepreneur. She took the leap into full time self-employment in 2011 with blogging and blog advertising management. Her husband joined her in January 2012. She created another growing business in 2014, Crystal’s Cozy Care Pet Sitting, which is thriving as well. Her core priorities are family and friends, and she blogs about finding the right balance with them and her two businesses. Her daily goal is to inspire others to attempt and succeed at whatever they love, whether that is self-employment related or not.

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  Stacy Wakefield is a personal finance marketing leader with over 11 years of experience. Her background includes oversight of a multi-million dollar book of business and marketing budgets as well as building and managing partnerships. Recognized by partners for providing creative and insightful input for digital strategies and collaborating extensively with internal teams and external partners to maximize marketing impact, Stacy joined Credit Sesame in 2014, working cross-functionally in both product and marketing. Prior to joining Credit Sesame, Stacy was Director of Affiliate Marketing at Credit Karma and Business Development Manager at Quinstreet.

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  Liz is a NerdWallet Columnist and Certified Financial Planner® whose goal is to help you get smarter about money so you can get on with your life. She's the author of five books including the best-selling "Your Credit Score" and has appeared on a bunch of TV shows, including CNBC’s Power Lunch, Mornings with Maria on Fox Business, NBC Nightly News, the Today Show—and Dr. Phil, where she advised a would-be ghost hunter to get real about his finances. She lives with her husband, daughter and co-dependent golden retriever in Los Angeles.

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  Roger Wohlner is an experienced freelance financial writer, blogger and financial advisor based in Arlington Heights, Illinois. His expertise includes providing financial planning and investment advice to individual clients, 401(k) plan sponsors, foundations and endowments. Roger contributes to his own popular finance blog, The Chicago Financial Planner, where he writes about issues concerning financial planning, investments and retirement plans. His work has been featured on sites such as Investopedia, US News & World Report, Yahoo! Finance, Go Banking Rates, Investor Junkie and many others. Roger writes extensively for a number of financial services companies and for other financial advisors as well.

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  After more than a decade of writing about and marketing products in-house for the financial big boys, Alaina Tweddale jumped ship. Today, she still creates copy for some of the largest names in the financial industry (even one former employer!) but now she does so from home, on her own terms. Along the way, her work has appeared in dozens of top-notch online publications including Time, MSN, Forbes, and Kiplinger. When she’s not writing for clients, Alaina is on an eternal search for the perfect balance between financial freedom and lifestyle bliss. You can follow her journey at www.WealthyFitandWise.com.

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  Carrie Rocha founded PocketYourDollars.com in 2009 and solid it for six figures in 2017. She has been known for her practical advice and authenticity that have changed countless families’ financial situations. She is the author of a book also called Pocket Your Dollars (Bethany House 2013) that addresses the underlying attitude changes she and her family made to eliminate $50,000+ in debt in two-and-a-half years. As a blogger she was a sought-after media personality, having been featured in Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine, Forbes.com, Ladies’ Home Journal, Yahoo! Finance, and many other media outlets. For over eight years she was a weekly voice on local radio and television in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Carrie has served on the National Women’s Money Council, Affiliate Summit Advisory Board and in her free time she homeschools her two daughters.

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  Jesus & family lover, financial planner, Iraqi Combat Veteran, Author of Soldier of Finance, Forbes, CNBC, Business Insider contributor, In-N-Out Burger addict, Crossfitter

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  Joshua J Sheats, MSFS is the world’s leading authority on integrating lifestyle goals and money goals without conflict. He teaches normal people how to seamlessly connect the science of financial planning with the joy of goal achievement. Joshua is dedicated to helping normal people achieve financial freedom by merging the creative (and crazy) ideas from the world of personal finance with the academic integrity of formal financial planning. He simplifies the complex topics of money and makes the boring financial mumbo-jumbo less boring. Joshua is an expert financial planner with a lifelong focus on advanced education.

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  Farnoosh Torabi is one of America’s leading personal finance authorities — hooked on helping Americans live their richest, happiest lives. From her early days reporting for Money Magazine to hosting a primetime series on CNBC and writing monthly for O, The Oprah Magazine and Mint.com, she’s become a favorite go-to money expert and friend.

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  Scott is the host of one of the top rated business podcasts "The Amazing Seller", where he helps and teaches the average person how to sell physical products on Amazon and their own Ecommerce stores.

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  A blogger for over 15 years, Jessica Woodbury has built successful influencer and content programs to serve a wide variety of brands. She is currently the Director of Content Development at CJ Affiliate, the largest affiliate network in the US. She is a writer, reader, and lapsed lawyer.

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  Kayla is passionate about helping people get their finances in order so they can pursue a life of freedom. She quit her job to work for herself with over $148,000 of debt and swears it was the best decision she's ever made!

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  I'm a writer, data scientist, and economic policy geek. I believe that statistics aren't destiny, and I want to empower people to live financially healthy lives. I excel with spreadsheets (and puns)!

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  Vernon is the author, speaker, podcaster and digital strategist. He teaches as a professor at the University Missouri St. Louis, about podcasting for Post Graduates and Undergrads on the subject of podcasting for the School of Business. Universities, Individuals, and Organizations hire him to help them to launch their internal and external podcast.

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  Christina Roman is the social media specialist for Experian. She is responsible for content strategy and production for live streaming social platforms, including Periscope and Snapchat. Additionally, Christina helps manage Experian’s Twitter account, the News Blog and Experian’s weekly #CreditChat (a video chat and tweetchat), with a focus on brand awareness, reputation and community building. Prior to joining Experian, Christina worked as the social media strategist and communications specialist for the Red Hat Society, Inc. Christina holds a Bachelor of Science in news editorial journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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Alumni Speakers

2016 Keynote Speakers

Clark Howard

Clark Howard is a consumer expert whose goal is to help you keep more of the money you make. His national radio show and site, ClarkHoward.com, show you ways to keep money in your pocket.

As a successful lifelong entrepreneur, media star and best-selling author of ten books, the Atlanta-based “consumer champion” is dedicated to helping Americans of all means get ahead in life.

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Kim Garst

Kim Garst is the best-selling author Will The Real You Please Stand Up: Show, Up, Be Authentic and Prosper in Social Media. She is also the CEO of Boom! Social.

She is internationally recognized as a thought leader in the social media space. Forbes named her as one of the Top 10 Social Media Power Influencers and she regularly contributes to Entrepreneur.com and Huffington Post. Her own blog, kimgarst.com, is one of the top social media resources in the world.

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Noah Kagan

Noah Kagan is the Chief Sumo at AppSumo, which helps business professionals kick more ass. He specializes in making things, eating burritos, and disc golf. Previously, he founded Gambit, a payment engine for virtual games. Before that, he helped launch Mint.com.

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2016 Speakers

Greg McBride, Bankrate.com

Ashe Whitener, Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast

Kyle Taylor, Penny Hoarder

J.D. Roth, Money Boss

Jean Chatzky, HerMoney

Pat Flynn, Smart Passive Income

Jeff Rose, Good Financial Cents

Patrice C. Washington, Real Money Answers

Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista

Erin Chase, $5 Dinners

Brandon Turner, Bigger Pockets

Natalie Sisson, Suitcase Entrepreneur

Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, AskTheMoneyCoach.com

Daraius Dubash, Million Mile Secrets

Joshua Sheats, Radical Personal Finance

Chris Ducker, ChrisDucker.com

Joe Saul-Sehy, Stacking Benjamins

Liz Weston, NerdWallet

Gerri Detweiler, Nav

Harlan Landes, The Plutus Awards

Rachel Elson, MONEY

Beta Karimzadeh, GOBanking Rates

Jason Vitug, Phroogal

David Weliver, Money Under 30

Adam Carroll, National Financial Educators

Stacy Wakefield, Credit Sesame

Andrea Amir, Smart Money Chicks

Bobby Lee, 2 Minute Finance

Shawn Coomer, Miles to Memories

Eric J. Nisall, Account Lancer

Brad Barrett, Travel Miles 101

Gary Leff, ViewFromTheWing.com

Sam, Financial Samurai

Bobbi Rebell, Reuters

Joe Udo, Retire by Forty

Emma Pattee, EmmaLincoln.com

Stu Richards, Bredin

Ginger Dean, Girls Just Wanna Have Funds

Cameron Huddleston, GOBanking Rates

Dave Jacobson, Coach Connections, LLC

Doug Nordman, The-Military-Guide.com

Kathleen Celmins, Stacking Benjamins

John Rampton, Due.com

Brent Carnduff, Advisor Web Marketing

Lisa M. Hinz, LMHinz Marketing

Tek Kim, Fiverr

Shannon McLay, The Financial Gym

Danielle Liss, Businessese

Talaat and Tai McNeely, His and Her Money

John Cordray, johncordray.com

Phil DeGisi, CommonBond

Jordon Cox, MoneySavingExpert.com

Nikesh Desai, InvestingChannel

Tom Drake, Canadian Finance Blog

Josh Elledge, Savings Angel

Ash Exantus, BankMobile

Manny Fernandez, DreamFunded.com

Jessica Garbarino, Every Single Dollar

Kiné Corder, The Prosperous Life

Matt Giovanisci, MoneyLab.com

Paul Golden, National Endowment for Financial Education

Bo Hanson, The Money Guy Show

Beverly Harzog, Harzog Enterprises

Kali Hawlk, XY Planning Network

Deacon Hayes, Well Kept Wallet

Sam Henderson, Henderson Maxwell

Jackie Beck, The Debt Myth

Teresa Mears, Living on the Cheap

Amanda Mock, Do Shit Podcast and Marketers Lab Podcast

Pia Adolphsen, Mama Hustle

Marissa Anwar, Thirty Six Months

Mihir Apte, SmartAsset

Mrs. Frugalwoods, www.frugalwoods.com

Arindam Nag, CentSai Inc

Claudia Pennington, Audits

Brian Preston, The Money Guy Show

Eric Rosenberg, Personal Profitability

Leslie Samuel, BecomeABlogger.com

Emily Chase Smith, ChaseSmith Press

Sandy Smith, Yes, I Am Cheap

Kevin Soehner, iGrad

David Stein, Money For the Rest of Us

Mary Beth Storjohann, Workable Wealth

Chenell Tull, Conversion Owl Marketing

Anthony Witt, The Champion Entrepreneur

Lisa Woodruff, Organize 365

Lauren Greutman, LaurenGreutman.com

Kathy Kristoff, Kiplinger / CBS News

Michael Kitces, Nerd's Eye View

Grant Baldwin, The Speaker Lab

Mike Vardy, Productivityist

Jordan Harbinger, The Art of Charm

Steve Chou, My Wife Quit Her Job

Jennifer Barrett, Grow (from Acorns)

Michael Stelzner, Social Media Examiner

Stacy Johnson, Money Talks News

Mary Beth Franklin, Investment News

Michael O'Neal, The Solopreneur Hour

Sean Work, Crazy Egg

Erik Harbison, AWeber

Zac Johnson, ZacJohnson.com

Robert Farrington, The College Investor

Michael Schreiber, Credit.com

Paula Pant, Afford Anything

Dorethia Kelly, #MoneyChat

Bob Lotich, EfficientBlogging.com

Michael Delgado, Experian

Korrena Bailie, Credit Karma

Holly Porter Johnson, Club Thrifty

Jim Wang, Wallet Hacks

Catherine Alford, CatherineAlford.com

Ted Jenkin, oXYGen Financial

Bob Sullivan, Credit.com

Tonya Rapley, My Fab Finance

Chris Peach, Money Peach

Stefanie O'Connell, StefanieOConnell.com

Zina Kumok, Debt Free After Three

Matthew Schulz, CreditCards.com

Natalie Eckdahl, Biz Chix

Jeff Brown, Brown Knows Media

Hal Lublin, Swagbucks

Nick Loper, Side Hustle Nation

Toni Anderson, Digital CoLab

Thomas Frank, College Info Geek

Kyle Ivins, Monumetric

Tabitha Philen, MeetPenny.com

Steve Stewart, Steve Stewart Podcast Production

Donna Freedman, DonnaFreedman.com

Amanda Abella, AmandaAbella.com

Jay Fleischman, Consumer Help Central

Lou Ferrara, Bankrate

Emily Guy Birken, EmilyGuyBirken.com

Jennifer Fitzgerald, Policy Genius

Miranda Marquit, Planting Money Seeds

Christine Odle, Rockin' Beeby Enterprises

Jana Lynch, JanaSays.com

Jason Steele, Freelance

Victoria Araj, Quicken Loans Zing Blog

LaTisha Styles, LaTishaStyles.com

Scott Alan Turner, ScottAlanTurner.com

Scott Maderer, Christian Stewardship Coaching

Philip Taylor, PT Money

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  Greg McBride, Bankrate.com

  Greg has two decades of experience in providing both in-depth commentary and practical personal finance advice to consumers. Through Bankrate.com's Money Makeover series, he has helped consumers plan for retirement, manage debt and develop appropriate investment allocations. He has appeared on hundreds of national cable and network broadcasts, is routinely quoted by major print outlets, serves as a Wall Street Journal Expert Panelist, is a regular radio guest on financial talk shows, and is an accomplished public speaker. McBride is a graduate of the University of Florida and has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

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  Ashe Whitener, Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast

  Ashe Whitener is the founder and host of the Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast which provides an alternative perspective to achieving individual freedom through the creative entrepreneurial process. Ashe is also an original member of Peter Schiff’s Euro Pacific Bank and is currently the Head of Business Development which manages 1000+ B2B referral partnerships worldwide. He holds two B.S. degrees in Computer and Electrical Engineering and much of his entrepreneurial experience has come while living in Panama. Ashe become facinated with Bitcoin in 2013 and understands crypto-currencies from both an economic and technical perspective. He continues to consult global teams on various projects including crytpo-currency startups, tech startups and offshore asset protection.

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  Kyle Taylor, Penny Hoarder

  Kyle Taylor is the Founder and CEO of ThePennyHoarder.com which offers engaging and fun conversations about personal finance. The Penny Hoarder has pioneered a new kind of personal finance media with stories about real people and actionable money tips that make a true difference in their readers’ budgets. Under his leadership, The Penny Hoarder has grown from a personal blog to one of the largest publications on the web with more than 12 million readers a month. They were recently recognized as the fastest-growing private media company and the 32nd fastest-growing company in America by Inc. magazine.

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  J.D. Roth, Money Boss

  J.D. Roth founded Get Rich Slowly in 2006. He wrote Your Money: The Missing Manual, created the year-long Get Rich Slowly course, and contributed the "Your Money" column to Entrepreneur magazine from 2011 to 2014. He now writes about financial freedom at Money Boss.

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  Jean Chatzky, HerMoney

  Jean Chatzky is an American financial journalist, author and motivational speaker. Chatzky has given personal financial advice on various TV shows. She is the financial editor for NBC's Today Show.

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  Pat Flynn, Smart Passive Income

  Pat Flynn of SmartPassiveIncome.com has grown over the recent years to become one of the most popular personalities in the online world in and around the space of entrepreneurship, podcasting, blogging and online business. His podcasts have accumulated over 18 million downloads, and he's been a sought after speaker for his mix of energy and passion with incredibly useful and no-nonsense content. He's been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur and the New York Times, and considers FINCON to be his all-time favorite conference that he attends. He spoke at FINCON13 in St. Louis as our opening keynote speaker, and he'll be back again to deliver amazing content, but also be seen amongst the crowd as he's known to just be incredibly accessibly and friendly to everyone.

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  Jeff Rose, Good Financial Cents

  Jeff is a Certified Financial Planner™ professional, CEO and Founder of Alliance Wealth Management, LLC, an investment advisory firm. Jeff is also an Iraqi combat veteran having served in the Army National Guard for 9 years, including a 16 month deployment to Iraq in 2005. He is the founder of GoodFinancialCents.com (a Top 10 money blog you should read according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance) and author Soldier of Finance – his book that combines his military background with his financial planning knowledge. He currently writes for US News & World Report and Equifax and has been featured in major sites such as Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Kiplingers, and Fox Business. In his free time, he loves hanging with his family, tortures himself with Crossfit workouts, and daydreams frequently when he can chow down on an In-N-Out Burger again.

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  Patrice C. Washington, Real Money Answers

  Patrice C. Washington has been making money educational yet fun since 2003 as a nationally recognized best-selling author of the Real Money Answers financial series, featured columnist, television commentator, transformational speaker, spokesperson, radio host and leading authority on personal finance, entrepreneurship and success for women and youth. A licensed real estate professional by her Sophomore year in college and a real estate and mortgage broker at 21 years old, Patrice took her boutique brokerage from the dining room of her 700 square foot condo to a 7-figure real estate empire by just 25. After losing her fortune in the Great Recession, she dedicated her life to not just rebuilding and reinventing her own life, but helping the masses move from debt management to money mastery. Today, Patrice’s wisdom on money matters has been featured as a recurring voice by national brands such as NBC, Black Enterprise, The Huffington Post, Upscale Magazine and most recently as the personal finance voice of the top-rated and nationally syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Radio Show where she hosts her own weekly segment, Real Money Answers with Patrice Washington. Each year she electrifies tens of thousands as a sought after speaker from colleges to churches and conferences nationally and is currently sharing the stage on tour with renown speakers Tony Robbins, John Maxwell, Lisa Nichols and Steve Harvey.

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  Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista

  Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche is quickly becoming America's favorite, personal financial educator. The Budgetnista is the founder of the LIVE RICHER Challenge. Since 2008, The Budgetnista has specialized in the delivery of financial education that includes seminars, workshops, curricula and trainings. Tiffany is the bestselling author of the books, The One Week Budget and Live Richer Challenge (#1 Amazon / budgeting), and she and her financial advice have been featured on: Good Morning America, the TODAY show, PBS, TIME, The New York Times, Reuters, ESSENCE Magazine, FORBES, Fox Business, MSNBC and CBS MoneyWatch. She also blogs about personal finance for The Huffington Post and U.S. News and World Report.

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  Erin Chase, $5 Dinners

  Erin Chase is the founder of 5DollarDinners.com, The $5 Meal Plan & the popular Grocery Budget Makeover video course, MyFreezEasy membership, and author of the $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook series. When not whipping up delicious, frugal meals in the kitchen, she can be found out of a run, chasing her boys around the neighborhood, or taking escape from the summer heat in the pool. She lives with her husband, 4 boys and 1 furry boy in San Antonio, TX.

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  Brandon Turner, Bigger Pockets

  Brandon Turner is the VP of Growth at BiggerPockets.com, the real estate investing social network. He's also the co-host of the BiggerPockets Podcast and author of several half-way decent real estate books that people seem to love.

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  Natalie Sisson, Suitcase Entrepreneur

  Natalie Sisson is No #1 bestselling author, podcaster, speaker and adventurer who believes everybody has the right to choose freedom in business and adventure in life. She’s on a mission to ensure 1,000,000+ entrepreneurs do just that by 2020 over at the SuitcaseEntrepreneur.com. Born in New Zealand Natalie’s built her multiple six figure business from her laptop over the last 6 years while living out of her suitcase, traveling to 69 countries and showing others how to build a profitable online freedom business that supports their ideal lifestyle through her definitive Freedom Plan program.

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  Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, AskTheMoneyCoach.com

  Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, The Money Coach®, is a personal finance expert, speaker, and the author of more than a dozen books, including the New York Times bestseller Zero Debt: The Ultimate Guide to Financial Freedom. Lynnette is a former Wall Street Journal reporter and CNBC correspondent. She now works as a financial educator, helping Americans to better handle their money – especially managing credit and debt. Lynnette has appeared on hundreds of national TV programs, such as Oprah, The Talk, Dr. Phil, The Dr. Oz Show, The Steve Harvey Show, Good Morning America, The Today Show and more. To learn more about Lynnette, please follow her on Twitter or Facebook, or visit her free financial advice site, AskTheMoneyCoach.com.

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  Daraius Dubash, Million Mile Secrets

  Daraius Dubash is a credit card miles & points expert who loves to help folks travel without spending a lot! He calls it "Big Travel with Small Money!" He also loves meditation, yoga, and avoiding shopping. As a child he killed a houseplant because he watered it with milk. Since then he’s learned that photosynthesis does not involve lactose. He’s also learned secrets that have enabled him to visit 6 out of 7 continents — often flying First Class and staying in luxurious hotel suites. On MillionMileSecrets.com, he's been sharing insider knowledge with 20,000 readers per day for over 5 years! He’s been featured in The New York Times, CNN, US News & World Report, but not Better Homes & Gardens magazine. They don’t forgive. By collecting miles you can travel in style for cheap. Follow MillionMileSecrets.com for breaking news, beginner posts, cheap flights, and analysis of which offers are worth your time — and which are not!

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  Joshua Sheats, Radical Personal Finance

  Joshua J. Sheats, MSFS, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC®, CASL®, CAP®, RHU®, REBC® was an amateur personal finance enthusiast who later crossed the bridge to serve as a professional financial advisor. After years of work as an advisor, he grew frustrated with the existing financial talk radio shows and decided to build his own more in-depth, more interesting version. He now hosts Radical Personal Finance, a hardcore financial podcast delivered daily.

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  Chris Ducker, ChrisDucker.com

  A serial entrepreneur, virtual staffing expert, blogger, podcaster and author, Chris helps other entrepreneurs catapult their businesses into the 21st century utilizing what he calls the ‘New Business’ style of marketing. Chris’ new book, Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business, hits shelves April 1st, 2014. Learn more about Chris at www.chrisducker.com.

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  Joe Saul-Sehy, Stacking Benjamins

  Joe is the founder and host of the award winning Stacking Benjamins podcast. He is a former financial advisor (16 years) and represented a Fortune 500 company in the media. He was the “Money Man” at Detroit television WXYZ-TV, appearing twice weekly. He’s appeared in Child, Bride and Best Life magazines, the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun-Times, Detroit News and Baltimore Sun newspapers. He’s also appeared online in more than 200 different places, including CNBC.com and WSJ.com.

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  Liz Weston, NerdWallet

  Liz is a columnist for NerdWallet, and an award-winning personal finance writer who has authored several books about money, including the best-seller "Your Credit Score." Her weekly syndicated Q&A column, which appears in the Los Angeles Times and other papers, gives straight, clear answers to the money problems Americans face.

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  Gerri Detweiler, Nav

  Gerri Detweiler is an expert on consumer and small business credit and financing. Her articles have been widely syndicated and she has been interviewed for more than 3000 news interviews. Her latest book (of five) is "Finance Your Own Business: Get on the Financing Fast Track." She is head of market education at Nav, which provides free small business and personal credit scores and financing advice.

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  Harlan Landes, The Plutus Awards

  Founder of Consumerism Commentary. Personal finance writer & speaker. Brand consultant. Founder of the Plutus Awards.

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  Rachel Elson, MONEY

  Rachel Elson is managing editor at Inc.com. Her work has appeared in Newsweek.com, Dance and Pointe magazines, The Washington Post, Salon.com, People.com, The New York Post and other publications.

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  Beta Karimzadeh, GOBanking Rates

  Beta Karimzadeh is the EVP Media & Strategy at Consumer Track, Inc. where she oversees advertiser and partnership relationships in Banking, Credit Cards, Investments, Retirement and Lending. Beta has a long extensive background in digital and print advertising with a core focus around customer acquisition. Beta holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Business and Marketing from Cal Poly Pomona.

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  Jason Vitug, Phroogal

  Empowering a generation to live their dream lifestyle through financial knowledge. Founder @phroogal & bestselling author of You Only Live Once.

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  David Weliver, Money Under 30

  David Weliver is the founder and publisher of Money Under 30, a personal finance blog founded in 2006 that receives over 1 million unique monthly visitors. He lives in Portland, Maine with his family and is now well older than 30.

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  Adam Carroll, National Financial Educators

  Adam is an internationally recognized speaker having presented at over 600 college and university campuses, hundreds of leadership symposiums and countless local and regional events. Adam's TEDx talk at the London Business School has been viewed over half a million times on YouTube, and his work in financial education led to the crowd-funding and release of the student loan documentary Broke, Busted & Disgusted, coming out on Netflix this December.

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  Stacy Wakefield, Credit Sesame

  Stacy Wakefield is the Vice President of Marketing at Credit Sesame, where she oversees all online and offline marketing channels. Stacy is an innovative senior marketing and sales leader with ten years of experience delivering results in competitive online advertising environments. She has extensive knowledge in personal finance consumer acquisition, particularly with credit scores and credit cards. Stacy has a Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design and Marketing from the University of Central Oklahoma.

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  Andrea Amir, Smart Money Chicks

  A Cultivator of Wealth, Certified Financial Literacy Educator & Housing Counselor, amazing card player & your typical girl next door who loves the Lakers!

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  Bobby Lee, 2 Minute Finance

  Bobby Lee is host of 2 Minute Finance, a video blog dedicated to teaching money management skills in short videos. He is also co-host of the Young and Oldish Money podcast, discussing the uneven impact finance and consumer issues can have on different age groups. Outside of financial literacy education, Bobby is passionate about aviation and 80's & 90's country music.

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  Shawn Coomer, Miles to Memories

  Shawn Coomer parlayed a love of travel into a career of writing about travel rewards. He is an expert in the topics of credit cards, travel loyalty programs and family travel and is the Managing Editor of Miles to Memories.

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  Eric J. Nisall, Account Lancer

  After working in public accounting for almost two decades, Eric J. Nisall founded AccountLancer in November 2014. A blogger himself since 2009, he decided to turn his attention to a group he knows quite well: the blogging and freelance community. Not only serving as an accountant and tax preparer for many members of the FinCon community, he also is a go-to expert source for many freelance writers. His advice has appeared on sites such as Huffington Post, Forbes, GoBankingRates, The Penny Hoarder, and more. He'll also talk for hours on end about hockey, music and food too, not just business!

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  Brad Barrett, Travel Miles 101

  I’m a CPA living in Richmond, VA with my wife and two young daughters. I help people learn to travel the world with credit card rewards points & miles on my personal finance blog RichmondSavers.com and through the free email course & Facebook community we created at TravelMiles101.com. Over the past five years I’ve earned over 2 million points through smart credit card habits, and taken nearly free family vacations to Walt Disney World, San Francisco, Bermuda, Boston and New York City and still have over a million points saved for future trips!

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  Gary Leff, ViewFromTheWing.com

  Frequent Travel Expert Gary Leff is Chief Financial Officer for a university research center. He co-founded InsideFlyer.com, writes the daily blog ViewFromTheWing.com, and has been named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) for his BookYourAward.com service. He’s been called an “Air Genius” and “an airline industry Brainiac" as well as called “the godfather of the [frequent flyer] hobby” in Rolling Stone. Yahoo! Travel declared, “This guy knows points.” Gary serves as Chair of the Nominations Committee and emcee for the Freddie Awards and appears regularly in media including Fox News, MSNBC, ABC World News Tonight, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He’s been profiled in Executive Travel, the Washington Post, and Washington Business Journal.

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  Sam, Financial Samurai

  Sam began FinancialSamurai.com in 2009 during the depths of the financial crisis to make sense of chaos. The main theme is for everybody to achieve financial independence sooner, rather than later. Readers will be treated to some of the most thorough and insightful personal finance content on the web from someone who spent 13 years working in finance, and the past seven years writing online based on his firsthand experiences.

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  Bobbi Rebell, Reuters

  Bobbi Rebell is an award-winning journalist and advocate for financial literacy. She currently leads the U.S. business video unit for Reuters, the largest news organization in the world. In that role she anchors business reports, interviews top newsmakers and reports on breaking news. Her work is syndicated globally and seen by millions of viewers on Reuters broadcast and online clients. Bobbi also writes a globally syndicated personal finance column on millennials. Her work has appeared on countless media outlets including Reuters, Fox, CNBC, CNN, NYTimes.com, WSJ.com, MSN.com, Yahoo Finance, Huffington Post, USA Today, Time.com, Money.com, NYPost.com, PBS, and many more. She began her business news career as an intern at CNN, where she worked with top journalists including Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Stuart Varney. Her first job was at CNBC, after which she went on to work at CNN and Nightly Business Report. Bobbi has interviewed hundreds of the world's business leaders, some of whom have contributed to her first book "How to be a Financial Grownup. Proven advice from High Achievers on How to Live Your Dreams and Have Financial Freedom." The book uses memorable stories to teach basic financial skills, inspiring readers to take control of their finances, and successfully navigate financial adulthood. Bobbi is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. She holds a Certificate in Financial Planning from New York University. She lives in New York City with her husband, their son, her teenage stepkids, and morkie Waffles.

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  Joe Udo, Retire by Forty

  Joe Udo retired from his engineering career to become a stay at home dad/blogger at 38. He has been retired for 4 years and he is enjoying it immensely. At Retire by 40, he blogs about early retirement, living a frugal lifestyle, investing, and more.

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  Emma Pattee, EmmaLincoln.com

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  Stu Richards, Bredin

  Stu Richards is Chief Executive of Bredin, a B2B consultancy that helps clients develop profitable, long-term relationships with small businesses through original market research, content marketing and acquisition and sales support programs. Bredin clients include American Express OPEN, AT&T, Bank of America, Cisco, Citizens Bank, Dell, Fidelity Investments, Google, Lending Club, LinkedIn, MailChimp, PayPal, Symantec, Twitter, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo and many others. Stu holds an MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College and a BA from Middlebury College.

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  Ginger Dean, Girls Just Wanna Have Funds

  Ginger Dean is the creator of Girls Just Wanna Have Funds, a personal finance blog teaching women how to break financial ceilings one stiletto at a time! Known for her no nonsense approach to money, her work has been featured in Elle, Esquire, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets

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  Cameron Huddleston, GOBanking Rates

  Cameron Huddleston is an award-winning personal finance journalist. Her work has appeared in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine and Kiplinger.com, as well as Yahoo!, MSN, AOL Daily Finance, Huffington Post and other online and print publications. U.S. News & World Report named her one of the top personal finance experts to follow on Twitter, and AOL Daily Finance named her one of the top 20 personal finance influencers to follow on Twitter. She currently is the Life + Money columnist for GOBankingRates.

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  Dave Jacobson, Coach Connections, LLC

  Coach Dave Jacobson has been a full time financial coach and national speaker since 2009 and has helped thousands through his private-client business Financial Fitness, founded the financial coaching mastermind group www.Coach-Connection.com, co-authored the Personal Finance Playbook workshop series, co-founded My Money Wellness, LLC, owns the Financial Wellness Show (hosted by Steve Stewart), and is co-owner of a kids & money app to be released in 2017. Dave lives in Maple Grove, MN with his wife of 18 years, son, and daughter.

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  Doug Nordman, The-Military-Guide.com

  Author of "The Military Guide To Financial Independence And Retirement" and founder of The-Military-Guide.com. All writing revenues are donated to military-friendly charities. Retired from the U.S. Navy's submarine force in 2002 at the age of 41. Financially independent for over 14 years. Expert at military financial independence for servicemembers, veterans, and families. (It also works for civilians!) FinCon attendee since 2012.

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  Kathleen Celmins, Stacking Benjamins

  Kathleen is a managing partner of Stacking Benjamins, LLC, and she focuses on the business side of blogging and podcasting. She helps bloggers learn how to monetize their voices at forprofitblogging.com and has created a course to help bloggers harness the power of Pinterest.

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  John Rampton, Due.com

  John Rampton is an entrepreneur, investor, online marketing guru and startup enthusiast. He is founder of the online invoicing company Due. John is best known as an entrepreneur and connector. He was recently named #2 on Top 50 Online Influencers in the World by Entrepreneur Magazine and blogging expert by Time. He currently advises several companies in the San Francisco Bay area.

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  Brent Carnduff, Advisor Web Marketing

  Brent is the owner of Advisor Web Marketing, and has worked with Advisors across the country for the past 6 years.

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  Lisa M. Hinz, LMHinz Marketing

  Lisa M. Hinz is a content marketing professional making it easier for financial advisors to connect with the clients they want most. I work exclusively with professional services to develop comprehensive and effective content marketing strategies that results in greater brand credibility, builds relationships, motivates online customer engagement and conversions that ultimately drives bottom-line returns. I'm an entrepreneur, strategist, writer, storyteller, wife, dog lover, Disney enthusiast, and a bit of a wine snob.

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  Tek Kim, Fiverr

  Tek Kim is a Business Development Manager and Local Market Strategy lead at Fiverr, the world's largest online marketplace for digital services. Prior to Fiverr, Tek spent 8 years on Wall Street, most recently as an Executive Director at CICC (China International Capital Corporation) and worked at Morgan Stanley in Institutional Equities before that. In his spare time, Tek also engages in angel investing and can be found lounging at home with his dog Hoya while watching Sportscenter.

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  Shannon McLay, The Financial Gym

  Shannon is a financial planner who left a "traditional" financial services firm to start her own company, The Financial Gym, because she felt traditional financial services firms did not have the tools or resources to help people in their 20s and 30s who are starting out and trying to build assets while also managing debt. She realized that the key to long-term personal financial success is a commitment to financial fitness and making smart financial choices. Through her blog, Financially Blonde, her book, Train Your Way To Financial Fitness, her podcast, Martinis and Your Money and her company, Shannon is committed to making financial fitness fun, easy and accessible for others.

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  Danielle Liss, Businessese

  Danielle is a partner in Businessese, which provides business solutions for online content creators and small business owners. Danielle is an attorney at Hashtag Legal, focusing on social media law. She is also the former Chief Marketing Officer for FitFluential, an influencer network focusing on health and wellness campaigns.

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  Talaat and Tai McNeely, His and Her Money

  Talaat and Tai McNeely "America's #1 Money Couple", are Financial Educators that are on a mission to help individuals get on solid footing financially, and to experience the joys of financial freedom. They are co-authors of Money Talks: The Ultimate Couple's Guide To Communicating About Money. Their website, HisandHerMoney.com has been featured in numerous publications such as FoxNews.com, MSN.com, and Business Insider.

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  John Cordray, johncordray.com

  As a National Certified Therapist John has been helping people keep calm since 2005. John has worked with high-profile CEO’s, professional athletes, politicians and the stressed out of all – stay-at-home mom’s. John owns a private practice in St. Louis and his mission is to help people all over the world learn to keep calm from stress-related symptoms. John has leveraged several social media platforms to grow his personal brand very quickly as The Calm Expert. As a motivational speaker, business psychology consultant, live-streamer, podcaster, founder of online courses including Keep Calm Academy, and The Anger Management Course and through his private practice, John has helped thousands of people keep calm from high stress.

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  Phil DeGisi, CommonBond

  Phil DeGisi is Chief Marketing Officer at CommonBond. Prior to joining the CommonBond team, Phil held e-commerce and digital marketing roles spanning startups and large organizations, including Quidsi (a subsidiary of Amazon), littleBits electronics, and Walmart.com. Across these roles, he led direct response marketing, customer retention, and site merchandising/optimization efforts. Phil received his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and his BA from Vassar College with a degree in economics.

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  Jordon Cox, MoneySavingExpert.com

  I am a 19 year old coupon and deals blogger for the UK's biggest money saving website www.MoneySavingExpert.com. I've been saving money and writing about it since age 15 with an ambition to help people with their finances. To this day I have helped 10,000s of people save money and am a regular TV and radio expert on the topic in the UK, also writing for local and national newspapers. I have had 3 stories of my extreme money saving gone viral around the world including getting $1000 of groceries for $0.10 and donating to charity and also traveling via Germany to get from the north to the south of England, to save $10 on train travel.

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  Nikesh Desai, InvestingChannel

  Nikesh Desai is the co-founder and CEO of InvestingChannel, an interactive media platform that aggregates award-winning, independent financial news across the web. Utilizing data, technology, creative and content to connect brands with an exclusive audience of investors and financial professionals, InvestingChannel works with leading companies across multiple verticals, including OppenheimerFunds, BlackRock and Charles Schwab. Prior to InvestingChannel, Nikesh co-founded the consultancy Giant Step Strategies and served as VP of Business Development at TheStreet.com. Nikesh was also instrumental during PeoplePC’s IPO process and acquisition by EarthLink, and began his career as an investment banker at Robertson Stephens involved in public offerings and mergers & acquisitions.

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  Tom Drake, Canadian Finance Blog

  Tom Drake is the founder of Canadian Finance Blog and runs dozens of websites, specializing in increasing their traffic and monetization. Tom is a strong supporter of FinCon, having attended every year and being a part of the Plutus Awards committee for all six years as well.

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  Josh Elledge, Savings Angel

  Josh Elledge is on a mission to help entrepreneurs get free PR! He’s the Founder and Chief Executive Angel of SavingsAngel.com®, and is one of the nation’s leading experts on consumer savings. Josh Elledge is a dynamic public speaker, the host of a very popular consumer savings podcast, a weekly syndicated columnist for nine newspapers (with more than 1.1 million readers), on a number of radio stations, and regularly appears on more than 50 TV stations across the country. All told, Josh has appeared on TV or radio more than 1000 times. Josh Elledge is the founder of upendPR.com – a new service for startups that replaces expensive PR firms. Through digital tools & training, entrepreneurs can dramatically increase their own sales through their own free publicity. Josh lives in Orlando, FL and is a US Navy veteran, a dad of 3 awesome kids, a self-proclaimed fitness geek, and performs improv comedy.

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  Ash Exantus, BankMobile

  Ash Exantus as BankMobile’s Financial Empowerment Coach, where he is responsible for leading BankMobile’s mission to financially empower every one of its customers through financial education. He has created an education series branded “BMpowered,” to guide customers on how to get on solid financial footing while also inspiring them to dream big and achieve their aspirations. He also travels across the country speaking to college students about managing their personal finances. Exantus, also known as “Ash Cash,” is a banking professional with 15 years of experience. He is a personal finance expert, motivational speaker and the author of two Amazon.com bestselling books: Mind Right, Money Right: 10 Laws of Financial Freedom and What the FICO: 12 Steps to Repairing Your Credit. Exantus is also the current host of the show, “The Ash Cash Show” which airs every Sunday at 1pm on WHCR 90.3FM NY. Prior to his current position, Exantus was the Chief Executive Officer of Urban UpBound Federal Credit Union.

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  Manny Fernandez, DreamFunded.com

  Manny Fernandez is an angel investor, serial entrepreneur and bestselling author. He has been successful in investing in his own ideas and taking companies from startup to exit. In 2013, Fernandez founded SF Angels Group and has been an angel investor with TiE Angels since 2012. In 2014, he was named SF Angel Investor of the Year and received the Equity Crowdfunding Leadership Award. In 2016, Menlo College Named Manny Fernandez Silicon Valley Equity CrowdFunding Pioneer. Fernandez recently became a #1 bestselling author with his new book, How to Make Money Investing in Pre-IPO Stocks, which is available on Amazon. He is also the #14 Angel Investor to Follow on Twitter and has the #1 most viewed YouTube video on equity crowdfunding. He has been featured on mainstream media including CNBC Squawk Box, NBC, CNN Latino, Forbes, Inc. and more.

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  Jessica Garbarino, Every Single Dollar

  Jessica Garbarino is the founder and owner of Every Single Dollar, a company dedicated to helping single women navigate the world of personal finance. She realized that she was experiencing a financial hangover in her early 30s after the lifestyle choices in her 20s caused her to rack up debt. After paying off $56,000 of debt, she felt called to teach other single women how to manage their money, pay off debt, and instill financial confidence. She offers individual financial coaching, speaks on personal finance, and writes and produces video on various financial topics with the single woman in mind. Jessica lives the debt free life in sunny South Florida.

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  Kiné Corder, The Prosperous Life

  Kiné is the CEO of PRESIDENTIAL LIFESTYLE, a financial wellness company and a member of the Financial Therapy Association. She speaks to and consults with business owners and couples who are dissatisfied with their finances. Kiné assists clients in improving their financial well being by giving them tools to successfully navigate the money cycle, reduce stress associated with money, and better understand credit. Before entering the financial services industry, Kiné gained international popularity when she became the spokesperson for ABC’s Extreme Makeover. She was featured on Oprah, Good Morning America, E! Channel and Entertainment Tonight and worked with various media entities including Elle, Marie Claire, TV Guide, and People Magazine. In 2009, Kiné launched her company, PRESIDENTIAL LIFESTYLE and shortly after wrote her book, “The Art of Starting Over.” She most recently launched the Prosperity Club, a community of individuals dedicated to living a prosperous life. Connect with Kiné Corder on LinkedIn, and on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter using the handle @thepreslifestyle. My current book, "The Prosperous Life," guides readers through an 8-step process that simplifies their finances and helps them navigate the Money Cycle to reach their heart's desire.

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  Matt Giovanisci, MoneyLab.com

  Entertaining entrepreneur, website wizard, podcast producer, music maker, video veteran, and alliteration addict.

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  Paul Golden, National Endowment for Financial Education

  Paul Golden is Director with SmartAboutMoney.org and the National Endowment for Financial Education, a nonprofit foundation inspiring educated financial decision making for individuals and families through every stage of life. As a financial spokesperson, Golden has been interviewed by media outlets throughout the country. Prior to joining Smart About Money in 2005, he worked as a managing editor in the online news industry and has spent several years working in financial services.

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  Bo Hanson, The Money Guy Show

  Bo’s passionate about all things finance, and loves helping people make smart financial decisions. He knows it’s extremely fulfilling when solid financial planning “clicks” for the people he serves. Bo is also the co-host of award-winning podcast, The Money Guy Show, where he and Brian Preston share guidance and insight on topics ranging from clipping coupons to saving for retirement — and everything in between. He has been featured in and contributed to Fox Business, Banrkate.com, Time, Yahoo! Finance, Forbes, authors a bi-weekly column for US News and World Report, and more.

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  Beverly Harzog, Harzog Enterprises

  Beverly Harzog is a nationally-recognized credit card expert, consumer advocate, and award-winning author. She's appeared on hundreds of radio and TV shows, including Fox News, CNN Newsource, NY1, NBC New York, ABC News Radio, Bloomberg Radio, and much more. Her advice has been featured on major websites and in print, including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CNNMoney.com, The New York Times, Money Magazine, Kiplinger, Real Simple, and thousands more. Her byline has also appeared in major publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, CNNMoney.com, MSNMoney.com, ABCNews.com, Better Homes and Gardens, Health, ClarkHoward.com, and Good Housekeeping. Beverly is the author of four books and her most recent book, The Debt Escape Plan, won the American Society Of Journalists and Authors Top Self-Help Nonfiction Book Award for 2016. She's also the author of the #1 Amazon bestseller in three categories, Confessions of a Credit Junkie.

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  Kali Hawlk, XY Planning Network

  Kali Hawlk is the Director of Marketing at XY Planning Network. She’s also a freelance writer and is passionate about using her skills and knowledge to help others make, do, and create more. In her free time, she runs an online magazine for creative women called Off The Rails. Before joining XYPN, Kali ran a marketing management business for financial planners. And today, she continues to work a contributing writer for a variety of publications, including The Huffington Post, Tech Cocktail, Investopedia, Mint, Discover, Trulia, and Student Loan Hero. She’s been featured as a financial expert for Millennials in many online publications including Forbes, Fast Company, US News, and Mashable.

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  Deacon Hayes, Well Kept Wallet

  Deacon Hayes is a Personal Finance Expert who is best known for paying off $52,000 in consumer debt in 18 months. He started out as a Financial Planner for an investment advisory firm assisting high net worth individuals. After realizing that his passion was to serve the average person, he quit his job to start his own financial coaching and curriculum company called Well Kept Wallet in order to help average people get from where they are to where they want to be with their career, money and lifestyle. He has been featured in the US News & World Report, MSN Money, Yahoo Finance and more.

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  Sam Henderson, Henderson Maxwell

  Sam is the financial guru on Network 10′s award-winning The Project, and can be seen as host of Foxtel’s Sky News Business program Your Money Your Call-Super Thursday every Thursday night live at 8pm. He is also the author of the best-selling books; The One Page Financial Plan (2013), SMSF DIY Guide (2012) and Financial Planning DIY Guide (2011). Sam regularly contributes to a host of print media including Money magazine and the Australian Financial Review and is a regular keynote speaker for the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and the Retirement Expos around Australia. Sam Henderson is CEO and Senior Financial Advisor at Henderson Maxwell, a multi-award winning, independently-owned accounting and financial advisory firm with clients across Australia.

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  Jackie Beck, The Debt Myth

  Debt freedom expert Jackie Beck is a personal finance author and creator of the app store hit Pay Off Debt, an app that has helped 46,000+ people use a debt snowball to break free from debt. Learn more at TheDebtMyth.com.

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  Teresa Mears, Living on the Cheap

  Teresa Mears is an editorial consultant and website publisher with more than 30 years of experience in editing, writing, publishing and project management, both online and in print. She publishes Living on the Cheap and overseas the national Living on the Cheap website network, plus oversees Miami on the Cheap and other sites in Florida. She has worked as an editor for newspapers large and small, as well as websites, and has published a newsletter for professional freelance writers.

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  Amanda Mock, Do Shit Podcast and Marketers Lab Podcast

  Amanda Mock’s focus is on one thing; helping others start, build, and grow online businesses. In 2010 at the age of 23, after being laid off from her corporate IT gig and about to lose her house, Amanda started her first Business (My Virtual Little Helper). She has since grown and rebranded that company as a go-to digital agency for online entrepreneurs to grow and systematize their business as the Digital Mob. Amanda also runs the Do Shit Podcast, is a speaker, and consultant.

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  Pia Adolphsen, Mama Hustle

  Pia is a content marketing manager by day, personal finance blogger by night. In her spare time, she enjoys helping people navigate the mysteries of marketing technology.

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  Marissa Anwar, Thirty Six Months

  Marissa is marketing and branding expert and a personal finance blogger. She has led multi-national campaigns for UN agencies, tech and lifestyle brands, and credit card companies. Her work can be seen on BBC, CNBC, FOX, MSNBC, Globe and Mail, Huffington Post, Teen Vogue (yep!), Cosmopolitan among various others. She has helmed multiple branding transitions in the tech and digital space.

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  Mihir Apte, SmartAsset

  Mihir Apte is the Vice President of Business Development at SmartAsset where his team leads all external revenue generating, audience development, syndication partnership opportunities, and growing the SmartAsset Captivate publisher network. He has over 10+ years experience in the digital media industry including positions at Everyday Health and AOL. Mihir earned his MBA from NYU and undergraduate degree from the University of Texas.

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  Mrs. Frugalwoods, www.frugalwoods.com

  Mrs. Frugalwoods writes at www.frugalwoods.com about her journey from working 9-5 in the city to becoming a rookie homesteader finding contentment on 66 acres in Vermont with her husband, daughter, and dog. Joyful, extreme frugality made this dream a reality and now the Frugalwoods are charting a life of purpose beyond consumerism and the rat race.

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  Arindam Nag, CentSai Inc

  Arindam has been a career journalist, worked over 12 years at Reuters and over seven years at Dow Jones group including a 3-year stint at the Wall St Journal as a Heard on the Street columnist. Arindam practiced journalism in India, the UK and the U.S. Arindam co-founded CentSai.Com, a financial education platform for millennials and teenagers earlier this year. Arindam has an MBA in finance and management from NYU's Stern Business School and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.

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  Claudia Pennington, Audits

  Claudia provides technical SEO audits and Google Analytics audits for websites large and small (ecommerce included) to improve traffic, rankings, and conversion rates. She is a search veteran with more than 10 years in the field of optimization.

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  Brian Preston, The Money Guy Show

  Brian is the founder and host of the award-winning podcast, The Money Guy Show, and has been broadcasting for over 10 years. He’s appeared on the Fox Business Channel, writes a column for US News, and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Bankrate.com, Newsweek, Kiplinger’s, Yahoo Finance, Forbes, and more. Brian has been recognized by Brightscope.com as one of the “Top 100 Most Social Financial Advisors”.

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  Eric Rosenberg, Personal Profitability

  Eric Rosenberg began writing online in 2006, and turned his passion for blogging into a $40,000 annual income while still holding down a full-time job. He blogs and podcasts at his own Personal Profitability, in addition to freelance writing and web design for clients around the world.

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  Leslie Samuel, BecomeABlogger.com

  Leslie Samuel is a former university professor and the creator of the Become A Blogger and Interactive Biology blogs. He has a passion for education and has taken on the mission of "Changing The World One Blog At A Time". In his podcast, Learning With Leslie, he teaches solid lessons about how to build a blog that will have an impact, in addition to interviewing other successful bloggers who have built successful platforms and turned them into thriving online businesses. He's a firm believer that what we do online can open the doors to lots of opportunities. His Biology blog landed him his dream job as a University Professor, which has increased his passion for letting the world know that Blogging is a force to be reckoned with. His message is simple - Create Content, Inspire Others and Change The World (while building a solid online business)!

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  Emily Chase Smith, ChaseSmith Press

  Emily Chase Smith is the Founder and CEO of ChaseSmithPress. She collaborates with authors to formulate their book’s theme, messaging, and content and helps them move the book from idea to actuality to a self, hybrid, or traditionally published book. She’s a been a book nerd forever and her proudest achievement was earning a free cheeseburger coupon from the San Clemente Library by doing a summer’s worth of reading in a week at 8-years-old. Emily lives in Southern California with her 3 kids and a garage so full of paddleboards, surfboards and a Harley that she parks the car outside--priorities. She can be found at ChaseSmithPress.com and on Twitter at @EmilyChaseSmith.

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  Sandy Smith, Yes, I Am Cheap

  Sandy Smith is the voice behind the blog, Yes, I Am Cheap. A three time Plutus Award finalist for best debt based blog, Sandy has been sharing her winning strategies for getting out of debt since 2009. Named by Yahoo! Finance as having one of the most inspiring personal finance stories, she now shows others how they too can incorporate her non-traditional methods to conquer their own debt and lead the lives they want to live. Sandy has written for and been featured in numerous media outlets including H&R Block, Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal and others. She has attended every FinCon conference and wouldn't miss it for the world.

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  Kevin Soehner, iGrad

  Kevin Soehner joined the iGrad team in the summer of 2012 and currently oversees day to day operations with a focus on project management and new client implementations. Prior to joining iGrad, Mr. Soehner spent 3 years in the student housing industry establishing affordable housing programs throughout the country for students attending schools with little to no traditional on campus housing options. He began his professional career in the student loan industry where he worked for 8 years managing call center operations for a top student loan lender.

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  David Stein, Money For the Rest of Us

  David Stein produces and hosts the top 10 iTunes ranked investing podcast Money For the Rest of Us. He also runs his own membership site, the Money For the Rest of Us Hub, which provides asset allocation help and investment guidance to hundreds of individuals. Previously, David was Chief Investment Strategist and Chief Portfolio Strategist at Fund Evaluation Group LLC, a $50 billion institutional investment advisor. David produces his podcast and runs his membership site on a part-time basis from his farm in Teton Valley, Idaho.

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  Mary Beth Storjohann, Workable Wealth

  Mary Beth Storjohann, CFP® and Founder of Workable Wealth is not your typical financial planner. With over 12 years of experience in the financial services industry she works as an author, speaker, and financial coach to apply a fun, albeit no-nonsense approach in working with individuals and couples in their 20s – 40s across the country, helping them make smart, educated choices with their money. Her recent accolades include the “Top 40 Under 40” by Investment News, “10 young Advisors to Watch” by Financial Advisor Magazine, and “10 of the Best Personal Finance Experts on Twitter.” Mary Beth makes frequent appearances on NBC as a financial expert and has been featured in major media outlets such as U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, Glamour, Women’s Health, Yahoo!Finance, CNBC, Forbes, and more.

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  Chenell Tull, Conversion Owl Marketing

  Chenell Tull is a search engine marketing fanatic and part-time personal finance blogger. She runs Conversion Owl Marketing, a company aimed at helping businesses in the financial community stay relevant online using pay-per-click (PPC) advertising and retargeting.

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  Anthony Witt, The Champion Entrepreneur

  Anthony Lee Witt is the founder and creator of The Champion Entrepreneur and Champion Masterminds. The Champion Entrepreneur podcast was recognized by iTunes as a #1 New Business Podcast in March 2015 and #2 out of all new podcast at the same time. After having interviewed over 350 successful entrepreneurs Anthony has developed a keen understanding of what action steps are needed be successful. Through the use of his mastermind groups and accountability coaching Anthony has helped entrepreneurs start side businesses, generate income, and even become full-time entrepreneurs. Anthony has previously worked as a marketing director for a chain of doctors offices as well as in the public sector running a local government public works departments. His education in business administration and finance at the postgraduate level helps him add value to his clients and customers.

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  Lisa Woodruff, Organize 365

  Lisa Woodruff is a professional organizer & productivity specialist from Cincinnati, Ohio. Lisa has helped thousands of women reclaim their homes and finally get organized with her practical tips, encouragement and humor through her blog and podcast at Organize365.com.

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  Lauren Greutman, LaurenGreutman.com

  Lauren Greutman has been working online for over 7 years and has established one of the top frugal living blogs for women - LaurenGreutman.com (Formerly iamthatlady.com) . She is the author of the book "The Recovering Spender" and is a frequent guest on the TODAY show, Dr. Oz, FOX and more. She lives in Upstate New York with her husband Mark and her four children.

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  Kathy Kristoff, Kiplinger / CBS News

  Kathy Kristof is an award-winning personal finance writer and columnist, whose work appears at CBSnews.com, Kiplinger Personal Finance, Financial Planning and other venues. She's the author of three books, including "Investing 101" and was once a Jeopardy question. Kathy Kristof replaced what famous personal finance columnist, who died in 1991. (Hint: Who was Sylvia Porter).

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  Michael Kitces, Nerd's Eye View

  Michael Kitces is a Partner and the Director of Research for Pinnacle Advisory Group, a private wealth management firm located in Columbia, Maryland that oversees approximately $1.4 billion of client assets. In addition, he is a co-founder of the XY Planning Network, the practitioner editor of the Journal of Financial Planning, and the publisher of the e-newsletter The Kitces Report and the popular financial planning industry blog Nerd’s Eye View through his website Kitces.com, dedicated to advancing knowledge in financial planning.

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  Grant Baldwin, The Speaker Lab

  Grant Baldwin is a nationally known keynote speaker, podcaster, author and entrepreneur. He has delivered hundreds of presentations to over 400,000 people through conferences, conventions and other events. He is the founder of The Speaker Lab, a podcast and community for speakers and those interested in speaking. He’s married to his high school sweetheart and together they live Nashville in a Barbie dream house with 3 little girls.

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  Mike Vardy, Productivityist

  Mike Vardy is a writer, speaker, productivity strategist, and the founder of Productivityist. He has served as the Managing Editor at Lifehack, and contributed articles on productivity to 99u, Lifehacker, The Next Web, SUCCESS Magazine, and The Huffington Post. Mike is also the author of several books, including The Front Nine: How To Start The Year You Want Anytime You Want, and is the creator of The NOW Year™ Method, a simple, durable, and flexible personal productivity approach. He has delivered talks on the topic of task and time management at events like New Media Expo, TEDx Victoria, SXSW Interactive, and creativeLIVE. He lives in Victoria, BC, Canada with his incredible wife, daughter, and son.

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  Jordan Harbinger, The Art of Charm

  Jordan Harbinger is the co-founder of The Art of Charm and host of The Art of Charm Podcast, one of the most popular podcasts in the world with over 2 million downloads every month. The Art of Charm has been covered by Forbes, NPR, the Today Show, Esquire Magazine, Saturday Night Live and MSNBC. A former Wall Street attorney, Jordan has spent several years abroad in Europe and the developing world, including South America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, and speaks 5 languages. He has also worked for various governments and NGOs overseas, traveled through war-zones and been kidnapped -twice. He’ll tell you; the only reason he’s still alive and kicking is because of his ability to talk his way into (and out of), just about any type of situation. Here at The Art of Charm, Jordan shares that experience, and the system borne as a result, with students and clients.

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  Steve Chou, My Wife Quit Her Job

  Steve runs the popular blog MyWifeQuitHerJob.com where he teaches others how to start profitable online businesses. In addition to his blog, he also runs an online store, a top 100 business podcast as well an online course on ecommerce.

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  Jennifer Barrett, Grow (from Acorns)

  A digital strategist, financial literacy advocate and award-winning financial journalist, Jennifer is currently Chief Education Officer at Acorns and Editor-in-Chief of the personal finance site, Grow. Before joining Acorns in fall 2015, she was Personal Finance Editor at CNBC Digital. She’s also held executive roles at DailyWorth, where she was SVP and Editor-in-Chief, and Hearst Digital, where she was a General Manager. The co-author of two personal finance books, Jennifer has covered financial topics for publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Worth, Money, and Newsweek, where she was a staff writer and editor for seven years. She began her financial journalism career in 1999, writing the foreign exchange column for The Wall Street Journal.

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  Michael Stelzner, Social Media Examiner

  Michael Stelzner is the founder of Social Media Examiner, author of the books Launch and Writing White Papers and the man behind large events, such as Social Media Marketing World and Social Media Success Summit. He is also host of the Social Media Marketing podcast, founder of the Social Media Marketing Society and host of the weekly Morning Social Media TALK show.

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  Stacy Johnson, Money Talks News

  I'm the CEO of Money Talks News, one of the most highly trafficked PF blogs. Our video appears on 70+ network TV affiliates nationwide, as well as on Yahoo, MSN, AOL and other major portals.

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  Mary Beth Franklin, Investment News

  Mary Beth Franklin is a lifelong journalist who recently became a Certified Financial Planner in her quest to deliver the best information and insights into the evolving world of retirement income planning. She specializes in Social Security claiming strategies, Medicare and tax-efficient withdrawals. Her audience consists of both financial professionals and consumers.

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  Michael O'Neal, The Solopreneur Hour

  Born in Toledo Ohio and a current resident of San Diego, Michael O’Neal’s grammar school report cards always read: “Doesn’t live up to his potential” and “Talks too much." One of those pieces of feedback would come in handy, as he is now the founder and host of the award-winning and much acclaimed business and entertainment podcast, "The Solopreneur Hour" The show has garnered over 8 million downloads since Aug. 2013 and features lively and highly engaging conversations between Michael and his various (and often much sought-after) guests, who share remarkable stories, advice and practical tips for an audience that badges itself as "proudly unemployable". With an extensive professional background and formal education in social media, branding, web and print design, network marketing, and internet marketing, Michael's own personal journey that led to the launch of this particular podcast started with the untimely and back-to-back loss of his parents, a transformational trip throughout Europe as part of his grieving process, and the creation and production of another high-profile podcast focused on personal transformation called "The KickAss Life." Professional drummer, car racer, competitive racquetball player, and former expert mountain bike racer with a penchant for stand up comedy, Michael likes to get out and live the solopreneur life of time freedom, location freedom, and financial freedom.

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  Sean Work, Crazy Egg

  Sean Work is the VP of Inbound Marketing at Crazy Egg. He started his professional journey as structural engineer for the International Space Station and Space Shuttle programs. As the engineering needs for these historic programs began to decline, he decided to do something completely different. Instead of jumping over to another engineering project, he started an online skateboard shop. This is where his skills of search optimization, web development and Internet marketing were honed. More recently, he operated the KISSmetrics blog - a popular Internet marketing blog for Software-as-a-Service and eCommerce companies.

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  Erik Harbison, AWeber

  Erik is the Chief Marketing Officer at AWeber where he oversees AWeber's overall marketing operations, vision and strategy. This includes the business development, PR, content, acquisition and retention disciplines. Erik has over twenty years of experience in the marketing space that includes starting and selling a boutique agency, growing award-winning marketing teams and performance-based campaigns. He also expresses his passion for marketing by serving as a guest instructor on courses around New Media Marketing at Drexel University and the University of Vermont. He is also a strategic advisor for the several marketing associations, marketing tech companies and B2B marketing agencies. Erik has contributed and participated as a panelist, moderator and speaker at events such as iMedia Summit, eTail, The Competitive Summit and Podcast Movement. He has also contributed articles to Huffington Post, Entrepreneur.com and AllBusiness.com.

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  Zac Johnson, ZacJohnson.com

  At the age of 15, Zac Johnson began making money online designing website banners for $1 each. A self-taught entrepreneur, Zac’s been making money online for almost 20 years and has been involved in nearly every facet of affiliate and online marketing. One of Zac’s many successes includes his story of “How I Made $860,538.38 Profit in 4 Months!” from one website. Zac continues to focus on his blog, where he provides readers with firsthand accounts of his experiences, successes & failures. In addition to his own success stories, Zac reviews affiliate networks and informs readers how & where they should be making new money. Zac’s social reach and site traffic is now over 100,000 strong and has referred over $5,000,000 in new business to his advertisers and network partners. Zac’s latest projects are his podcast, titled “Rise of the Entrepreneur” and his blog training course at Blogging.org.

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  Robert Farrington, The College Investor

  Robert Farrington is the founder of The College Investor, a personal finance site dedicated to helping young adults get out of student loan debt and start investing.

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  Michael Schreiber, Credit.com

  Michael Schreiber is Credit.com’s Editor-In-Chief & Chief Content Officer. He’s worked in print, online news and on documentaries for The New York Times, Frontline, ABC News, TheStreet.com and others. He attended Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where he was also an adjunct professor.

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  Paula Pant, Afford Anything

  Paula Pant is the founder of Afford Anything, a popular website at the intersection between building wealth and living your best life. Afford Anything covers investing, financial freedom, passive income through real estate, and general money-savvy. Pant has been featured in more than four dozen publications, including Forbes, US News, DailyFinance, Marketplace Money, Redbook, Kiplinger, Lifehacker and more.

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  Dorethia Kelly, #MoneyChat

  Dorethia Kelly is president of Conner Financial Coaching, LLC, providing results-oriented personal finance, business coaching and speaking services. She is also the host of #MoneyChat and Author of #MoneyChat: THE BOOK! Known for her charismatic, no-nonsense personality, Dorethia is often called upon by national media, including Black Enterprise, U.S. News, and Experian. Involved in several community organizations in Detroit, she is passionate about helping others change what they say and do with their money. Connect with Dorethia - visit www.themoneychat.com and www.connercoaching.com.

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  Bob Lotich, EfficientBlogging.com

  Bob has been blogging professionally for 8 years and his writing and advice has been featured in Men's Health Magazine, Real Simple Magazine, Yahoo Finance, Forbes, and many others. His first book "How to Make Money Blogging: How I Replaced My Day-Job With My Blog" is an Amazon #1 Best seller and has helped thousands of aspiring bloggers get their blogs off the ground. When he isn't blogging he is hanging with his wife and 2 year old, playing guitar, eating fine dark chocolate, and riding his motorcycle - all at the same time. To get his book for free visit EfficientBlogging.com.

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  Michael Delgado, Experian

  Michael Delgado leads content strategy and community building efforts on Experian social channels to educate their communities on credit and personal finance issues. He also leads B2B digital campaigns for the Experian data lab, focusing on creating online events, videos, podcasts, and helpful content for those working in data science, data mining, big data, predictive analytics, and the internet of things. Michael also teaches social media strategy and social media marketing classes at the University of California, Irvine extension school. You can reach him at mikedelgado.org

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  Korrena Bailie, Credit Karma

  Korrena Bailie is managing editor at Credit Karma, and formerly at Bankrate Insurance. She's passionate about making personal finance content accessible, simple, relatable and even fun for readers. She's all about words; she has a bachelor's degree in English Literature and a master's degree in Creative Writing and can play a mean game of Scrabble.

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  Holly Porter Johnson, Club Thrifty

  Holly Johnson is a financial expert and award-winning writer whose obsession with frugality, budgeting, and travel plays a central role in her work. In addition to serving as Contributing Editor for The Simple Dollar, Holly writes for inspiring publications such as U.S. News and World Report Travel, Personal Capital, Lending Tree, and Frugal Travel Guy. Holly also owns two websites of her own - Club Thrifty and Travel Blue Book. You can follow her on Twitter or Pinterest @ClubThrifty.

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  Jim Wang, Wallet Hacks

  Jim Wang is the founder of Wallet Hacks, a personal finance blog that shares his unconventional strategies for getting ahead financially, and Kasai Media, a social influencer network. He previously founded Bargaineering.

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  Catherine Alford, CatherineAlford.com

  Catherine Alford is the go to personal finance expert for educated, aspirational moms who want to recapture their life passions, earn more, reach their goals, and take on a more active financial role in their families. Named the Best Contributor/Freelancer for Personal Finance in 2014, her writing and expertise have been featured in dozens of notable publications like Yahoo Finance, U.S. News and World Report, The Huffington Post, Kiplinger, Investopedia, Business Insider and many more. She has been interviewed by Good Morning America, Huffington Post Live, Mint, and The Work at Home Woman and is a sought after speaker on topics such as motherhood, money, and entrepreneurship. She is also the founder of www.BudgetBlonde.com, an award winning personal finance blog that she created in 2010 and the innovator behind the web’s most comprehensive course on how to Get Paid to Write for Blogs. As a self employed entrepreneur and the mother to boy/girl twin toddlers, she lives the messages she teaches each and every day.

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  Ted Jenkin, oXYGen Financial

  Ted Jenkin has been an entrepreneur, leader, and social media pioneer in the financial services industry. He is the CEO of oXYGen Financial, a financial services company based in Atlanta now serving more than 3,000 clients across the country (www.oxygenfinancial.net). Ted is the personal finance expert of CNN/Headline News Weekend Express, a featured columnist in the Wall Street Journal, and top rated book 100 Smart Money Moves To Make Now. He runs one of the top personal finance blogs in the country at www.yoursmartmoneymoves.com and has six advanced designations from the College for Financial Planning (CFP®, CRPC®, CRPS®, AWMA®, AAMS®, CMFC®).

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  Bob Sullivan, Credit.com

  BOB SULLIVAN is a veteran journalist and the author of four books, including the New York Times Best-Seller, Gotcha Capitalism. He spent nearly 20 years working for NBC/MSNBC.com, most of it writing the popular Red Tape Chronicles blog. Now he is an independent journalist covering consumer and technology issues at BobSullivan.net.

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  Tonya Rapley, My Fab Finance

  Tonya Rapley is a nationally recognized millennial money expert and was deemed the "New Face of Wealth Building" by Black Enterprise magazine. She is a Certified Financial Educator and founder of MyFabFinance, where she is on a mission to help women break the cycle of living paycheck to paycheck.

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  Chris Peach, Money Peach

  Chris is the creator and author of the Plutus Award Winning Blog Money Peach. Money Peach was started in March 2015 as a simple PF Blog. Since then, Money Peach has grown to deliver in-person financial coaching, online coaching, and recently entering in to the world of digital products with his first online course. Beyond publishing blog content, creating digital products, and meeting with coaching clients, Chris is also a full-time firefighter in Phoenix, AZ. He is married and has 2 kids aged 6 and 3.

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  Stefanie O'Connell, StefanieOConnell.com

  Stefanie O’Connell is a financial expert, Gen Y advocate, speaker and author of the recently released book, “The Broke and Beautiful Life.” Dedicated to helping young adults achieve financial greatness, Stefanie has been nicknamed the Mindy Kaling of personal finance by The Greenwich Times. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Yahoo!Finance, The Dr. Oz Show, Fox News and ABC World News. She also works with universities, leading financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies, sharing her fresh and timely advice with their audiences.

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  Zina Kumok, Debt Free After Three

  Zina Kumok is a personal finance freelance writer. She's written for the AP, GoBanking Rates and DailyWorth. A former reporter, she's covered everything from murder trials to the Final Four. She writes a blog about paying off her student loans at Debt Free After Three. In her spare time, she likes traveling with her husband Sam and playing with her dog, Lyra.

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  Matthew Schulz, CreditCards.com

  Matt Schulz is Senior Industry Analyst for CreditCards.com and a contributing writer for USNews.com's My Money Blog. He has also had his posts featured in the New York Daily News, Huffington Post, Daily Finance, Business Insider and many other publications. Prior to his current role at CreditCards.com, he has led online editorial teams for an investing website, a college sports website, two TV stations and a newspaper. He has a Journalism degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

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  Natalie Eckdahl, Biz Chix

  Natalie Eckdahl, MBA hosts the BizChix Podcast where she interviews entrepreneurs from around the world and provides training to business owners. She is a former management consultant and serial entrepreneur who leverages her corporate experience and graduate business education to help entrepreneurs confidently launch, build and grow their businesses. Natalie is an expert facilitator and community builder with a passion for masterminding. As a busy Mom of three, she takes a holistic view of her clients lives and helps them build a business that matches their personal and professional goals. Natalie built a successful personal brand and platform at BizChix.com from the ground up via her podcast (200+ episodes) which was recognized by iTunes as a #1 New Business Podcast in March 2014.

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  Jeff Brown, Brown Knows Media

  Jeff is host of the Read to Lead podcast and mentors podcasters worldwide. He has consulted the US government and multimillion dollar companies.

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  Hal Lublin, Swagbucks

  Hal Lublin is the Director of Referral Marketing for Swagbucks, the premier online rewards site. In his 6 years with the company, he's worked in various parts of the Marketing department, always with a focus on forming relationships with the members and growing their user base.

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  Nick Loper, Side Hustle Nation

  Nick Loper helps people earn money outside of their day job. He's an author, online entrepreneur, and life-long student in the game of business. His latest role is as Chief Side Hustler at SideHustleNation.com, a growing community and resource for aspiring and part-time entrepreneurs.

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  Toni Anderson, Digital CoLab

  Having run Pinterest advertising campaigns for multi-million dollar companies such as Savings.com and working with brands such as Kraft, Musselmans, Smuckers and Arm & Hammer, today Toni runs her own media company and ecommerce store.

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  Thomas Frank, College Info Geek

  Thomas Frank is an author, YouTuber, and college success expert who lives in Iowa and wields a pretty great beard. He is the founder of College Info Geek, a blog, podcast, and YouTube channel visited by over 600,000 students each month. He is also the co-host of Listen Money Matters, one of the fastest-growing personal finance podcasts on iTunes.

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  Kyle Ivins, Monumetric

  Kyle Ivins is one of the founding members of The Blogger Network and currently serves as the Chief Marketing Officer. His background comes from the the Social Media Marketing and Advertising Agency world. He has helped grow bloggers and businesses online through social media and paid advertising for over 6 years. His true passion is in entrepreneurship which is why he's gets so excited helping publishers succeed as entrepreneurs by empowering them reach their site's potential!

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  Tabitha Philen, MeetPenny.com

  Tabitha Philen, founder of the Inspired Bloggers Network, devotes herself to mentoring and encouraging thousands of bloggers with her visionary ideas and entrepreneurial spirit. Considered a well-rounded expert on blogging for profit and social media, Tabitha shares comprehensive tutorials daily on Periscope and at InspiredBloggersUniversity.com. Dedicated to seeing other people learn from her mistakes, Tabitha also blogs about her frugal family lifestyle at MeetPenny.com and budget-friendly recipes at FrugalFamilyFavorites.com.

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  Steve Stewart, Steve Stewart Podcast Production

  Steve knows podcasting. Since 2010, he has been releasing shows for himself and others - including editing, production, and launch of the M.O.N.E.Y. podcast for Paula Pant and J. Money.

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  Donna Freedman, DonnaFreedman.com

  Donna Freedman has made her living as a writer for 30+ years. She started the Smart Spending and Frugal Nation blogs for MSN Money, was a staff writer at Get Rich Slowly, and is currently on staff at Money Talks News. Her work has appeared in dozens of newspapers, magazines and websites. She’s the author of an online writing course (WriteABlogPeopleWillRead.com) and in her spare time blogs at DonnaFreedman.com. Oh, and she's a huge word nerd.

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  Amanda Abella, AmandaAbella.com

  Amanda Abella is a millennial personal finance and entrepreneurship blogger. She is also the Amazon best-selling author of Make Money Your Honey. Her work has been featured in Forbes, The Huffington Post, Yahoo Finance and more.

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  Jay Fleischman, Consumer Help Central

  Jay S. Fleischman is an lawyer with over 20 years of experience helping people resolve their financial difficulties. He focuses his efforts on student loan resolution, consumer bankruptcy matters, credit reporting issues, and debt collection harassment. Jay is a long-time blogger and podcaster, a regular speaker on consumer protection issues, and an instructor at the Student Loan Law Workshop. He is the Managing Partner of Shaev & Fleischman LLP, a law firm with offices in New York City and Los Angeles.

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  Lou Ferrara, Bankrate

  Lou joined Bankrate.com in October 2015. His portfolio includes all of Bankrate.com's editorial content across formats, as well as the company's newsletter, social media and SEO initiatives. Previously, Lou worked for 10 years at The Associated Press, where, as a vice president, he was one of the company's top innovators and oversaw business, sports and entertainment news. He is a pioneer in content and media, having innovated in social media, user-generated content, automation technologies and virtual reality. He received his B.S. in journalism from the University of Maryland.

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  Emily Guy Birken, EmilyGuyBirken.com

  Emily Guy Birken is the author of the bestseller The Five Years Before You Retire and the forthcoming Choose Your Retirement. She is a former educator, and that background allows her to make complex financial topics relatable and easily understood by the layperson. Her work has appeared on the sites PTMoney, Wise Bread, Money Ning, Huffington Post, Business Insider, and The Christian Science Monitor.

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  Jennifer Fitzgerald, Policy Genius

  Jennifer Fitzgerald is the CEO and Co‐Founder of PolicyGenius, an independent digital insurance company for consumers. Previously, she was a junior partner at McKinsey & Company, where she advised Fortune 100 financial services companies on marketing and strategy. Jennifer regularly shares her insights on personal finance and insurance tech and serves as an expert on the insurance industry and entrepreneurial path. Her articles have appeared in TheNextWeb, Entrepreneur Magazine, TechCrunch and The Huffington Post and she has been quoted as a source in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, The New York Times and Forbes Magazine. She is a graduate of Columbia Law School and Florida State University.

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  Miranda Marquit, Planting Money Seeds

  Miranda has years of experience as a freelance journalist, including 10 years in the personal finance space. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, online and offline, and she has been a guest on NPR's Morning Edition and on Marketplace. Miranda has also worked with numerous brands, is on the Executive Committee for the Plutus Awards, and is the author of Confessions of a Professional Blogger.

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  Christine Odle, Rockin' Beeby Enterprises

  Christine Odle, a financial coach specializing in helping Small Business Owners (and their teams) live their financial dreams. Christine owns four small businesses and has personally lived debt free and run her businesses debt free since crawling out from more than $500,000 in debt in 2009. Christine has a passion for teaching people about business and personal finance, helping them become and remain debt free and build wealth.

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  Jana Lynch, JanaSays.com

  Jana is a books and lifestyle blogger, author advocate, publishing industry employee, and avid reader. She believes authors are rock stars and all books fill a need and have a place.

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  Jason Steele, Freelance

  Jason Steele is a full-time freelance writer specializing in credit cards and award travel. Jason's work is featured by Credit.com, Wise Bread, CompareCards, Low Cards, Lending Tree, and other top personal finance outlets. In addition, his posts are regularly syndicated by mainstream outlets such as MSN Money and Yahoo! Finance.

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  Victoria Araj, Quicken Loans Zing Blog

  Victoria Araj leads the Quicken Loans Zing Blog and held roles in mortgage banking, public relations and more in her 11+ years with the company. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism with an emphasis in political science from Michigan State University, and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Michigan. She also manages the Opportunity Detroit blog, highlighting the work, live and play resurgence of the Motor City. She has been a guest speaker at New Media Expo and FinCon. Her content has appeared on many sites including Allstate, HomeInsurance.com, Military.com, Scotsman Guide and MoneyTips. She can be reached at (313) 373-3032 or victoriaaraj@quickenloans.com. Visit QuickenLoans.com/Blog for more information.

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  LaTisha Styles, LaTishaStyles.com

  LaTisha “Tish” Styles is a nationally recognized millennial personal finance expert. Through her coaching programs and signature Financial Success ToolkitTM, LaTisha motivates young professionals and emerging entrepreneurs helping them to budget, invest, and achieve success. She has been has been featured in The Economist, quoted in Forbes, and mentioned in U.S. News and World Report as a top personal finance expert to follow on Twitter.

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  Scott Alan Turner, ScottAlanTurner.com

  Scott Alan Turner is an entrepreneur and 16-year online business veteran who has started eight online companies. He’s built multiple 7-figure per year online stores which have generated $12.5 million in product sales (online courses, online training, live webinars, e-books, printed books). At the core of every business were the websites he designed and built himself. He now teaches people about personal finance with his Financial Rock Star podcast which hit #1 in iTunes New & Noteworthy 48-hours after launching, and was downloaded 30,000 times in the first two months.

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  Scott Maderer, Christian Stewardship Coaching

  Scott and his wife Carrie are co-founders of Christian Stewardship Coaching. They've been coaching on personal finance, goal setting, and leadership since 2011. Scott is passionate about teaching the Christian community that true stewardship is about more than money. The business has been steadily growing and currently is on track to replace Scott's full time employment income in the next two years.

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  Philip Taylor, PT Money

  Philip Taylor, aka "PT", is a CPA, husband and father of three. He created PT Money back in 2007 to share his thoughts on money and to meet others passionate about managing their finances. He got rid of debt, learned to live lean, saved a bunch of money, and eventually was able to leave his unsatisfying corporate career and pursue his entrepreneurial ventures full-time. Philip’s advice: fix your finances so that they aren’t a burden in your life, and then build the life you want: whether it’s traveling more, early retirement, staying at home with your kids, or building a business like he did. Philip is also the founder of FinCon, the annual conference for the financial media community.

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2015 Keynotes

Carl Richards

www.behaviorgap.com

Tess Vigeland

www.tessvigeland.com

Kabir Sehgal

www.coinedbook.com

Grant Baldwin

www.grantbaldwin.com

2015 Speakers

Pat Flynn, Smart Passive Income

Farnoosh Torabi, Farnoosh.TV

Noah Kagan, SumoMe

Michael Kitces, Nerd's Eye View

Patrice C. Washington, Real Money Answers

Jeff Goins, GoinsWriter.com

Mandi Woodruff, Yahoo! Finance

Chase Reeves, Fizzle.co

Liz Weston, AskLizWeston.com

Jennifer Barrett, CNBC

J.D. Roth, FarAwayPlaces.com

Jeff Rose, Good Financial Cents

Ashley Jacobs, Wise Bread

Emma Johnson, WealthySingleMommy.com

Cameron Huddleston, GOBankingRates

Wes Moss, WesMoss.com

Victoria Araj, Quicken Loans Zing Blog

David Weliver, Money Under 30

Brandon Turner, Bigger Pockets

Mark Ly, Investopedia

Joshua Sheats, Radical Personal Finance

Jessica Woodbury, Cj Affiliate by Conversant

Emily Guy Birken, EmilyGuyBirken.com

Valerie Rind, ValerieRind.com

Toni Husbands, DebtFreeDivas.org

Lindsey Kerr, CJ Affiliate by Conversant

Angela Arno, TradeKing

Murray Newlands, Due.com

Kim Fraser, Wallaby

Tom Drake, Canadian Finance Blog

Grayson Bell, Debt Roundup

Joshua MacFarlane, TradeKing

Victor Santoyo, Sucuri

Jim Cullen, Financial Planners Assistance Corp

Jennifer Fitzgerald, PolicyGenius

Todd Tresidder, FinancialMentor.com

Kim Anderson, Thrifty Little Mom

Jackie Beck, The Debt Myth

John Rampton, Due.com

Jon Roberts, About.com

Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista

Steve Stewart, Money Plan SOS

Steve Rhode, Get Out of Debt Guy

Dustin Hartzler, YourWebsiteEngineer.com

Thomas Frank, College Info Geek

Paula Pant, Afford Anything

Steve Chou, My Wife Quit Her Job

Omar Zenhom, The $100 MBA

Rebecca Neale, The Personal Finance Lawyer

Stephanie Halligan, YouDeserveMore.co

Stefanie O'Connell, The Broke and Beautiful Life

Dr. J. Galen Buckwalter, Payoff

David Herman, Payoff

Sophia Bera, Gen Y Planning

Shannon McLay, The Financial Gym

Sang H. Lee, DarcMatter

Rod Griffin, Experian

Ryan Rhoten, Hubris One Media

Rosemarie Groner, The Busy Budgeter

Rey Brown, Darn Technology!

Will Sisk, Afford Anything

Paul Ivanovsky, IHeartTheMart.com

Patrick Ambron, BrandYourself.com

Kyle Taylor, The Penny Hoarder

Mike Delgado, Experian

Michael Moyer, Mike and Lauren

Matt Schulz, CreditCards.com

Karen Kerley, TradeKing

Lauren Moyer, Mike and Lauren

Josh Elledge, SavingsAngel.com

Donna Freedman, WriteABlogPeopleWillRead.com

Jessi Fearon, The Budget Mama

J. David Stein, Money For the Rest of Us

Gary Foreman, The Dollar Stretcher

Elle Martinez, Couple Money

Cliff Goldstein, NerdWallet

Casey Bond, GOBankingRates

Bobby Lee, 2 Minute Finance

Beta Karimzedah, GOBankingRates

Barbara Friedberg, Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance

Abigail Perry, I Pick Up Pennies

Nick Loper, Side Hustle Nation

Miranda Marquit, Miranda Marquit Freelancing

Mike Jones, About.com

Matt Giovanisci, Roasty Coffee

Mark and Lauren Greutman, MarkandLaurenG.com

Linsey Knerl, Knerl Family Media

Leah Ingram, Suddenly Frugal

LaTisha Styles, YoungFinances.com

Kathleen Celmins, Stacking Benjamins

Kali Hawlk, XY Planning Network

John Schmoll, Frugal Rules

Joe Saul-Sehy, Stacking Benjamins

Jim Wang, Kasai Media

Jason St Peter, Draft

Heather Jarvis, Student Loan Expert

Hal Lublin, Swagbucks.com

Ginger Dean, Girls Just Wanna Have Funds

Eric Nisall, AccountLancer

Eric Rosenberg, Personal Profitability

Ebong Eka, EbongEka.com

Dominique Broadway, Finances De•mys•ti•fied

Deacon Hayes, Well Kept Wallet

Jared Easley, Podcast Movement

Dan Franks, Podcast Movement

Catherine Alford, Budget Blonde

Brittney Castro, Financially Wise Women

Bo Hanson, The Money-Guy Show

Brian Preston, The Money-Guy Show

Brian Bain, INVESTOR IN THE FAMILY

Bob Lotich, ProBloggingCoach.com

Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture

Ann Logue, AnnLogue.com

Amanda Abella, AmandaAbella.com

AJ Smith, SmartAsset

Erin Chase, $5 Dollar Dinners

Toni Anderson, The Happy Housewife

Rachel Schneider, CFSI

Greg Go, Wise Bread

John Schneider, Debt Free Guys

Austin Netzley, YoPro Wealth

David Auten, DebtFreeGuys.com

Jason Steele, JasonSteele.com

Bill Winterberg, FPPad

Michele Barlow, Bank of America

Colleen Arons, Bank of America

Andrea Woroch, AndreaWoroch.com

Andrea Amir, Smart Money Chicks

Larry Ludwig, Investor Junkie

Laura Wooster, John Hancock

Mrs. Money Mustache, Mr. Money Mustache

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  Pat Flynn, Smart Passive Income

  Pat Flynn of SmartPassiveIncome.com has grown over the recent years to become one of the most popular personalities in the online world in and around the space of entrepreneurship, podcasting, blogging and online business. His podcasts have accumulated over 18 million downloads, and he's been a sought after speaker for his mix of energy and passion with incredibly useful and no-nonsense content. He's been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur and the New York Times, and considers FINCON to be his all-time favorite conference that he attends. He spoke at FINCON13 in St. Louis as our opening keynote speaker, and he'll be back again to deliver amazing content, but also be seen amongst the crowd as he's known to just be incredibly accessibly and friendly to everyone.

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  Farnoosh Torabi, Farnoosh.TV

  Farnoosh Torabi, host of the So Money podcast, is the author of three books, When She Makes More: 10 Rules For Breadwinning Women, Psyche Yourself Rich and You’re So Money. She is a frequent financial contributor to Yahoo!, The Today Show, ABC and several top women’s magazines including Glamour, Marie Claire and Redbook. Farnoosh was a keynote speaker at Fincon 2014.

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  Noah Kagan, SumoMe

  Noah Kagan is the Chief Sumo at AppSumo, which helps business professionals kick more ass. He specializes in making things, eating burritos and disc golf. Previously, he founded Gambit, a payment engine for virtual games. Before that, he helped launch Mint.com.

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  Michael Kitces, Nerd's Eye View

  Michael Kitces is a Partner and the Director of Research for Pinnacle Advisory Group, a private wealth management firm located in Columbia, Maryland that oversees approximately $1.4 billion of client assets. In addition, he is a co-founder of the XY Planning Network, the practitioner editor of the Journal of Financial Planning, and the publisher of the e-newsletter The Kitces Report and the popular financial planning industry blog Nerd’s Eye View through his website Kitces.com, dedicated to advancing knowledge in financial planning.

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  Patrice C. Washington, Real Money Answers

  America's Money Maven, Patrice C. Washington has been making money educational yet fun since 2003 as a nationally recognized best-selling author of the Real Money Answers financial series, featured columnist, television commentator, transformational speaker, spokesperson, radio host and leading authority on personal finance, entrepreneurship and success for women. Today, Patrice’s wisdom on money matters has been featured on the cover of Women of Wealth Magazine and by national brands such as Bloomberg TV, CNN Money, NBC, Black Enterprise, The Huffington Post and most recently as the 2015 National Spokesperson for MyFreeTaxes.com. She's also the host of her own weekly segment, Real Money Answers, on the nationally syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Radio Show. Each year she electrifies tens of thousands as a sought after speaker from colleges to churches and conferences nationally where she shares the stage with powerhouses like Lisa Nichols and Steve Harvey.

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  Jeff Goins, GoinsWriter.com

  Jeff Goins is a full-time blogger, speaker and author. He is the former Communications Director of Adventures in Missions, an international nonprofit organization. Originally from Chicago, Goins graduated from Illinois College and spent the next year on the road with a band. Since studying abroad in Spain, he has always had a passion for travel, missions, and making a difference in the world. His first book, Wrecked: When a Broken World Slams into Your Comfortable Life, addresses the issue of how we live purpose-filled lives by serving the needs of others. Jeff’s blog, GoinsWriter.com, is one of the fastest-growing blogs on the web and a well-respected resource for writers, artists, and entrepreneurs. In 2011 and 2012, it won the Top 10 Blogs for Writers award on WritetoDone.com. Each month, he receives over 100,000 visitors to his website. Jeff’s work has been published online and offline in a variety of publications, including RELEVANT Magazine, Copyblogger.com, and ZenHabits.net (voted one of Time Magazine’s Top 50 Websites). His forthcoming work, The In-Between, is a memoir about the lessons we learn while waiting. Jeff and his wife, Ashley, live just outside of Nashville, TN with their son and dog.

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  Mandi Woodruff, Yahoo! Finance

  Mandi Woodruff is the personal finance correspondent for Yahoo Finance, where she covers a broad range of financial news for a national audience. In 2014, she launched the popular weekly web series "Money Minute," which attracts hundreds of thousands of viewers. Mandi graduated from the Grady School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the Univ. of Georgia.

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  Chase Reeves, Fizzle.co

  Chase Reeves is a designer, educator and entrepreneur. Through his work at Fizzle.co he helps thousands of entrepreneurs build their “thing” and make progress week after week. He lives in Portland, Oregon with a (very) lovely wife and a (very) energetic 5 year old son. He is an indelicate and funny person.

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  Liz Weston, AskLizWeston.com

  Liz Weston is an award-winning personal finance columnist and the author of five money books, including the best-selling “Your Credit Score.” She covers college finance for Reuters news service, is a contributing editor for Bankrate and writes for several other outlets, including More magazine, AARP the Magazine and DailyWorth. Her syndicated question-and-answer column “Money Talk” appears in newspapers throughout the country, including the Los Angeles Times, the Palm Beach Post and the Portland Oregonian, among others. Liz has appeared on “The Dr. Phil Show,” “NBC Nightly News,” “The Today Show” and CNBC, among other programs. She is a regular commentator on public radio, including American Public Media's Marketplace Money. She lives with her husband and daughter in Los Angeles and blogs at AskLizWeston.com.

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  Jennifer Barrett, CNBC

  Jennifer is the Personal Finance Editor for CNBC Digital. An award-winning journalist and digital strategist, she was previously Sr. Vice President and Editor-in-Chief at DailyWorth, a financial media company targeting women. The co-author of two personal finance books, Jennifer has written about financial topics for several national publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Worth, Money, and Newsweek, where she was a staff writer and editor from the fall of 2001 until June 2008. She began her career in financial journalism at Dow Jones in 1999, writing the foreign exchange column for the Wall Street Journal, and went on to cover business for the joint newsroom of TheStreet.com and The New York Times before joining Newsweek. In 2011, Jennifer joined Hearst as a digital director, overseeing the Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan and Redbook sites, as well as TheDailyGreen.com. In less than a year, she was promoted to General Manager over the women and teens network. She was responsible for the Cosmopolitan, Seventeen and Redbook sites, managing a team of more than 20 as well as the editorial and social media strategies, content partnerships, and sales and e-commerce initiatives for the three sites, which reached a combined 18 million unique visitors monthly during her tenure. She moved to DailyWorth in 2013. Jennifer is a frequent speaker on the topics of personal finance, digital media, and women and leadership. She has done multiple radio interviews and has appeared on the TODAY show, MSNBC, and CNN Headline News. Follow her @JBarrettNYC.

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  J.D. Roth, FarAwayPlaces.com

  J.D. Roth founded Get Rich Slowly in 2006. He created the year-long Get Rich Slowly course and wrote Your Money: The Missing Manual. He currently writes at FarAwayPlaces.com.

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  Jeff Rose, Good Financial Cents

  Jeff is a Certified Financial Planner™ professional, CEO and Founder of Alliance Wealth Management, LLC, an investment advisory firm. Jeff is also an Iraqi combat veteran and founder of GoodFinancialCents.com. He’s the author of Soldier of Finance, which combines his military background and financial planning knowledge. He currently writes for U.S. News & World Report and has been featured in stories by Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, and Fox Business. In his free time, he loves family time and fitness.

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  Ashley Jacobs, Wise Bread

  Ashley Jacobs is the Community Manager at Wise Bread. She is the host of Wise Bread's weekly #WBChat tweetchat. The #WBChat has an 83 percent success rate of trending on Twitter in the US and averages 4.16 million impressions.

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  Emma Johnson, WealthySingleMommy.com

  A longtime freelance business journalist, Emma Johnson is creator of WealthySingleMommy.com, a blog/podcast/video platform that supports professional single moms in career, money, dating, sex and family. Her advice has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine, U.S. News, NPR, CBS Marketwatch, NPR, CNN, Headline News and others.

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  Cameron Huddleston, GOBankingRates

  Cameron Huddleston is an award-winning journalist with nearly 14 years of experience writing about personal finance. She writes the Life + Money column for GoBankingRates. Before joining GOBankingRates, she was a contributing editor for Kiplinger.com and wrote the popular Kip Tips column, which was syndicated in Tribune newspapers nationwide. Her work has appeared on Yahoo!, MSN, AOL Daily Finance and other online and print publications. U.S. News & World Report named her one of the top personal finance experts to follow on Twitter, and AOL Daily Finance named her one of the top 20 personal finance influencers to follow on Twitter. She has appeared on “Fox & Friends,” MSNBC and CNN and has been a guest on ABC News Radio, Wall Street Journal Radio, NPR, WTOP in Washington, D.C., KGO in San Francisco and other personal finance radio shows nationwide.

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  Wes Moss, WesMoss.com

  Best-selling author Wes Moss is the host of Money Matters – Atlanta’s longest running live call-in, investment and personal finance radio show – on 95.5FM and AM 750 WSB. Wes is also Chief Investment Strategist at Capital Investment Advisors. The firm currently manages more than a billion dollars in assets, making it one of Georgia’s largest Fee-Only investment firms. Wes is also a partner is Wela, a digital advisory service based in Atlanta that offers free financial management tools and the ability for clients to work online with a financial planner. In 2014, Moss was named as one of the top 40 investment advisors under 40 in the country by Investment News. In both 2014 and 2015, Barron’s named Moss as one of America’s top 1,200 Financial Advisors. In addition, Wes is a weekly financial columnist for AJC.com, a guest contributor for ClarkHoward.com, and editor and writer of About.com’s Financial Planning blog.

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  Victoria Araj, Quicken Loans Zing Blog

  Victoria Araj leads the Quicken Loans Zing Blog and held roles in mortgage banking, public relations and more in her 10+ years with the company. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism with an emphasis in political science from Michigan State University, and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Michigan. She also manages the Opportunity Detroit blog, highlighting the work, live and play resurgence of the Motor City. She has been a guest speaker at New Media Expo and FinCon. Her content has appeared on many sites including Allstate, HomeInsurance.com, Military.com, Scotsman Guide and MoneyTips. She can be reached at (313) 373-3032 or victoriaaraj@quickenloans.com. Visit QuickenLoans.com/Blog for more information.

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  David Weliver, Money Under 30

  David Weliver is the founding editor of Money Under 30. He's a nationally cited authority on personal finance and the unique money issues we face during our first two decades as adults. He lives in Maine with his wife and two children.

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  Brandon Turner, Bigger Pockets

  Brandon Turner is the VP of Marketing at BiggerPockets.com, the real estate investing social network. He is also the author of several popular real estate books and was the long-time editor at BiggerPockets. Brandon makes his abode in Western Washington State with his wife, two cats, and dog who often wears pajamas.

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  Mark Ly, Investopedia

  Mark Ly is currently the COO of Investopedia, the world’s largest site dedicated to financial education. He started at Investopedia when the founders were still around, helped grow the site to over 50MM pageviews\month, participated in selling the company twice, the last time to IAC. He is also an active options trader, preferring to sell puts of blue-chip companies. Mark has a Computer Science degree from the University of Alberta, is an avid golfer and skier, and lives with his family in Edmonton, AB, Canada."

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  Joshua Sheats, Radical Personal Finance

  Joshua J. Sheats, MSFS, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC®, CASL®, CAP®, RHU®, REBC® was an amateur personal finance enthusiast who later crossed the bridge to serve as a professional financial advisor. After years of work as an advisor, he grew frustrated with the existing financial talk radio shows and decided to build his own more in-depth, more interesting version. He now hosts Radical Personal Finance, a hardcore financial podcast delivered daily.

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  Jessica Woodbury, Cj Affiliate by Conversant

  Jessica is a former lawyer who's now an expert on digital marketing and working with bloggers. She began blogging in 2001 and started her personal site dontmindthemess.com in 2007. She is a contributor for Huffington Post and Book Riot. She built the innovative Homemaker Blogger Program at online retailer Wayfair.com. Jessica now works at CJ helping bloggers increase monetization opportunities through affiliate marketing. She lives in Boston with her two children.

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  Emily Guy Birken, EmilyGuyBirken.com

  Emily Guy Birken is the author of the bestseller The Five Years Before You Retire and the forthcoming Choose Your Retirement. She is a former educator, and that background allows her to make complex financial topics relatable and easily understood by the layperson. Her work has appeared on the sites PTMoney, Wise Bread, Money Ning, Huffington Post, Business Insider, and The Christian Science Monitor.

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  Valerie Rind, ValerieRind.com

  During a hiatus from a career as a corporate attorney, Valerie Rind worked for a housing authority, where she created its pilot personal finance program for 300 low-income individuals. Under a pseudonym, she was a founding volunteer moderator for the myFico community forum. She writes about personal finance at ValerieRind.com and contributes to other media outlets. Her resume is a checkerboard with gigs like sailing on Caribbean yachts and negotiating megabucks contracts for a Fortune 200 technology company. Ms. Rind has a BA in Russian Language & Literature from Duke University and received an LLB and LLM degrees from the University of Sydney. Yes, in Australia. She currently lives in Washington, DC.

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  Toni Husbands, DebtFreeDivas.org

  Toni Husbands is a founding member and Financial Coach with the Debt Free Divas. She and her spouse paid off over $100,000 in non-mortgage debt in 7 years. She applies her personal experience of working through a seemingly, insurmountable obstacle to help motivate clients to pursue and maintain a debt free lifestyle. Toni co-authored the book, Give Yourself a Raise in 21 Days, which is available for free via www.debtfreedivas.org.

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  Lindsey Kerr, CJ Affiliate by Conversant

  Passionate affiliate marketing expert seeking to connect bloggers and brands in mutually profitable relationships.

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  Angela Arno, TradeKing

  Angela Arno launched TradeKing’s Performance Marketing program in 2007. With deep experience in business development, digital marketing, and communications, she plays a key role in client acquisition, helping TradeKing empower over a half million investors. Her belief that affiliate marketing should always be a “win-win” has made TradeKing’s affiliate program a top performer in this vertical. Angela cut her marketing teeth at The Vermont Teddy Bear Company, where she learned how direct marketing, creativity, and analytics combine to create growth and efficiency. She spent the following 10 years in Montreal, Canada, helping several small companies break into the US gift market. Angela launched her eponymous jewelry line in 2005, and continues to pursue her creative passion. Angela is an avid volunteer and fundraiser for a variety of non-profits. As co-Chair of the 2015 St. Jude Evening of Hope in Charlotte, she helped raise over $622,000 to fight childhood cancer.

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  Murray Newlands, Due.com

  Murray Newlands FRSA is an entrepreneur, investor, business advisor and speaker. He is founder of Due an online invoicing company helping 75k+ business based in San Francisco. Newlands is also an adviser to the Draper Nexus Network of Things Fund that invests in IOT companies. He advises entrepreneurs and start-ups on various subjects from funding to growth strategies. Newlands received a Bachelor of Laws and he is qualified as a Lawyer. He gained his Green Card by being recognized by the US government as an “alien of extraordinary ability.” Newlands is the author of “Online Marketing: A User’s Manual” published by John Wiley & Sons. Murray regularly contributes to Forbes and Entrepreneur.

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  Kim Fraser, Wallaby

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  Tom Drake, Canadian Finance Blog

  Tom Drake started Canadian Finance Blog in 2009, and now the site is one of the top personal finance blogs in Canada. His success with Canadian Finance Blog prompted him to invest in web properties, and he is now associated with more than 50 websites, including dozens of blogs. While he still loves writing about personal finance, these days Tom focuses more on turning undermonetized properties into traffic- and income-generating businesses through site improvement and SEO.

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  Grayson Bell, Debt Roundup

  Grayson is the founder of Debt Roundup, a personal finance blog focused on helping people save more, make more, and fighting debt from all angles. His blog was started after making a number of financial missteps through college and having to face the consequences. Debt Roundup has been featured on a number of high-profile outlets, such as Forbes, Business Insider, and Consumerist. When not blogging about money, Grayson runs a blog maintenance and support company. iMark Interactive provides bloggers and website owners with technical assistance services ranging from monthly maintenance packages to new site feature implementation. Grayson does get off the computer and enjoys spending time with family, DIY projects, and craft brewing!

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  Joshua MacFarlane, TradeKing

  Joshua MacFarlane is Conversion Optimization Manager with online broker TradeKing. Here, Joshua leverages his digital expertise leading a team optimizing site visitors’ journeys to becoming clients. This includes optimizing the site visitor experience, improving client sign-up process, and creating compelling landing pages, including for affiliate traffic. Joshua has 20 years of digital growth experience as a project manager, strategist, analyst and conversion optimizer for industries including financial services, retail, telecom and education. In addition to Joshua’s skills in SEM, SEO, web analysis, and optimization, he is certified in Google Analytics, Optimizely, Google AdWords and Bing Ads. Joshua avidly supports various nonprofits and has worked or volunteered with Doctors Without Borders, Not For Sale, USO, Red Cross, and the Humane Society. When not volunteering or exploring his new hometown of Charlotte, Joshua can often be found on his family’s Kentucky farm.

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  Victor Santoyo, Sucuri

  Technological enthusiast from Miami, Florida with a passion with website security and loves graphic design. Spent many hours becoming familiar with several CMSs while helping clients as a Desktop Publisher. When away from the keyboard, going out for long runs or watching sports with his wife.

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  Jim Cullen, Financial Planners Assistance Corp

  Jim started his compliance career at Raymond James & Associates in their Asset Management Services division where he worked as a Compliance Advisor to their SMA Wrap Programs. Most recently, he served as the Senior Compliance Manager for Roosevelt Investments, a $5Billion Registered Investment Adviser whose activities include serving as Adviser to multiple mutual funds, Sub-Adviser on wire house Wrap and UMA Programs, institutional research publication, and quantitative, fundamental, and hedged investment strategies. Jim has served as an expert panelist and has been featured in IA Weekly.

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  Jennifer Fitzgerald, PolicyGenius

  Jennifer Fitzgerald is the CEO and Co-Founder of PolicyGenius, an independent digital insurance company for consumers. Previously, she was a junior partner at McKinsey & Company, where she advised Fortune 100 financial services companies on marketing and strategy. Jennifer regularly shares her insights on personal finance and insurance tech and serves as an expert on the insurance industry and entrepreneurial path. Her articles have appeared in TheNextWeb, Entrepreneur Magazine and The Huffington Post and she has been quoted as a source in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, New York Times and Forbes Magazine. She is a graduate of Columbia Law School and Florida State University.

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  Todd Tresidder, FinancialMentor.com

  Todd is a former hedge fund manager who "retired" at age 35 to become a financial educator and consumer advocate. He began FinancialMentor.Com on the premise that quality financial education must be separated from investment product sales to reduce conflict of interest. He is the author of 5 books including the best seller "How Much Money Do I Need To Retire" and is now creating the (soon to be) industry standard wealth building curriculum "7 Steps To 7 Figures".

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  Kim Anderson, Thrifty Little Mom

  Kim Anderson writes Thrifty Little Mom.com, a frugal lifestyle blog. Her goal is to encourage families to pursue financial freedom while finding joy in frugal living. She lives in Atlanta, Ga with her Electrical Engineer husband, talkative 3 year old son and the family Beagle named Bit.

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  Jackie Beck, The Debt Myth

  Jackie Beck is a personal finance author and creator of the app store hit Pay Off Debt, an app that has helped 46,000+ people use a debt snowball to break free from debt. Learn more at TheDebtMyth.com

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  John Rampton, Due.com

  John is the founder of Due.com Best known as an Entrepreneur and Connector. John was recently named #3 on Top 50 Online Influencers in the World by Entrepreneur Magazine as well as a blogging expert by Forbes. Awarded Top 10 Most Influential PPC Experts in the World for the past 3 years. He currently advises several companies in the bay area.

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  Jon Roberts, About.com

  Dr. Jon Roberts has a PhD in theoretical high energy physics with ten years of research experience in high energy particle physics and ultrahigh energy cosmic rays. He recently transitioned from academia to take a position as the Director of Data Science for About.com, one of the world's largest content companies. At About.com Dr. Roberts leads a team of researchers deriving insight from 18 years of internet data across thousands of topics. Dr Roberts spent years as a researcher at New York University, where he made predictions for solar system cosmic rays, currently being tested by NASA's AMS detector on the International Space Station, and worked on the Pierre Auger telescope in Argentina, tracking the detected ultrahigh energy cosmic rays. Why is Dr. Roberts so particularly intrigued with data science? Because it tells a story. Data tells you 'what' and the science extracts the 'why.'

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  Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista

  Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche is quickly becoming America's favorite financial educator. The Budgetnista is a spokesperson and passionate, award winning teacher of financial empowerment and founder of an international movement involving thousands of women, the LIVE RICHER Challenge. Since 2008, The Budgetnista has specialized in the delivery of financial education that includes seminars, workshops, curricula and trainings. She was also the financial education expert for City National Bank. Tiffany is the bestselling author of the book, The One Week Budget (#1 Amazon), and she and her financial advice have been featured on: the TODAY show, PBS, TIME, The New York Times, Reuters, ESSENCE Magazine, FORBES, Fox Business, MSNBC and CBS MoneyWatch. She also blogs about personal finance for The Huffington Post. Learn more about Tiffany and The Budgetnista here: thebudgetnista.com.

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  Steve Stewart, Money Plan SOS

  "Steve Stewart, Personal Finance Architect and Financial Wellness Coach, has been blogging at MoneyPlanSOS.com since 2009. His podcast of the same name launched in 2010 and is regularly found in the top 20 of iTunes What's Hot - Investing category. Steve lives in St. Louis, MO with his wife and daughter. When he isn't recording, Steve helps others launch their own podcasts and create awesome videos using ScreenFlow."

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  Steve Rhode, Get Out of Debt Guy

  Since 1994 Steve has been writing about personal finance online. He has a long history on the web and has witnessed waves of trends come and go but sees hope for the future. He is a blogger for HuffPo, WRAL and his busy site at GetOutOfDebt.org.

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  Dustin Hartzler, YourWebsiteEngineer.com

  Dustin Hartzler is a Happiness Engineer at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com. When he's not at his day job, he can be found creating his podcast at YourWebsiteEngineer.com and educating people about WordPress.

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  Thomas Frank, College Info Geek

  "Thomas Frank is an author and college success expert who lives in Iowa and wields a pretty great beard. He is the founder of College Info Geek, a blog, podcast, and YouTube channel visited by over 200,000 students each month. He is the author of the book ""10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less),"" and has spoken at universities including Iowa State University and Simpson College. He is also the co-host of Listen Money Matters, one of the fastest-growing personal finance podcasts on iTunes."

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  Paula Pant, Afford Anything

  Paula Pant ditched her 9-to-5 job, traveled to 32 countries and became a successful real estate investor, freelance writer and content marketing consultant. Her blog, Afford Anything, is the groundswell of a rebellion against stodgy, uninspired financial cliches. Afford Anything focuses on financial freedom and shows readers how to crush limits, create wealth and maximize life.

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  Steve Chou, My Wife Quit Her Job

  Steve Chou runs the popular blog MyWifeQuitHerJob.com where he writes about entrepreneurship and ecommerce for over 200,000 monthly readers on his website. He also runs a private training class for ecommerce entrepreneurs, a wedding linens store with his wife and the My Wife Quit her Job bootstrapped business podcast.

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  Omar Zenhom, The $100 MBA

  Omar Zenhom is the co-founder of Webinar Ninja, a webinar platform and community that is dedicated to online business owners' success with webinars. Omar Zenhom and his partner Nicole Baldinu utilize their over a 15 years of education experience to training and guide online business owners on how to teach, sell, and communicate effectively with their audience using webinars. Webinar Ninja is revolutionizing the webinar world with its commitment to providing an easy to use and effective software along with training resources that encourage transparent marketing strategies with webinars. Omar is also the co-founder of The $100 MBA and host of an iTunes Best of 2014 podcast, The $100 MBA Show. The $100 MBA Show’s daily 10-minute business lessons receive over 25,000 daily listeners has also been named by iTunes as the #1 Work Smarter podcast for 2015.

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  Rebecca Neale, The Personal Finance Lawyer

  With over a decade of legal experience, Rebecca has seen many facets of the law -- from clerking at the highest state court in New York to advocating in small claims court. She has been advising and litigating personal finance and small business matters for most of her career, and brings these insights to her site, www.the personal finance lawyer.com.

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  Stephanie Halligan, YouDeserveMore.co

  Stephanie Halligan is an online artist, writer and entrepreneur, empowering people to live wealthier and happier lives using the power of cartoons. You can find her work at EmpoweredDollar.com, ArtToSelf.com and YouDeserveMore.Co.

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  Stefanie O'Connell, The Broke and Beautiful Life

  Stefanie founded The Broke and Beautiful Life to ignite an open and honest discussion of personal finance among Millennials, freelancers, and artists. She and her site have been featured on such major media outlets as Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Yahoo! News, and various other media, entertainment, and educational publications. Through her blog, book, and live seminars, Stefanie hopes to spread financial literacy and entrepreneurship nationwide- empowering people of all ages, in all professions, and at all income levels to maximize their money and achieve financial freedom.

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  Dr. J. Galen Buckwalter, Payoff

  Dr. J. Galen Buckwalter has shifted his focus from finding you love as the chief inventor of the world's most successful relationship site's "Love" patent to finding you financial happiness with Payoff. Formerly the Chief Science officer at eHarmony, Galen brings complex models of empirical behavioral science and a passion to make the world a better place into finance to help you understand your mindset and behaviors in relation to money. He develops psychometric assessments to identify traits and characteristics that will allow a broader segment of the population to access financial services.

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  David Herman, Payoff

  David Herman, PhD, is a quantitative neuroscientist with numerous publications on mathematical models of brain development in disease states, fear & reward neural circuitry, and human-machine interactions. As Payoff's Lead Data Scientist, David leverages analytics and psychometrics to help members understand their financial psychology toward developing effective habits and good decisions that will improve their financial lives.

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  Sophia Bera, Gen Y Planning

  Sophia Bera, CFP®, is the Founder of Gen Y Planning and is the top Google search for “Financial Planner for Millennials.” She was recently ranked #21 on Brightscope's list of "Top 100 Most Social Financial Advisors." She has been quoted on various websites and publications including Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, Money Magazine, InvestmentNews, and The Huffington Post. Sophia has been featured on the podcasts Entrepreneur on Fire, Gen Y Success, and Wired advisor. She is passionate about bringing financial planning to her generation and is a founding member of the XY Planning Network and active in FPA’s NexGen community. She’s currently working on a new project called SocialFinancialPlanner.com to help other advisors rock at social media! Her new ebook is available on Kindle: What You Should Have Learned About Money, But Never Did: A Gen Y Guide to Empowered Personal Finance.

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  Shannon McLay, The Financial Gym

  Shannon is a financial planner who left a "traditional" financial services firm to start her own company, NextGen Financial, because she felt traditional financial services firms did not have the tools or resources to help people in their 20s and 30s who are starting out and trying to build assets while also managing debt. She realized that the key to long-term personal financial success is a commitment to financial fitness and making smart financial choices. In 2015, Shannon plans to grow her practice and launch The Financial Gym which will be a franchise full service financial planning company where people of all financial sizes can go to get and stay Financially Fit. Through her blog, Financially Blonde, her book, Train Your Way To Financial Fitness, her podcast, Martinis and Your Money and her companies, Shannon is committed to making financial fitness fun, easy and accessible for others.

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  Sang H. Lee, DarcMatter

  Sang H. Lee is the CEO and founder of DarcMatter, an online investment platform providing transparent, institutional-level access to alternative investment opportunities (i.e. startups, venture capital, private equity, and hedge funds). Formerly an investment banker in the energy field at WestLB and BNP Paribas, Sang has accrued a wealth of expertise in financial regulation, business, and financial structuring. He has also worked closely alongside legislators and lawmakers to pass the JOBS Act in 2012. In addition, Sang serves as the President of KSE (Korean Startups and Entrepreneurs), and has been featured in both domestic and international publications including Forbes, Huffington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, CNBC, Fast Company, Crains, and L’Express. Sang was also recognized as an ‘Under30CEO Entrepreneur to Watch in New York City’ and a “GOOD100” leader.Sang has been invited to speak at the UN, International CES, National Science Foundation, and the Council on Foreign Relations.

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  Rod Griffin, Experian

  Rod Griffin is Director of Public Education for Experian. He leads Experian’s national consumer education programs and supports the company’s community involvement and corporate responsibility efforts. Rod overseas the company’s financial literacy grant program, which awards more than $500,000 annually to non-profit programs that help people achieve financial success. He works with consumer advocates, financial educators and others to help consumers increase their ability to understand and manage personal finances. For almost two decades he has written Ask Experian, the credit reporting industry’s first online consumer credit advice column. He participates regularly in Experian’s weekly #CreditChat Twitter chat and appears regularly on the company’s weekly Google+ Hangout. Rod serves as an expert spokesperson on credit reporting and credit scoring issues and is frequently quoted in national print, television and online media outlets.

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  Ryan Rhoten, Hubris One Media

  Ryan is a personal branding and online reputation management coach. Through his coaching business, he helps career-minded professionals define and establish their personal brands online. Ryan draws on his own personal experience with negative Google search results and shares the methods he has used to overcome them via his blog and podcast. As the host of the weekly podcast, The BRAND New You show, Ryan helps his listeners understand the importance of personal branding by providing actionable tips and tactics his listeners can use to help create a BRAND new you. Ryan created the Online Brand Assessment which helps individuals understand how they are perceived online today and offers tips on how to improve their online results. Ryan also developed The Personal Branding Blueprint, an online personal branding course, that has been featured on Udemy.

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  Rosemarie Groner, The Busy Budgeter

  Rosemarie Groner is a personal finance blogger, wife and mom of two children. As a former State Trooper, she understands busy schedules and balancing work and life on a budget. She applies what she has learned at her website www.busybudgeter.com, giving helpful advice and encouragement to others in the same situation. Rosemarie can be reached by email at busybudgeter@gmail.com.

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  Rey Brown, Darn Technology!

  Rey Brown started in the mobile industry in 2003 when a "smartphone" was considered a non-color screen Blackberry (where push email and a physical keyboard was its most touted features) and Palm Treo's ruled. Through the years he watched as mobile technology advanced at a rapid rate but people's knowledge of what-to-do with this new emerging tech dissipated. Therefore he has dedicated his life to helping the non-techie average "Joe" and "Jane" Sync Their Life With Technology. His main hub is Darn Technology! where he blogs, podcast, and help ease the tension between you and your smartphone/tablet.

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  Will Sisk, Afford Anything

  Will Sisk is Chief Data Geek for Afford Anything. He enjoys sifting through mountains of data and analytics to quantify his understanding of the world. His degree is in engineering; he runs a small software company; he doesn't know how to write his own bio.

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  Paul Ivanovsky, IHeartTheMart.com

  Paul Ivanovsky is the man behind the country's largest Walmart deal blog "I Heart the Mart.com" He is the father of SEVEN kids, so when he isn't searching out the hottest deals for his readers he is coaching, driving the family taxi, helping with homework or making a slew of PB&J's for the daily lunches.

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  Patrick Ambron, BrandYourself.com

  Patrick is the CEO and cofounder of BrandYourself.com, the first DIY platform that makes it easy to take control of your online search results. BrandYourself offers a full suite of online reputation management (ORM) products and services for professionals and businesses alike. Patrick is recognized for his expertise in ORM and search engine optimization (SEO). In 2011, his company was named New York’s #1 Emerging Technology Business, making his team the youngest company ever to win the $200K prize. He was recognized by the White House as one of the Empact 100 Top CEOs under 30, named Young Entrepreneur of the year by the SBA, and, most recently, named to Inc. Magazine's "Top 35 under 35" list.

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  Kyle Taylor, The Penny Hoarder

  Kyle is the founder and managing editor of ThePennyHoarder.com, which is currently ranked the #1 most visited, personal finance blog by Quantcast. His unique tips on how to save/make extra money have been featured on Oprah.com, Woman's World, and ABC News.

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  Mike Delgado, Experian

  Mike Delgado is the Senior Manager of Social Media and Public Relations at Experian – and host of the weekly #CreditChat on YouTube and Twitter. He has worked as a digital marketer for over a decade and has extensive experience with search engine optimization, social media marketing, and search engine marketing. He writes about social media strategy for SocialMediaExaminer.com and was a featured speaker at the 2014 Social Media Marketing World conference. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Master of Arts in Communications from California State University, Fullerton. You can find him blogging at MikeDelgado.org and tweeting @MikeDelgado.

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  Michael Moyer, Mike and Lauren

  Mike is one half of the vlogging duo at mikeandlauren.com. He and Lauren started their YouTube channel in 2013 to document their 2 1/2 month backpacking trip across Europe. After they got back, the number one question they were asked was, ""how did you afford the trip?"" That’s when they started making videos about money and revealed their plans to retire before Mike’s 31st birthday. They now post three videos per week sharing how they save 70 percent of their income, DIY projects and tips on how to live life more intentionally.

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  Matt Schulz, CreditCards.com

  Matt Schulz is Senior Industry Analyst at CreditCards.com and also writes for USNews.com's My Money blog. He has been featured on the CBS Evening News, Fox Business and hundreds of TV and radio stations across the country. He has also appeared as an expert source in such media outlets as The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Time and USA Today. He has also led web editorial teams -- and hired lots of freelancers -- for two TV stations, a newspaper, an investing education website and even a college sports website. He is a graduate of the University of Texas and spends his spare time geeking out over food trucks, running, playing sports with his awesome little boy and looking forward to the next date night with his wife.

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  Karen Kerley, TradeKing

  Karen Kerley is TradeKing Group’s Director of Client Experience. Tasked with deepening relationships and engagement, she brings a fusion of UX, interactive marketing, and international communications. Since joining TradeKing in 2011, she’s established a UX practice, introduced VOC channels, and led the company’s M&A communications. Earlier, Karen worked for industry leaders including Bank of America. There, she led teams to launch and brand the company’s intranet and executed one of the largest cross-channel marketing campaigns for BAC’s online banking to that date. BMW Manufacturing Corporation formed her early career, teaching her to focus on quality and the challenges of intercultural communication. Karen grew up near Melbourne, Australia, lived in Europe, and enjoys time with her Carolina family. An avid wanderer, she’s hiked Alpine trails and haunted gardens, museums and theatres in the States, Central America and Europe. A classical soprano, she often tackles vocal projects – particularly character voiceovers.

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  Lauren Moyer, Mike and Lauren

  Lauren is one half of the vlogging duo at mikeandlauren.com. She and Mike started their YouTube channel in 2013 to document their 2 1/2 month backpacking trip across Europe. After they got back, the number one question they were asked was, ""how did you afford the trip?"" That’s when they started making videos about money and revealed their plans to retire before Mike’s 31st birthday. They now post three videos per week sharing how they save 70 percent of their income, DIY projects and tips on how to live life more intentionally.

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  Josh Elledge, SavingsAngel.com

  Josh Elledge is the Chief Executive Angel of SavingsAngel.com, which has helped millions of consumers cut their grocery bill in half and save money in all other areas of consumer spending for over eight years. He is also a syndicated newspaper columnist to 1.5 million homes, syndicated TV consumer expert in 40 TV markets and the host of the 90 Days to Abundance podcast, which has been heard in 166 countries. Josh teaches fellow bloggers and podcasters his formula for publicity, exposure, and media success through his website, MillionsInFreeMedia.com and is disrupting how public relations is offered to digital entrepreneurs.

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  Donna Freedman, WriteABlogPeopleWillRead.com

  Donna Freedman has been a professional writer for 31 years, the last eight of them online. Her work has appeared in dozens of magazines, newspapers and websites. After having spoken about writing at the first four Financial Blogger Conferences -- and being bombarded with questions and e-mails - she created an online course that can be found at WriteABlogPeopleWillRead.com. FinCon registrants can save 20 percent on the course fee with the coupon code FINCON20.

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  Jessi Fearon, The Budget Mama

  Jessi Fearon is a wife, mom of two little boys, and writer behind The Budget Mama, a personal finance site where she shares her family's real life on a budget. She is devoted to helping her readers thrive on a budget while becoming better money managers.

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  J. David Stein, Money For the Rest of Us

  David Stein hosts the Money For Rest of Us podcast and runs the multimedia investment education platform Money For the Rest of Us Hub. Previously, he was Chief Investment Strategist and Chief Portfolio Strategist for a $30 billion institutional investment advisor. He has previously spoken at conferences sponsored by Morningstar, iShares and TD Ameritrade.

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  Gary Foreman, The Dollar Stretcher

  Gary is a former financial planner who started The Dollar Stretcher.com in 1996. They reach over 250k each week with their newsletters and website.

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  Elle Martinez, Couple Money

  Elle Martinez helps families with both Couple Money and its podcast achieve financial freedom by sharing tips for reducing debt, increase income, and building net worth. Learn how to live on one income and have fun with the second.

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  Cliff Goldstein, NerdWallet

  "Cliff Goldstein leads business development, partnerships and advisor relations for NerdWallet's Ask an Advisor platform, which enables financial professionals to master online marketing and position themselves as an expert and authority on the needs of their target clients. NerdWallet is a consumer-focused website dedicated to helping people make better, more informed financial decisions by providing content, tools and access to financial experts. Their Ask an Advisor platform has been featured in FA Magazine, CNBC, and RIABiz, and has been highlighted by Barron's as one of the top places to find a financial advisor online. Prior to joining NerdWallet, Cliff was an investment professional in the Private Wealth Management division at Goldman Sachs. He graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service, where he majored in international economics. Follow Cliff on Twitter at @CliffNerdWallet and learn more about Ask an Advisor at nerdwallet.com/advisors."

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  Casey Bond, GOBankingRates

  Casey is the content director for GOBankingRates and other web properties owned by ConsumerTrack, Inc. She is a seasoned personal finance writer and contributes to a number of major national publications, including US News & World Report, the Huffington Post, Business Insider. Casey has also been featured on Yahoo! Finance, The Street, MSN, The Motley Fool, LearnVest, Money Talks News, Redbook, Style Magazine, as well as ABC News radio and a number of local news radio outlets.

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  Bobby Lee, 2 Minute Finance

  "Bobby Lee is host of 2 Minute Finance, a video blog dedicated to teaching money management skills in short videos. He is also co-host of the Young and Oldish Money podcast, discussing the uneven impact finance and consumer issues can have on different age groups. Outside of financial literacy education, Bobby is passionate about aviation and 80's & 90's country music."

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  Beta Karimzedah, GOBankingRates

  As Executive VP of Media & Strategy, Beta oversees ConsumerTrack’s Media Department and is responsible for managing client media buying and planning needs. She focuses on building new partnerships while ensuring the growth and development of existing partners. Beta holds a Bachelors Degree in International Business and Marketing from Cal Poly Pomona .

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  Barbara Friedberg, Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance

  Barbara Friedberg, MBA, MS is a former investment portfolio manager, expert investor, author of Personal Finance; An Encyclopedia of Modern Money Management and How to Get Rich; Without Winning the Lottery, and Invest and Beat the Pros-Create and Manage a Successful Investment Portfolio. Friedberg is a former university Finance and Investments instructor, and publisher of Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance.com. Her work has been featured in Investopedia.com, U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo!Finance, Bankrate.com, and many more publications.

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  Abigail Perry, I Pick Up Pennies

  Abigail Perry's work has appeared on MSN Money, Wise Bread, Women & Co., Insurance.com and other sites. She won the 2013 Plutus Reader's Choice award. Her blog, I Pick Up Pennies, is about disability, personal finance and other life adventures.She talks about imperfect frugality: the disparity between what we want to do and what we can do -- and how to make peace with it.

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  Nick Loper, Side Hustle Nation

  Nick Loper helps people earn money outside of their day job. He's an author, online entrepreneur, and life-long student in the game of business. His latest role is as Chief Side Hustler at SideHustleNation.com, a growing community and resource for aspiring and part-time entrepreneurs.

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  Miranda Marquit, Miranda Marquit Freelancing

  This is Miranda's 10th year as a freelance journalist and professional blogger. She's made a six-figure living out of providing online content for a variety of clients, including major corporations and major publications. Miranda is the author of Confessions of a Professional Blogger, a handbook about making it work as an online freelancer.

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  Mike Jones, About.com

  Mike is the General Manager of About.com Money, responsible for the channel's editorial, product and growth strategy, working to create a category leading Money & Investing destination site. Mike joins us from the ad technology startup Yieldbot, where as Vice President of Publisher Solutions he was responsible for sourcing and managing publisher partnerships and new business. Prior to Yieldbot, Mike was Director, Business & Audience Development for The Wall Street Journal Digital Network. He was responsible for strategic partnerships focused on growing traffic & revenue for Dow Jones' key digital sites such as WSJ.com, MarketWatch.com and Barrons.com. Mike has over 14 years experience in digital working with other key business brands such as Forbes.com and TheStreet.com. Mike holds a Bachelor's Degree from Dickinson College, focusing on History and Latin American Studies.

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  Matt Giovanisci, Roasty Coffee

  Website wizard, podcast producer, music maker, video veteran, and fanboy of alliteration. Currently working on a coffee website: RoastyCoffee.com

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  Mark and Lauren Greutman, MarkandLaurenG.com

  Mark and Lauren Greutman are the money management experts behind MarkandLaurenG.com and Iamthatlady.com. They are the parents of four children under the age of 9 and work full time online. They have been featured on Nightline, Yahoo.com, Consumer Reports Magazine, Business Insider, and more They desire to help families redefine the stressed out American Dream to a new dream with financial independence.

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  Linsey Knerl, Knerl Family Media

  Linsey is a freelance blogger, author, and public speaker, with experience managing online communities, including her first social role as the Community Manager of Wise Bread. Her company, Knerl Family Media, provides digital content, and works to match blogging communities with the best brands.

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  Leah Ingram, Suddenly Frugal

  Leah Ingram is lifestyle and frugal-living expert and writer, and the author of 14 books. Media-trained while an editor at Woman’s Day Special Interest Publications, Leah quickly became the go-to expert for on-air demonstrations of family-related topics, including gift tips, etiquette advice, shopping suggestions, and money-saving ideas. She's been on-camera since 1994 and in that time has appeared on "Wake Up With Al," "The CBS Evening News," “Good Morning America,” CNBC’s “Market Wrap, Business Week TV, ABC News Now and "Good Day New York” among other programs. Many of her TV appearances have been as a spokesperson for national brands. Her clients have been in the financial, food, retail and home sectors, among others, including Chase, Bank of America, VISA Gift Cards, Starbucks, Florida Department of Citrus, Family Dollar, Amana and HomeAdvisor. Leah is also a graduate of the Protocol School of Washington and a trained etiquette and protocol consultant.

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  LaTisha Styles, YoungFinances.com

  LaTisha Styles is a motivational speaker, millennial money expert, and spokesperson specializing in simple finance for millennials. LaTisha is the producer and host of Young Finances TV a weekly series featuring funny, insightful videos on the basics of personal finance. LaTisha has been quoted in several media outlets including Forbes, US News, Mainstreet, and The Economist. The Young Finances blog has been mentioned by The California Institute of Finance, quoted by The Examiner, and recommended by the Chicago Tribune as a must read personal finance blog for young professionals. LaTisha aims to help the millennial budget, invest and achieve success!

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  Kathleen Celmins, Stacking Benjamins

  Kathleen is the founder of Frugal Portland and For Profit Blogging. She went from being in credit card debt to learning all about blogging, and today, she's a professional blogger. She understands the power of collaboration, and wouldn't be where she is today without the support of the Fincon group.

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  Kali Hawlk, XY Planning Network

  Kali Hawlk is passionate about helping others do more with their money, their businesses, and their lives. She proudly works as the marketing manager for XY Planning Network, the leading organization of fee-only financial planners who specialize in serving Gen X and Gen Y clients. On the side, she runs her own marketing firm for financial businesses and writes for a variety of financial outlets including Clark Howard, GoGirl Finance, and Magnify Money. You can find her on Twitter @KaliHawlk.

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  John Schmoll, Frugal Rules

  John Schmoll is the founder of Frugal Rules. Since leaving his day job as a stockbroker in 2012, he’s tried and succeeded at content creation, freelance writing, affiliate marketing and building communities. John is a father to four children and runs an advertising business with his wife, Nicole in Omaha, Nebraska. Together, they help companies execute marketing campaigns, social media and website content strategy and provide clear, compelling content for websites, blogs, marketing materials and much, much more. John considers himself blessed to be able to share what he’s learned about money management to help others experience financial freedom.

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  Joe Saul-Sehy, Stacking Benjamins

  Overcoming a severe stutter as a child, Joe Saul-Sehy is the host of the award-winning Stacking Benjamins podcast. Formerly a financial advisor, Joe worked with families to create and implement effective financial plans. He represented Ameriprise Financial in countless media interviews, including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun Times, Bride Magazine, and WSJ.com. He's listed in the Carmine Gallo book, Secrets of the World's Greatest Communicators.

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  Jim Wang, Kasai Media

  Jim Wang is an entrepreneur and investor who first got his start with Bargaineering, a popular personal finance blog he started in 2004. He is currently the co-founder of Kasai Media, the premier personal finance influencer network, and was awarded the Plutus Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014.

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  Jason St Peter, Draft

  Co-Founder and CEO of DRAFT. As CEO of DRAFT Jason and his team are building the next generation of investment analysis tools. One that capitalizes on the needs of new levels of simplicity and transparency, by understanding how new technology can fill the needs of a new generation. Jason and DRAFT have seen first hand how innovation is creating a huge opportunity for new companies to enter markets that used to have large barriers to entry. Prior to DRAFT, Jason founded and ran DELL for Entrepreneurs, a program that helped disruptive technologies get to market faster.

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  Heather Jarvis, Student Loan Expert

  Heather Jarvis is an attorney and a nationally recognized expert specializing in student loan law. She has provided award-winning student loan education and consultation for universities, associations and professional advisors since 2005. Ms. Jarvis presently serves as an appointed member of the American Bar Association’s Task Force on Legal Education Finance. Widely recognized as an expert source of information, Ms. Jarvis has trained thousands of students and professionals and is sought after for her sophisticated legal knowledge and accessible teaching style. Ms. Jarvis graduated cum laude from Duke University School of Law.

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  Hal Lublin, Swagbucks.com

  As Senior Director of Partner Development at Swagbucks and its parent company Prodege, Hal Lublin has spent the last five years working with bloggers to promote a variety of different campaigns as part of their Influencer Program. He has also served as Social Media director and community manager, and is one of the authors of the ePro designation course for real estate professionals.

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  Ginger Dean, Girls Just Wanna Have Funds

  Licensed psychotherapist and owner of Girls Just Wanna Have Funds ™-Ginger is passionate about helping women increasing their net worth while redefining their self worth.

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  Eric Nisall, AccountLancer

  Accountant. Tax Preparer. Blogger. Foodie. Hockey fan. Eric has spent the past 14 years working as a tax accountant and business consultant to companies ranging from sole proprietors to renowned restaurants and celebrity foundations. With his new company AccountLancer, he concentrates on helping freelancers and solopreneurs manage and run their online businesses.

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  Eric Rosenberg, Personal Profitability

  Eric Rosenberg is the owner of Personal Profitability (formerly Narrow Bridge Finance), a personal finance blog about spending mindfully, earning more, growing your wealth, and living a better life. He also own Narrow Bridge Media, a WordPress consulting, freelance writing, and social media management company. Find him at personalprofitability.com and narrowbridgemedia.com.

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  Ebong Eka, EbongEka.com

  Ebong is a conference speaker, TEDx speaker, tax and small business expert who regularly appears on MSNBC, Fox News, Fox Business Channel, NBC, CNN, China Central TV and Arise TV. He is a small business contributor for Huffington Post and Office Depot. Ebong is the author of the bestselling book, “Start Me Up! – The No-Business-Plan Business Plan”, published by Career Press.

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  Dominique Broadway, Finances De•mys•ti•fied

  Provocateur and trailblazer can be used to describe this millennial. Dominique has transformed the reputation of personal finances into a social experience by making it engaging, trendy and easy to understand. Dominique Broadway is an award winning Financial Planner, Personal Finance Coach, Speaker, Finance Expert, Entrepreneur and the Founder of Finances De•mys•ti•fied & The Social Money Tour. Dominique is known for being highly favored to share her entrepreneur story, financial expertise and words of wisdom to universities, corporations and numerous non-profits. Dominique has also received various accolades such as the Top 30 Under 30 in Washington DC and nominated for the Changemaker of the Year for her work with Financial Literacy. Dominique’s demystified financial advice, has been highlighted on TheNest.com, Baltimore Sun, Black Enterprise, Marketwatch.com, Ebony Magazine, Levo League, SmartCEO, U.S. News, USA Today, Refinery 29 and other media outlets.

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  Deacon Hayes, Well Kept Wallet

  Deacon Hayes is the founder of Well Kept Wallet, a financial coaching company, where it his goal to get you from where you ARE to where you WANT to be when it comes to you career, money and lifestyle. In 2013, he also founded the Phoenix SEO Company, an online marketing company to help bloggers as well as businesses increase their rankings in Google as well as the other search engines.

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  Jared Easley, Podcast Movement

  Jared Easley is a genuine entrepreneur. He has been called the Zig Ziglar of the podcasting world. In the past couple of years he's started a podcast, written a book and co-founded Podcast Movement which is the World's Largest International Podcasting only Conference. Jared is a noticer, motivator, friend and power content creator. He has found the way to do all of this and still keep his family first.

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  Dan Franks, Podcast Movement

  Dan Franks is the co-founder of the world's largest podcaster conference, Podcast Movement. He also co-hosts the always obscure, and sometimes popular, Men Seeking Tomahawks podcast. Dan is also a full time practicing CPA specializing in tax compliance and consulting for small business owners and entrepreneurs. You can learn more about Dan at http://www.DanFranks.me

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  Catherine Alford, Budget Blonde

  Catherine Alford is an award winning blogger, writer, and speaker who has been featured on The Huffington Post, U.S. News and World Report, Kiplinger, Yahoo Finance, and many more. She started her blog, www.BudgetBlonde.com, from scratch in 2010 and grew it to produce a full time income in three years. She currently manages her blog, other websites, and staff writing clients in those quiet and quick moments when her 1 year old twins decide to sleep.

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  Brittney Castro, Financially Wise Women

  Brittney Castro, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, entrepreneur and personal finance expert for women, is the Founder & CEO of Financially Wise Women, a Los Angeles based financial planning firm for women. She specializes in working with busy, established professional and entrepreneurial women who are passionate about life and want to finally understand money – how to manage it, save it, invest it, and protect it- in a fun and simple way. Brittney’s mission is to help women plan and create the life of their dreams, free from stress and anxiety about money. She is known for her innovative, non-judgmental, compassionate approach to financial planning and is a sought out key-note speaker and has recently presented at the California Women’s Conference, Pacific Life Educational Synopsis Conference and Pasadena Women’s Conference. She has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNBC, Glamour.com, Entrepreneur.com, KTLA, CBS, Financial Planning Magazine, Investment News, Registered Rep Magazine and more.

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  Bo Hanson, The Money-Guy Show

  Bo Hanson is a Fee-Only financial advisor with Preston & Cleveland Wealth Management. He specializes in helping high net worth individuals and families pursue their financial and life goals. Bo is also co-host and producer of the featured iTunes podcast, The Money-Guy Show. The Money-Guy Show is a free personal finance blog and podcast for individuals who are interested in going beyond common sense and restoring order to their personal financial chaos. Through biweekly episodes available on iTunes, The Money-Guy Show covers topics ranging from managing a retirement portfolio to clipping coupons to staying on track to reach financial independence. Bo and his wife live in Franklin, TN.

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  Brian Preston, The Money-Guy Show

  Brian has nearly two decades of experience providing financial and investment advice to CEOs of major corporations, professional athletes, and high net worth individuals and families. Brian founded his first company in 2002, and his firm has been recognized as a leader in the Fee-Only marketplace. His background in public accounting and recognition in the financial industry provide a unique combination of analytical skill with a down to earth communication style. This gift of communication and heart of an educator led Brian to create and maintain one of the highest rated business podcasts on iTunes for nearly a decade, The Money-Guy Show. He is married to his best friend, Jennifer, and they have two beautiful daughters.

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  Brian Bain, INVESTOR IN THE FAMILY

  Brian wants to help people with limited income find investing and financial success. He is the founder and lead writer of INVESTOR IN THE FAMILY where he works to offer quality investing research and education to help launch new investors and refine experienced ones.

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  Bob Lotich, ProBloggingCoach.com

  Bob used his passion for personal finance to launch his award-winning blog, SeedTime.com, back in 2007. His writing and advice has been featured in Men's Health, Real Simple Magazine, Yahoo Finance, Forbes, Kiplinger and many others. He regularly writes for the blog and currently serves as the editor of a team of fantastic writers. The blog has seen over 25 Million visitors since it's inception and is home to nearly 2,000 personal finance articles. His first book "How to Make Money Blogging: How I Replaced My Day-Job With My Blog" became an Amazon #1 Best-Seller and has helped tens of thousands of aspiring bloggers get their blogs off the ground.

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  Barry Ritholtz, The Big Picture

  Barry Ritholtz is the founder and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management, an RIA in New York City with over $175M in AUM. Ritholtz also runs one of the most widely read blogs in finance, "Big Picture", is the author of "Bailout Nation" recognized as one of the best finance books of 2009, and now hosts the "Masters in Business" podcast for Bloomberg radio.

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  Ann Logue, AnnLogue.com

  Annie Logue is a CFA Charterholder, the author of four books in Wiley's . . .For Dummies series, and a lecturer in finance at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She blogs at www.therootofall.com

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  Amanda Abella, AmandaAbella.com

  Amanda Abella is an online business coach, speaker and Amazon bestselling author of Make Money Your Honey. She is committed to helping people have better relationships with work and money through entrepreneurship, online marketing and money mindset. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, The Hunffington Post, Seventeen Magazine and more.

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  AJ Smith, SmartAsset

  AJ Smith is an award-winning journalist with more than a decade of experience in television, radio, newspapers, magazines and online content. She is currently the Managing Editor for SmartAsset, where she oversees a team of staff and freelance writers. AJ has appeared on CNN, The Weather Channel, Wall Street Journal Radio and ABC News Radio. Her work has appeared on websites including MarketWatch, Huffington Post, Yahoo Finance and Credit.com. AJ has degrees from Princeton University and Mississippi State University. In her spare time, AJ and her husband also write and illustrate children's books.

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  Erin Chase, $5 Dollar Dinners

  Erin Chase is the founder of $5 Dinners and the Grocery Budget Makeover, co-founder of The $5 Meal Plan and author of The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook series. When not whipping up delicious, frugal meals in the kitchen and helping others spend less money on their groceries, she can be found out for a run, or chasing her 4 little boys around the neighborhood, or taking escape from the Texas summer heat in the pool.

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  Toni Anderson, The Happy Housewife

  Toni Anderson has been working in the online space since the early 2000’s and most recently co-founded Kasai Media, a boutique social media marketing agency, specializing in native advertising in the personal finance space. Previously she built and managed the blogger influencer network for Savings.com and Valpak, growing the network to over 1,000 bloggers and executing over 40 campaigns. Toni hosts the annual web entrepreneur conference Digital CoLab, which helps online businesses maximize their profits, connections, productivity, and influence. She’s also the publisher of the popular home management site, TheHappyHousewife.com. She’s passionate about her family, fitness, and a good burger.

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  Rachel Schneider, CFSI

  Rachel Schneider is a Senior Vice President at CFSI, an organization that produces independent, data-driven consumer and industry research and advice. CFSI’s actionable guidance about product design and delivery helps build the robust financial services marketplace that is critical to improving consumers’ financial health. Rachel is also a Principle Investigator on the U.S. Financial Diaries research study, a ground-breaking project in partnership with the Financial Access Initiative at New York University. She is co-authoring a book with Jonathan Morduch on the project’s findings, planned for publication in 2015. Though she began her career as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch & Co., Rachel credits her commitment to the potential for innovative finance to solve major social problems from her days as a VISTA Volunteer (now AmeriCorps). She holds a J.D./M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, and a B.A. from UC Berkeley.

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  Greg Go, Wise Bread

  Greg is a cofounder of the popular blog Wise Bread, which receives 2 million pageviews a month. With over 9 years of online publishing experience, Greg has seen all the tricks to monetization -- from TextLinkAds to Adsense to sponsored posts, and more. Over the years, Wise Bread has partnered with some of the biggest multinational brands to run major campaigns.

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  John Schneider, Debt Free Guys

  John Schneider, with his full-time partner, David Auten, is one of the Debt Free Guys. Together they have self-published 4: The Four Principles of a Debt Free Life, and three books in the #MoneyConcscious Series. Despite having had thirteen years of experience working in financial services between them at the time, John and David were financial messes in 2005. They were two thirty-something financial services professionals with $51,000 of combined credit card debt, living in a basement apartment. After reaching their rock-bottom, they crawled out of debt and now use their personal and professional experiences to help others achieve financial independence. John now has fourteen years of experience in financial services in retail and institutional investing. He holds an MBA and FINRA Series 7, 63, 9, 10, 66 and 24 licenses. He and David live together in Denver, CO.

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  Austin Netzley, YoPro Wealth

  Austin Netzley is an engineer turned investor, entrepreneur and now author of the 27-time #1 bestseller Make Money, Live Wealthy. He is the founder of several businesses including ONE Pursuit Investments and the Epic Book Launch, as well as the host of the Make Money, Live Wealthy podcast. Austin's book Make Money, Live Wealthy has well over 55,000 downloads and sales throughout the world, and spurred him to start the Epic brands, including the done-for-your book launching service where they make bestseller's and big businesses.

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  David Auten, DebtFreeGuys.com

  David Auten is a personal finance author and blogger (DebtFreeGuys.com) with over eighteen years of experience in the financial services industry. He has an international business degree and FINRA Series 7, 66, 9 and 10 licenses. Despite 13 years of combined experience in financial services he and his partner, John Schneider, acquired $51,000 in credit card debt, lived in a basement apartment and had a negative net worth. After self-reflection and establishing the principles to being debt free, he eliminated his debt in less than three years and documented this, how to live money consciously and still enjoy life without giving up what he enjoyed. Today, he and John spend their time helping others reach financial freedom and escape from the entanglements of debt through their book 4: The Principles of a Debt Free Life, the #MoneyConscious book series, as well as blogs, video casts and radio show appearances.

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  Jason Steele, JasonSteele.com

  Jason has been a freelance personal finance journalist since 2008, and is an expert on credit cards and award travel. Jason contributes several leading sites including CompareCards.com, Wise Bread, The Points Guy, Lending Tree, and Credit.com which syndicates his work out to mainstream media outlets.

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  Bill Winterberg, FPPad

  Bill Winterberg is founder and president of FPPad.com and is a respected personality in the financial planning industry. Bill is widely recognized as an independent authority on the subject of technology in financial services. Bill maintains the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification and has past industry experience as a Registered Representative and a Registered Investment Adviser. In 2014, Bill was recognized as a 40 Under 40 Honoree by InvestmentNews. He was also named to the 2013 IA 25 list of the most influential people in the financial services profession by Investment Advisor Magazine. Bill is the host of FPPad Bits and Bytes, a weekly video broadcast covering technology news and information for financial professionals. He is a sought after keynote speaker who provides an objective and unbiased perspective of technology trends in the industry. Bill provides technology commentary for the Journal of Financial Planning and was the monthly technology columnist for Morningstar Advisor.

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  Michele Barlow, Bank of America

  Michele Barlow, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Marketing & Channels executive joined Bank of America in 2000. As the Enterprise Marketing & Channels executive, she is responsible for strategic oversight and execution of all enterprise-wide marketing communication initiatives, including developing strategies and programs to rebuild the Bank’s corporate reputation and create awareness for their corporate social responsibility activities at both the national and local level. Barlow also manages the enterprise digital and social media channels to support the corporate reputation and corporate social responsibility initiatives. Barlow also leads the Bank’s local market strategy, focused on the development of integrated marketing communication strategies and plans for critical top markets across the country to improve brand health, improve trust and drive favorability. In December 2011, Barlow expanded her role to include Global Sponsorship Marketing. Barlow lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

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  Colleen Arons, Bank of America

  Colleen Arons combines diverse experience across industries and a commitment to social change to develop and drive strategies that advance the business and brand. Colleen currently leads Bank of America’s flagship financial empowerment program, Better Money Habits, built in partnership with nonprofit educator Khan Academy, available to all at www.bettermoneyhabits.com. Before joining Bank of America in 2010, Colleen held strategic marketing roles at Target and 3M. She began her career as a business analyst at management consulting firm A.T. Kearney, followed by management experience in the nonprofit sector. Colleen earned a B.A. in American Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and was a George F. Baker Scholar. She returned to Georgetown to earn her M.B.A. and led the school’s Net Impact chapter. Colleen and her family live in Boston, Massachusetts.

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  Andrea Woroch, AndreaWoroch.com

  Andrea Woroch is a nationally-recognized money-saving expert who helps consumers find simple solutions to their financial woes while influencing healthier spending and saving habits. As a sought-after media source and national news contributor, Andrea has been interviewed by hundreds of regional and national outlets including Today, Good Morning America, CNN, Dr. Oz, FOX & Friends, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine and many more. When Andrea isn’t sharing money-saving strategies in front of the camera, she is busy behind the scenes writing about it. She blogs at her website, AndreaWoroch.com, among other sites. Her articles have been published at top sites like AOL’s Daily Finance, LearnVest.com and CNN.com. Andrea is also a regular contributor to New York Daily News “Dollar Stretcher.”

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  Andrea Amir, Smart Money Chicks

  Our founder, Andrea Amir, has over 13 years of experience helping people reach their financial goals as a Realtor, mortgage banker and educator. After experiencing her very own financial hardship — filing bankruptcy two times in the same year because she took misguided advice from a “professional” — she realized that with a solid grasp of financial literacy skills, a little planning, and discipline, such drastic measures weren’t needed at all. As a Certified Personal Finance Educator and Certified Housing Counselor, Andrea now spends her time maintaining financial success and educating others as well as helping them avoid financial issues. Currently their are 6 Local Meetups and counting around the country with over 2,000 Smart Money Chicks.

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  Larry Ludwig, Investor Junkie

  Founder and Editor in Chief of Investor Junkie where he reviews the latest financial products, services, and writes with an objective viewpoint.

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  Laura Wooster, John Hancock

  Laura Vail Wooster is vice president and head of marketing and communications for John Hancock’s insurance division. In this capacity, Wooster oversees advertising, creative services, digital marketing, internal and external communications, market research, product promotions, public relations and websites for John Hancock Insurance. She has worked in the financial services industry for more than 20 years across multiple product lines. Wooster earned an M.B.A. from the Stern School of Business at New York University and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. She serves on the board of the Powers Music School in Belmont, Massachusetts, and supports the United Way, Dana Farber/Jimmy Fund and the advancement of women.

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  Mrs. Money Mustache, Mr. Money Mustache

  Mrs. Money Mustache adds a much needed female perspective to the Mr. Money Mustache blog. Besides working behind the scenes at MMM, she is also an occasional writer on her own blog, web site designer, financial consultant, real estate agent, and Etsy business owner.

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Alumni Speakers

Liz Weston, Ask Liz Weston

Farnoosh Torabi

J.D. Roth, Get Rich Slowly

Jean Chatzky, TODAY Show

Amanda Steinberg, Daily Worth

Pat Flynn, Smart Passive Income

Mr. Money Mustache

Jeff Rose, Good Financial Cents

Ramit Sethi, New York Times Best Seller

#FinCon14 Keynote Speakers

Dr. Daniel Crosby, IncBlot

Jennifer Roberts, Chase

Ben Johnson, Ally Bank

Jeff Goins, GoinsWriter.com

Farnoosh Torabi

Chris Ducker, ChrisDucker.com

Jessica Pate, Ally Bank

Farnoosh Torabi

Farnoosh is a personal finance expert, author, speaker and TV personality. Her work and advice has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, Time and Money magazines.

Her television credits include The Today Show, ABC, MSNBC, CNN, Live! With Kelly and Michael, Dr .Oz and The View. She was the host of the Webby-nominated show Financially Fit on Yahoo!, the #1 personal finance series on the web.

Her latest book, When She Makes More: 10 Rules for Breadwinning hits shelves May 1. Learn more about Farnoosh at Farnoosh.TV.

Chris Ducker

A serial entrepreneur, virtual staffing expert, blogger, podcaster and author, Chris helps other entrepreneurs catapult their businesses into the 21st century utilizing what he calls the ‘New Business’ style of marketing.

Chris’ new book, Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business, hit shelves April 1st, 2014. Learn more about Chris at www.chrisducker.com.

Jeff Goins

Jeff is a full-time author, blogger, and speaker. He frequently speaks and writes about how to make a difference in the world through our words and actions. You can follow him online at goinswriter.com.

Jeff is the former Communications Director of Adventures in Missions, an international nonprofit organization. Originally from Chicago, Goins graduated from Illinois College and spent the next year on the road with a band. Since studying abroad in Spain, he has always had a passion for travel, missions, and making a difference in the world. His first book, Wrecked: When a Broken World Slams into Your Comfortable Life, addresses the issue of how we live purpose-filled lives by serving the needs of others.

Jeff’s blog, GoinsWriter.com, is one of the fastest-growing blogs on the web and a well-respected resource for writers, artists, and entrepreneurs. In 2011 and 2012, it won the Top 10 Blogs for Writers award on WritetoDone.com. Each month, he receives over 100,000 visitors to his website.

Jeff’s work has been published online and offline in a variety of publications, including RELEVANT Magazine, Copyblogger.com, and ZenHabits.net (voted one of Time Magazine’s Top 50 Websites). His forthcoming work, The In-Between, is a memoir about the lessons we learn while waiting.

Jeff and his wife, Ashley, live just outside of Nashville, TN with their son and dog.

Dr. Daniel Crosby

Educated at Brigham Young and Emory Universities, Dr. Daniel Crosby is a psychologist and behavioral finance expert who helps organizations understand the intersection of mind and markets.

His clients include Brinker Capital, Guardian Life, Eaton Vance, Stadion and NASA. Dr. Crosby is a two time TEDx presenter, was recently named one of AARP’s “Financial Bloggers You Should Be Reading” and speaks at 35 to 40 industry events each year.

Daniel is the creator of the “Crosby Irrationality Index“, a measure of market sanity that is a combination of fundamental and technical indicators.

Dr. Crosby’s well-reviewed book, “You’re Not That Great” applies elements of behavioral finance such as loss aversion and availability heuristic to the pursuit of a meaningful life.

When he is not consulting around market psychology, Daniel enjoys independent films, fanatically following St. Louis Cardinals baseball and spending time with his wife and two children.

Jennifer Roberts

Jennifer Roberts, a veteran in the financial services industry, currently serves as President of the Affluent / High Net Worth Card business, a division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Roberts is responsible for the Sapphire, and JP Morgan card portfolios, as well as the affluent portions of Freedom and Slate.

In addition, she leads the Pricing and Ultimate Rewards Centers of Excellence. These responsibilities include oversight for the key financial aspects of the card business, as well as developing differentiated features and benefits for the UR program, and working with strategic travel and retail partners to enhance value for Chase cardholders.

Roberts joined Chase in 1996 and has held various positions, including senior marketing director, leading the Ultimate Rewards and Acquisitions centers of excellence. Prior to that, she was a leader in Card Services’ portfolio marketing team, managing a broad spectrum of key sales and engagement initiatives. Her broad experience includes co-branded partner management, bank-branded rewards management, product development, existing customer marketing and new account marketing.

Prior to her tenure at Chase, Roberts worked in marketing and portfolio management roles for several other card issuers.

Jennifer earned a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of North Texas and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, with a concentration in Marketing and minor in French from Towson State University. Jennifer lives in Avondale, PA with her husband and three children.

Ben Johnson

As the Director of Consumer Social Media at Ally, Ben is responsible for developing social strategy to grow and engage the consumer audience for Ally’s bank and auto social channels. With over 15 years of experience in digital marketing, product management, and program management within the financial services industry, he specializes in targeted content creation for social platforms such as Ally’s Straight Talk and Road Map blogs.

Jessica Pate

Jessica oversees enterprise brand strategy and execution for Ally including Ally Bank and Ally Auto. She is passionate about keeping the brand experience authentic and straightforward across all consumer and customer engagements. Jessica has over 12 years of experience in developing Consumer Value Propositions, brand, and marketing programs within the financial services industry.

More #FinCon14 Speakers

Toni Anderson, Happy Housewife

Cameron Huddleston, Kiplinger

Mandy Rose, House of Rose

Josh Elledge, SavingsAngel.com

Joe Saul-Sehy, Stacking Benjamins

Jason Steele, JasonSteele.com

Shiyan Koh, NerdWallet

Alex McAdams, NerdWallet

Steve Chou, My Wife Quit Her Job

Jeff Rose, Good Financial Cents

Mike & Lauren Moyer, MikeAndLauren.com

Karyn Fleeting, Miss Thrifty

Sylvia Flores, Broken Eggs Film

Jim Wang, Microblogger

Luke Landes, Consumerism Commentary

Michael Schreiber, Credit.com

Shannyn Allan, Frugal Beautiful

Tom Drake, Canadian Finance Blog

Bill Loundy, Contently

Jennifer Barrett, CNBC Digital

Donna Freedman, Surviving and Thriving

Stephanie Halligan, The Empowered Dollar

Ellie Kay, EllieKay.com

Victoria Araj, Quicken Loans ZIng Blog

Thomas Bright, ClearPoint Credit Counseling

Andrea Deckard, Savings Lifestyle

Andrew Meadows, Broken Eggs Film

Carrie Smith, Careful Cents

A.J. Smith, SmartAsset

Emma Johnson, WealthySingleMommy

Patrice C. Washington

Erin Chase, $5 Dinners

Paula Pant, Afford Anything

Megan Dougherty, Firepole Marketing

Lauren Greutman, I Am That Lady

Joseph Michael, Learn Scrivener Fast

Linsey Knerl, Knerl Family Media

Jared Easley, Starve the Doubts

Vernon Ross, VernonRoss.com

Mrs. Money Mustache

Todd Tresidder, Financial Mentor

Miranda Marquit, MirandaMarquit.com

Rob Berger, Dough Roller

Ruth Soukup, Living Well Spending Less

Mr. Money Mustache

Korrena Baillie, Bankrate Insurance

LaTisha D. Styles, Young Finances

Beverly Harzog, BeverlyHarzog.com

Jesse Mecham, YNAB

Matt Schulz, CreditCards.com

Cait Flanders, Blonde on a Budget

James Kinson, Cash Car Convert

J.D. Roth, More Than Money

John Egan, SpareFoot

Stephanie Sammons, Wired Advisor

Morgan Quinn, Mint.com

Chad Parks, Broken Eggs Film

Kim Peterson, MSN Money

Constantine Anastasakis, Fiverr

Kelly Whalen, The Centsible Life

Mike Delgado, Experian

Grant Baldwin, GrantBaldwin.com

 

Alex McAdams – Alex is a member of NerdWallet’s Personal Finance team and is passionate about helping people make better, more informed financial decisions. He writes on a variety of financial topics including digital currencies, taxes, and financial hacks. Alex also helps curate NerdWallet’s consumer community and is dedicated to giving visitors to NerdWallet a great experience. Before joining NerdWallet, Alex was a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group, where he worked across a variety of industries, including financial services, pharmaceuticals and global manufacturing. He studied philosophy and neurobiology at Harvard University.

Shiyan Koh – Shiyan leads NerdWallet’s Personal Finance products. Before NerdWallet, she was an investment professional at Bridgewater Associates. Shiyan was also a Senior Investment Associate at Institutional Venture Partners, and began her career as an Investment Banking Analyst at JPMorgan, serving technology and healthcare clients. She is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Business School.

Mr. Money Mustache – Mr. Money Mustache grew up as a small-town Canadian kid, graduated from school to become an engineer, saved and invested early and retired at age 30. Now nine years into retirement, he writes a self-titled blog that has grown to gather over a million pageviews per week. Through Fincon, he hopes to swap ideas with other bloggers on what works (and what does not) in attracting and keeping a loyal audience.

Mrs. Money Mustache – Mrs. Money Mustache adds a much needed female perspective to the Mr. Money Mustache blog. Besides working behind the scenes at MMM, she is also an occasional writer, web site designer, financial consultant, and real estate agent.

Jason Steele – Since 2008, Jason Steele has been a freelance contributor to many of the leading personal finance sites including Credit.com, Wise Bread, and Money Crashers. In addition, his work is regularly features at mainstream outlets such as MSN Money, Yahoo! Finance, and Business Insider.

Jim Wang – Jim founded Bargaineering.com, a successful personal finance blog, in 2008 and now teaches readers who to build their own small blogging empire at Microblogger.com. Jim helped create the financial blogging community and has become a solid resource for those looking to follow in his footsteps.

Patrice C. Washington – In 2009 Patrice C. Washington didn’t even know what a blog was, but she did know she was passionate about helping others WIN in their finances so she figured it out. Today as a nationally recognized speaker, #1 best- selling author, featured columnist and media personality, she’s focused on moving the masses from debt management to money mastery. Patrice’s wisdom on money matters has been a recurring feature by national brands such as NBC, Black Enterprise, The Huffington Post, Geico, Experian, Quizzle.com and she’s the newest member of the nationally syndicated, Steve Harvey Saturday Show.

AJ Smith – AJ Smith is the Managing Editor at SmartAsset and is an award-winning journalist with more than a decade of experience in television, radio, newspapers, magazines and online content. Her work has appeared in outlets such as CNN, CBS and The Weather Channel. She has a passion for meeting new people, sharing stories and helping others. She has degrees from Princeton University and Mississippi State University. AJ and her husband also write and illustrate children’s books.

Andrea Deckard – Andrea Deckard is an accidental entrepreneur. As a professional blogger at SavingsLifestyle.com, Andrea has learned many ways to earn through diversified revenue streams. As a consultant, she has advised brands, including Favado and 94Fifty, how to create a more meaningful experience for consumers. Andrea is also a co-founder of Digital CoLab, where she and her partners share ways to build a profitable brand. In her free time, you will find Andrea and her husband in the stands cheering at one of her three boys’ sporting events. She is a proud #sportsmom.

Andrew Meadows – Andrew Meadows is an award-winning public speaker, broadcast personality and advocate for all things retirement. He has worked primarily in the 401(k) and personal finance industry for the past 12 years, weighing heavily on his experience in marketing and media to spread the word and motivate others to plan for their futures.

Beverly Harzog – Beverly Harzog is a nationally recognized credit card expert, consumer advocate, and the author of Confessions of a Credit Junkie: Everything You Need to Know to Avoid the Mistakes I Made (Career Press, November 2013). She runs a popular credit card blog on her website, www.BeverlyHarzog.com. She’s appeared on Fox News, ABC News Now, FoxNews.com Live, CNN Newsource, and is a frequent guest on syndicated radio shows. Her advice can also be found in print and on major websites, including The Wall Street Journal, CNNMoney.com, The New York Times, USA Today, Money, Kiplinger, Time.com, New York Daily News, and more.

Bill Loundy – Bill is the Director of Talent Management at Contently. Contently helps brands create great stories, engage audiences, and deliver business results — at scale. They do so with powerful software, world-class creative talent, and patent-pending technology that ties content performance to business goals. The Contently talent network is made up of over 40,000 professional writers and journalists, visual designers, award-winning video producers, and elite photographers.

Cait Flanders – Cait Flanders is a personal finance blogger from Vancouver, Canada. In 2011, she found herself completely maxed out with more than $28,000 of consumer and student debt. Cait started her blog, Blonde on a Budget, to chronicle her debt repayment journey and never dreamt of the career opportunities it would lead to. Cait is now a contributor at The Globe and Mail and Huffington Post Canada, and she writes a weekly post on personal finance expert Gail Vaz-Oxlade’s site. In 2013, Cait was the recipient of the Plutus Award for Best Canadian Personal Finance Blog.

Cameron Huddleston – Cameron Huddleston writes the daily “Kip Tips” column for Kiplinger.com. She joined Kiplinger in 2001 after graduating from American University with an MA in economic journalism. Prior to that, she worked for Dow Jones Newswires, covering convertible securities and junk bonds. She has a BA in journalism and Russian studies from Washington & Lee University.

Carrie Smith – Carrie Smith is the financial writer and founder of carefulcents.com, a site that helps creative freelancers discover the art of making a living from what they love. In May 2013 she quit her full-time accounting job to pursue entrepreneurship and blogging. Since then she’s been featured in sites like The Huffington Post, Glamour Magazine, and Kiplinger Finance. In her spare time she enjoys painting, sketching, making food with her chef husband, and browsing Instagram.

Chad Parks – Chad Parks is Executive Producer for the independently produced documentary, Broken Eggs. He was a born entrepreneur who stumbled upon the film world by being the black sheep of the retirement industry. And with visionary beginnings.

Constantine Anastasakis – Constantine heads up business development at Fiverr, the world’s largest marketplace for services. In this role, he creates partnerships, develops new lines of business, manages the payments infrastructure, and explores corporate development opportunities. Previously, he has lead business development at venture funded ecommerce and social commerce startups and continues to advise early-stage technology companies in New York and LA. He began his career as a risk management analyst for the wealth management team at Merrill Lynch. He is a Georgetown University and Fordham Law graduate.

Donna Freedman – Donna Freedman spent almost seven years writing for MSN Money and a couple of years as a staff writer for Get Rich Slowly. She now works for Money Talks News and writes for various other websites and magazines, and blogs about intentional spending and lifeitsownself at DonnaFreedman.com

Ellie Kay – Ellie Kay is the best-selling author of fifteen books including Lean Body, Fat Wallet, and Living Rich for Less. She is a popular international speaker and a media veteran who has given over 1200 media interviews including appearances on ABC, CNBC, CNN and Fox News. Her work has a corporate spokesperson has garnered over 50 SMTs (Satellite Media Tours). As a popular columnist she writes for six national magazines & has been a SME (Subject Matter Expert) for the WSJ, New York Times and Washington Post. Ellie is married to LTC Bob Kay and they have seven children.

Emma Johnson – Longtime personal finance journalist (former AP business reporter, MSN Money columnist, credits in NYT, WSJ, Forbes, Men’s Health, WIRED, WORTH, etc.), launched in August, 2012 WealthySingleMommy.com about thriving as a professional single mother. Within the first year I was named to NYT Motherlode’s blogroll and invited to write op-eds for Opinionator, made appearances on HLN, HuffPoLive, Ryan Seacrest Radio, Fox News, TODAY and landed a nationally syndicated AM radio show.

Erin Chase – Erin Chase is the author of The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook series and founder of $5 Dinners.com. She is a frugal home chef trying to help others spend less on groceries, while still eating healthy and delicious meals. She has appeared on the Rachael Ray Show, The View, Fox & Friends and countless other media outlets. She lives in San Antonio, TX with her husband Steve and their 4 boys.

Grant Baldwin – Grant Baldwin is a nationally recognized speaker and author. His book and curriculum “Reality Check” is used in over 500 high schools around the country. He has given hundreds of presentations and has spoken to over 400,000 people in 47 states through leadership conferences, conventions, and other events. He is also host of the podcast “How Did You Get Into That?” which interviews people doing interview and inspiring work. As much as he enjoys speaking, his favorite roles are being a husband to his high school sweetheart and daddy to three little girls.

J.D. Roth – J.D. Roth founded the award-winning Get Rich Slowly in 2006. He’s also the author of Your Money: The Missing Manual and writes the monthly “Your Money” column for Entrepreneur magazine. Earlier this year, he released the Get Rich Slowly course, which can be found at MoneyToolbox.com. His non-financial writing lives at jdroth.com. J.D. is rather fond of bacon.

James Kinson – I recently started the Cash Car Convert podcast where I teach listeners how to buy a cash car and “kick auto debt to the curb!” While I learned about the danger of debt recently, I learned about how to buy good used cars through nearly 40 years of trial and error. I believe I know how to find good inexpensive used cars and can help others do the same. Freeing them to kick auto debt to the curb. My goal is to create a cash car revolutions one indebted car at a time!

Jared Easley – Jared Easley is the co-founder of the Podcast Movement which is the only National Conference for Podcasting. He is also the co-founder of PodMov University which is an innovative online university for Podcasters by Podcasters. Jared is the host of the Starve the Doubts podcast where he interviews high achievers about how the have overcome self doubt on their journey to success (previous guests include: Philip ‘PT’ Taylor, Pat Flynn, Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki, Jeffrey Gitomer, David Allen, Michael Hyatt & Amy Porterfield).

Jeff Rose, CFP® – Jesus & family lover, financial planner, Iraqi Combat Veteran, Author of Soldier of Finance, In-N-Out Burger addict, Crossfitter

Jennifer Barrett – Jennifer is the Personal Finance Editor for CNBC Digital. An award-winning financial journalist and digital strategist with more than 15 years of media experience, she was previously Sr. Vice President and Editor-in-Chief at DailyWorth. Jennifer has co-authored 2 personal finance books and has written about financial topics for several publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Worth, Money, and Newsweek, where she was a staff writer and editor from 2001 until 2008. Before joining DailyWorth in 2013, she was GM of Hearst’s Cosmopolitan, Redbook, and Seventeen sites, which reached a combined 18 million visitors a month.

Jesse Mecham – Jesse is the founder of YouNeedABudget.com and two-time Fincon Pullup Champion. When he’s not speaking on, writing about, fine-tuning software for, or doing his own budgeting, he enjoys playing the piano, working in the garden, CrossFit, marksmanship, and honing his golf swing. Jesse graduated from Brigham Young University with a Masters of Accountancy degree. Immediately after he obtained his CPA license, he let it lapse so he could work on “You Need A Budget” full-time. Jesse lives in Utah, is married to Julie, and has five children.

Joe Saul-Sehy – Before creating Stacking Benjamins, Joe was a 16 year financial planning veteran and media specialist. His advice has appeared in wide-ranging places such as the Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, and Detroit News. He’s been featured in magazines such as Bride, Child and Best Life. Joe was the Detroit WXYZ TV “Money Man” for nine years. Stacking Benjamins offers readers and listeners relaxed financial tips and commentary on current events.

John Egan – John Egan is editor in chief at SpareFoot, which operates the country’s largest online marketplace for self-storage units. He is former editor and managing editor of the Austin Business Journal, and former editor in chief at Bankrate Insurance.

Joseph Michael – Joseph Michael is a top-notch Scrivener coach who helps people become world-class writers by mastering Scrivener. His online course, Learn Scrivener Fast, has helped even best-selling authors and full-time writers like Michael Hyatt and Joanna Penn create their best work. The course reveals Scrivener’s untapped powers and hidden benefits, which is why writers like to say that he’s their secret weapon. His course helps them become published authors, novelists, and even professional bloggers who literally wake up delighted to write every morning.

Josh Elledge – Josh Elledge is on a mission to help Americans save money to increase giving. He is Founder and Chief Executive Angel of SavingsAngel.com, which bolsters the buying power of the average U.S. family by combining technology, coupons and smart thinking for extreme savings on everyday items. Elledge has emerged as one of the nation’s leading experts on consumer savings — sharing his successful money savings expertise with millions of families in his syndicated newspaper column, radio, and TV segments. Passionate about his family, fitness, and performing improv comedy, Elledge now resides in Orlando with his wife and three children.

Karyn Fleeting – Better known as the popular British blogger Miss Thrifty, Karyn Fleeting is a regular speaker at digital and search conferences in the UK. Miss Thrifty, her personal finance blog, has won awards including a Plutus Award for Best International Personal Finance Blog, plus a Cosmopolitan Blog Award for Lifestyle Blog of the Year.

Kelly Whalen – Kelly Whalen is the founder of The Centsible Life, a blog where motherhood and money meet. Her goal is to help readers live well on less. Kelly is a mom to 4, and loves that she can stay at home with her kids, and still pursue her passions for writing, personal finance, and social media. You can often find her on twitter and Facebook talking money and motherhood.

Kim Peterson – Kim Peterson has been a writer and editor with MSN Money for six years. She also writes blog posts for CBS MoneyWatch. Before that, she was a newspaper reporter for more than a decade, working at The Seattle Times and The San Diego Union-Tribune.

Korrena Bailie – Korrena is current managing editor at Bankrate Insurance. She has been an editor for 5 years and also holds a master’s degree in creative writing.

LaTisha Styles – LaTisha Styles is an author and motivational speaker specializing in simple and fun finance for millennials. She focuses on building wealth the smart way: through savvy investing and excellent money management. As one of a handful of video bloggers in her niche, she produces funny, insightful videos on the basics of personal finance. Investment firms, banks, and insurance companies have featured her videos that cover the basics of personal finance. Her goal is to help the college student and recent college graduate budget, invest and achieve success!

Lauren Greutman – Lauren Greutman is a mom of 4 kids under the age of 8, she started blogging at iamthatlady.com in 2010 to share her tips on saving people money. Her blog has since grown to be one of the largest personal finance blogs in New York State. She is a regular guest on both CNY Central News Channel 3 & 5, as well as 9-WSYR in Syracuse and is known as the go-to contact for all money related stories. She is a back-up co-host of News Channel’s 9′s Bridge Street Show and has also had her blog featured nationally in All You Magazine, Oprah.com, and MSNmoney.com. Most recently she was featured on MarloThomas.com, which landed her video on the front page of aol.com.

Lauren Moyer – Lauren Moyer is half of the vlogging duo at mikeandlauren.com. On their YouTube channel Mike and Lauren focus on personal finance, DIY projects, travel, and homesteading. They have plans to become financial independent at the age of 30.

Linsey Knerl – Linsey is a freelance blogger, author, and public speaker, with experience managing online communities, including her first social role as the Community Manager of Wise Bread. Her company, Knerl Family Media, provides digital content, including video, copy, and photography, for a variety of brands, such as ConAgra, Walmart, and American Express.

Luke Landes – Luke Landes is the founder of premiere personal finance blog Consumerism Commentary and is a renowned writer covering personal finance and money management. With experience building online communities since 1990, Luke founded Consumerism Commentary to hold himself publicly but anonymously accountable for his decisions with money. Consumerism Commentary has received accolades from Money Magazine, the New York Times, and BusinessWeek for being the top personal finance blog. In promotion of blogging as a medium and to increase the mainstream legitimacy of personal finance bloggers in particular, Luke created projects such as the Carnival of Personal Finance and The Plutus Awards.

Mandy Rose – You can typically find me chasing my children around with my Canon 70D trying to capture the next epic Instagram moment. I’m a boy mom, fountain coke addict and DIY wanna-be. I’m the founder of HouseofRoseBlog.com, a lifestyle blog where I share my love of home decor, DIY tutorials, mommy mishaps and my favorite fashion tips. I am also the co-founder of HappyMommyBox.com which is a care package service for moms to help brighten their day.

Matt Schulz – CreditCards.com Senior Industry Analyst Matt Schulz has spent much of the last decade helping people make smart decisions about their money. He has been quoted in or had his work appear in major media outlets such as NBCNews.com, MarketWatch, U.S. News and World Report and Huffington Post. Matt earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Texas. When he’s not working, he’s obsessing over Texas Longhorn football, searching for a new restaurant to visit on his next date night with his wife and spending as much time as possible with his awesome little boy.

Megan Dougherty – Megan Dougherty is the Education Lead for Firepole Marketing, and over the past 4 years has taught hundreds of entrepreneurs how to build and grow their online businesses. With a passion for Instructional Design and Gamification, Megan is fascinated by the different models people can use to increase the size of their audiences and the thickness of their wallets – always built upon a strong foundation of integrity and relationship building. Along with her husband, Megan co-founded Dr Sugarbottom’s Chocolates, Candies and Confections, home of the Chocolate of the Month Club.

Michael Schreiber – Editor in Chief & Chief Content Officer at Credit.com – Michael Schreiber leads the editorial and content team, which consists of more than 30 credit experts. Credit.com’s content is syndicated daily across major news and media outlets including Yahoo, MSN, AOL, NBC and others. Michael is an Emmy and DuPont award winning journalist & producer, with more than 15 years of experience and has worked in print, television and online. Previously, He was Managing Editor of MainStreet.com, the personal finance site owned by TheStreet.com. He is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where he also served as an adjunct professor in the multimedia department.

Mike Moyer – Mike Moyer is half of the vlogging duo at mikeandlauren.com. On their YouTube channel Mike and Lauren focus on personal finance, DIY projects, travel, and homesteading. They have plans to become financial independent at the age of 30.

Mike Delgado – Mike is a community shepherd, digital marketer, and educator. He serves as the social media community manager for Experian, North America and teaches social media strategy courses at the University of California, Irvine Extension. He writes for Social Media Examiner and blogs about how businesses can build thriving communities at MikeDelgado.org. He is tweeting @mikedelgado and hosts Experian’s weekly #CreditChat and #MarketingChat.

Miranda Marquit – Miranda is a freelance journalist, professional blogger, and author. She provides content to numerous publications, online and offline, including U.S. News & World Report, Huffington Post, Wise Bread, Discover magazine, and her local newspaper. Her latest book, Confessions of a Professional Blogger, was self-published with money raised from a successful crowdfunding campaign (Miranda’s other two books were handled by publishers). Miranda works from her home office in Utah, and enjoys travel, the outdoors, and reading.

Morgan Quinn – Morgan is an editor, content marketer, and social media strategist. She is the current Managing Editor and Social Media Manager for Mint.com, an Intuit company. She is recognized as a prominent San Diego blogger, content marketer, and social media specialist and is considered a leader in her industry and among her professional networks. Before she became a marketer and social media strategist, Morgan worked in the personal finance industry with a background in mortgage lending and consumer banking. She also has experience with raising backyard chickens but, unfortunately, she was never financially compensated for that endeavor. You can read more about her at morganmariequinn.com.

Paula Pant – Paula Pant ditched her 9-to-5 job in 2008 and never looked back. She’s traveled to more than 30 countries, runs a business through her laptop from anywhere on earth, and she owns a half-dozen rental properties. Her blog, AffordAnything.com, is dedicated to becoming money-savvy, crushing limits, and maximizing life. It’s the new gathering spot for a tribe of people who refuse to say, “I’d love to do that … but I can’t afford it.”

Rob Berger – Rob is a trial attorney in Washington, D.C. and the founder of DoughRoller.net. Through his blog, newsletter, and podcast, he helps people get out of debt, manage their money, and build wealth.

Ruth Soukup – Ruth Soukup is a writer, entrepreneur, & semi-frazzled thrifty mama of two. She is the author of the bestselling eBook, How to Blog for Profit (Without Selling Your Soul) and the founder of Living Well Spending Less, one of the most popular frugal lifestyle blogs on the web, receiving more than 1.4 million unique visitors and 3.4 million page views each month, where she writes about her ongoing adventure of finding the Good Life on a budget. Her next book, Living Well Spending Less: 12 Secrets of the Good Life (Zondervan) is scheduled for release in January 2015.

Shannyn Allan – I’ve been blogging about frugality and wellness since 2011 to help women live financially and physically fit! This year I’ll be featured on TLC’s Extreme Cheapskates.

Stephanie Halligan – Stephanie Halligan is the founder and chief cartoonist at The Empowered Dollar and the author and illustrator of the Crush Your Debt Comics. She is a financial empowerment consultant, helping companies come up with creative curriculum to teach smart money habits to teens and twenty-somethings. Stephanie believes that positivity, empowerment and humor are the best ways to help people crush debt and create freedom, and tries to infuse doodles and laughter into all of her work.

Stephanie Sammons – Stephanie is a digital entrepreneur and the founder of Wired Advisor, a professional financial advisor digital marketing platform. She also teaches entrepreneurs how to build and grow a successful business in a wired world at www.stephaniesammons.com.

Steve Chou – Steve runs the popular blog MyWifeQuitHerJob.com where he blogs about his experiences running his various online businesses. He strongly believes that entrepreneurship should be about providing you with the freedom to do what you enjoy and to spend more time with the people you love.

Sylvia Flores – With over 20 years in marketing and advertising, Flores has worked with mega clients including Intel, Microsoft, Carbon Audio, and Apple. Flores has also worked on projects with Jack Johnson, Mariah Carey, Denise Richards and YMCMB’s Lil’ Wayne and Birdman. In the last few years, Flores has made the move into the retirement financial arena based upon her passion to demystify the subject to the masses. Flores is also a prolific writer in the blogosphere and burgeoning novelist.

Thomas Bright – Thomas Bright handles the digital content strategy at ClearPoint, a national non-profit credit counseling agency. He’s pretty knowledgeable about best web practices and fired up about SEO, but writing remains his passion. His favorite topic in personal finance is student loans, and he enjoys sharing his tips on how to pay them off most efficiently. When he isn’t working, he’s exploring Richmond, Virginia with his wife and friends and soaking up all the history, nature, and good food the city has to offer.

Todd Tresidder – Todd is a former hedge fund manager who “retired” at age 35 to become a financial educator and consumer advocate. He began FinancialMentor.Com on the premise that quality financial education must be separated from investment product sales to reduce conflict of interest. He is the author of 5 books including the best seller “How Much Money Do I Need To Retire” and is now creating the (soon to be) industry standard wealth building curriculum “7 Steps To 7 Figures”.

Tom Drake – Tom Drake started blogging in 2009 when he started Canadian Finance Blog, which is recognized as one of the top personal finance blogs in Canada. Since then, he founded Drake Media Inc., where he manages over a dozen blogs and more than 40 websites overall.

Toni Anderson – Toni Anderson is the owner of The Happy Housewife and co-founder of Digital CoLab. She’s leveraged her experience in running a successful business into numerous consulting opportunities including managing the Blogger/ Brand program for Cox Target Media, app marketing for Wine4.me, and user experience for Favado. She’s passionate about helping others, spending time with her family, and fitness.

Vernon Ross – Vernon Ross is Founder & CEO, Ross Public Relations & Marketing. Entrepreneur, Podcast host and Social Media Strategist. His marketing career has spanned across several industries from medical, to video games marketing. He’s also the host of a popular, and top ranked podcast fittingly named “The Social Strategy Podcast” where he interviews top business leaders about social media, online business strategies and networking. In addition Vernon is a board member of the Social Media Club of St. Louis and was recently quoted in the book “Interview Like Yourself…No Really” by author, speaker Jezra Kaye

Victoria Araj – Victoria Araj leads the Quicken Loans Zing Blog and held roles in mortgage banking, public relations and more in her nine years with the company. Previously, she worked with and for notable politicians Congressman John Dingell and former Michigan Governor, Jennifer Granholm. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism with an emphasis in political science from Michigan State University, and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Michigan. She was a guest speaker at New Media Expo in Las Vegas on the topic of corporate blogging. Her content has appeared on many sites including Allstate, HomeInsurance.com, Military.com and MoneyTips.

#FinCon13 Keynote Speakers

Jean Chatzky, the financial editor for NBC’s TODAY show, will be giving a keynote address at #FinCon13. Jean is an award-winning personal finance journalist, AARP’s personal finance ambassador, and the host of “Money Matters with Jean Chatzky” on RLTV. Jean is a best-selling author, a longtime magazine columnist, and her eighth and most recent book is Money Rules: The Simple Path to Lifelong Security. Jean believes knowing how to manage our money is one of the most important life skills for people at every age and has made it her mission to help simplify money matters, increasing financial literacy both now and for the future. To that end, she recently launched Jean Chatzky’s Money School — online classes on crucial financial topics like saving, budgeting, getting out of debt and planning for retirement — that she teaches herself at JeanChatzky.com.

Pat Flynn, creator of the ultra-popular (and helpful) Smart Passive Income brand, will be the opening keynote speaker at #FinCon13. If you’re not already familiar with Pat, you should know that he’s one of the most successful and most transparent online entrepreneurs (something that Forbes recently pointed out). Pat’s YouTube channel is a wealth of information and his podcast, recently featured in the New York Times, has been downloaded over 2.5 million times.

Derek Halpern, the creator of “Social Triggers,” is one of the most in-demand experts on using new media to attract customers. His breakthrough science-based approach to social media, blogging, and online marketing has changed the way tens of thousands of people use the web to grow their business. In addition to the wildly popular resource at SocialTriggers.com, Derek Halpern is also the host of one of the top marketing podcasts on iTunes, “Social Triggers Insider.”

Frank Trotter is President of EverBank Direct. A founding partner of EverBank in 1998, he has acquired more than 30 years of experience in the banking industry. Frank has served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Mercantile Bank Capital Markets and as Director of the International Markets Division of Mark Twain Bank, where he created the WorldCurrencyTM family of deposits and directed the global launch of eCashTM. Frank graduated from St. Olaf College and holds an MBA in Finance and International Finance from Washington University.

Tom O’Donnell is the Senior Vice President, Quality, for JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s credit-card division in Wilmington, DE. O’Donnell has more than 20 years of financial services experience, and has recently led some of the industry’s most important innovations. Currently, O’Donnell is responsible for leading C
hase Card Services’ quality assurance efforts. 
In this role, he works with the business and operational units across Chase Card to ensure that products, processes, policies, and customer interactions meet regulatory, procedural, and customer impact standards. O’Donnell recently oversaw the Slate business, as well as the launch of Chase Blueprint, an industry-first set of features that dramatically improve the way customers can manage their spending and borrowing.

Our excellent speakers for #FinCon12:

Adam Baker – “Baker” is the creator of Man vs Debt, a popular site dedicated to helping you sell your crap, pay off your debt, and do what you love. That’s not an empty tagline. Baker is living that life. On his blog, Man vs Debt, he’s chronicled his minimalist, travel-anywhere-you-want, financially free lifestyle. His travels have taken he and his family through Australia, New Zealand, and Thailand. Last year the Baker family was on an RV journey across North America. His last stop was essentially be the Financial Blogger Conference. This year he’s traveling the U.S. again making a documentary. Baker is the author of Unautomate Your Finances, Sell Your Crap, and You Vs. Debt.

J.D. Roth – J.D. Roth is an accidental personal-finance expert, a regular guy who found himself deep in debt. After deciding to turn his life around, he read everything he could about money and finance. In 2006, he started the award-winning website Get Rich Slowly, which Money Magazine named the Web’s most inspiring personal-finance blog. Over the past four years, Get Rich Slowly has grown into an active community where 500,000 readers each month share ideas on how to improve their financial lives. He’s the author of Your Money: The Missing Manual.

Liz Weston – Liz Weston is the most-read personal finance columnist on the Internet, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. She’s an award-winning, nationally-syndicated personal finance columnist who can make the most complex money topics understandable to the average reader. She’s authored several books, including The 10 Commandments of Money: Survive and Thrive in the New Economy and “Your Credit Score“, a national best-seller. Liz’s columns run twice a week on MSN Money while her question-and-answer column “Money Talk” appears in newspapers throughout the country, including the Los Angeles Times, the Palm Beach Post, the Portland Oregonian, Stars & Stripes and others. She also writes a money column, “My Two Cents,” for AARP the Magazine, the largest-circulation magazine in the world with 22 million subscribers. Read more about Liz.

Laura Adams – Laura is host of the Money Girl podcast, a top-10 business show on iTunes with over 500,000 downloads per month that she writes and produces each week. She is also the author of Money Girl’s Smart Moves to Grow Rich (St. Martin’s Press) which won the 2011 Excellence in Financial Literacy Education (EIFLE) Award. Laura is also a personal finance blogger, contributor, freelance writer, and MBA who is frequently quoted as an expert and featured in media like FOX News, HuffPost Money, USA Today, US News & World Report, Time, Consumer Reports, and All You Magazine.


Shannyn Allan – Shannyn started out blogging on Frugalbeautiful.com but has since expanded to TheFrugalPreneur.com and BeautifulGiveaways.com to capture her various interests. She has been notoriously dubbed “The Giveaway Queen,” and will be speaking this year on how to partner up with companies for sponsorships, reviews and giveaways without selling your soul (and have a lot of fun getting free stuff!).

Andrea Amir – Andrea is the President of SmartMoneyChicks.com, a financial coaching and education company teaching women and business owners how to make personal finance and small business rewarding, manageable, and profitable. She is also the Founder of Worth It! The Money Conference for Women and Organizer of the largest Meetup group on the topic of Women’s Personal Finance in the Region. Andrea has over 15 years of experience in the Financial Services Industry including positions as a Mortgage Banker and Certified Financial Educator.

Rob Bennett – Rob writes the “A Rich Life” blog. He developed the Valuation-Informed Indexing investing strategy, which updates the Buy-and-Hold strategy to reflect the research of Yale Economics Professor Robert Shiller. The new strategy calls for investors to increase their stock allocations when valuations are low and to decrease them when valuations are high. The academic research shows that Rob’s approach would permit millions of middle-class people to earn far higher returns while taking on dramatically reduced risk. Rob believes that the Personal Finance Blogosphere can repeat in the investing realm the huge success it has had promoting effective saving and frugality strategies.

Will Chen – Will is the co-founder and marketing director for the award-winning blog Wise Bread and the Top Personal Finance Blogs Chart—a leaderboard that showcases the best personal finance blogs. He has shared his blog marketing experience at conferences such as SXSW, Blog World EXPO, and the New York Times Small Business Summit; his blogging and business insights have also been featured and quoted by Forbes, USA Today, Nielsen’s Media, among others. In his free time Will enjoys sharing viral news on social media sites such as Reddit and Digg (where he was a top 30 contributor).

Ben Edwards – Ben has been addicted to personal finance since he was 12 years old. After asking for shares of Wal-Mart stock for birthday gifts as a kid, it was inevitable he’d end up running the personal finance site Money Smart Life. Ben’s a software engineer by day and a money nut by night, so Money Smart Life turned out to be the perfect place to share his personal finance adventures and work his programming magic behind the scenes.

Tracie Fobes, mom to 3 kids ( ages 3 – 8 ) is the Mom behind Penny Pinchin’ Mom. She and her husband began their journey to financial independence in November 2007. Together with her husband, they eradicated more than $37,000 in debt in 27 months. As she began paying down their debts, she found ways to save money and began to share her tips with family and friends. After much encouragement, she branched out and started her website to help families save on everything from groceries to tires. Not only does she share money saving tips, she helps her readers learn how they can eliminate their own debt through her annual Debt Free Challenge. In just 15 months, her readers have eliminated more than $350,000 in debt. Not only does she share her money saving tips on her site, but she is featured weekly on her local CBS affiliate in Kansas City.

Donna Freedman – Donna is an award-winning journalist who writes MSN Money’s frugality/intentional living site, Frugal Cool. She is also a staff writer at Get Rich Slowly and has her own site, Surviving and Thriving. She has been a college dropout, a single mom, a newspaper reporter in Chicago and Alaska, and a late-in-life university student. She has also picked tomatoes, worked on a chicken farm, managed an apartment building, inspected and packed bottles in a glass factory, babysat, cleaned houses, mystery-shopped, set type, and sold doughnuts, movie tickets, fresh Jersey produce and, when things got bad, her own blood. Donna has freelanced for numerous magazines and newspapers. Her work has won awards from organizations such as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Women’s Sports Foundation, the Association for Women in Communications and the Society of American Travel Writers.

Greg Go – Greg is the co-founder and CTO of Wise Bread and its industry-leading Top Personal Finance Blog Chart. His team develops and implements technical solutions in support of Wise Bread’s mission. Greg served as the About.com Guide to Online Business in ‘07-08, covering e-commerce, SEM/SEO, and social media. His business insights have been featured by US News and World Report, MSN, Web Pro News, and Blogworld Expo. Prior to Wise Bread, Greg was a systems administrator for two-time Academy-Award winning visual effects firm Rhythm & Hues Studios (LOTR, X-Men, Narnia). For fun, Greg practices “financially responsible gambling”. Ask him what it’s like to make a World Series of Poker final table.

Ryan Guina – Ryan is an Air Force veteran and the founder of Cash Money Life and The Military Wallet. He has traveled to over 30 countries, served as a consultant to the Department of Defense, and loves helping people make better financial decisions. His writing has been featured in US News & World Report and Yahoo Finance, and his websites have been mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, MSN News, and more.

Mitchel Harad – Mitchel is vice president of marketing for Lending Club, the leading platform for investing in and obtaining personal loans. Mitchel leads the borrower marketing efforts at Lending Club, which includes a multi-million-dollar partner marketing program and a substantial affiliate program on the Commission Junction network. Lending Club has experienced unprecedented growth, surpassing $600 million in cumulative loan originations and is issuing over $40 million in new loans each month. Prior to joining Lending Club, Mitchel was president of Broderick Street Partners LLC, a financial services marketing firm that was the #1 affiliate for Chase Student Loans, Intuit’s online business products, Experian Auto, and other major financial services companies.

Kelly Kinkaid — who happens to come from a long line of penny pinchers, super savers, and frau frugals – is a professional blogger and freelance writer specializing in topics that explore personal finance, social media, diet and fitness, and generally living a life well lived. She is the founder and creator of Kellyology, created in 2006, and has written recently for The Centsible Life, Kidworth, and Blissfully Domestic. Kelly, married to her C.P.A. husband for forever and a day, is very active within her local community as a runner and as a soccer, swimming, basketball, band and piano parent. She especially enjoys talking about herself in third person.

Jeff from Sustainable Life Blog – Jeff started writing Sustainable Life Blog in 2009, and has been writing about helping readers improve their health, their finances and their earth ever since. Jeff has been a member of the Yakezie network since its inception and has learned a great deal about blogging, network building and finances from the Yakezie. Being one of the original members of the network has given Jeff a front row seat to many of the benefits and challenges of the Yakezie network, for both new and established bloggers. In the non-blogging world, Jeff enjoys spending time with his fiancee and their dog in the mountains.

Linsey Knerl – Linsey is a homeschooling mom of 5, the founder of Knerl Family Media, and a full-time freelance blogger, social media consultant, and writer. In addition to her work past work as the Community Manager for Wise Bread, she has had formal brand partnerships with companies like Walmart, ConAgra, MegaBloks, Energizer, and Sharpie. You can find her tips for creating work-at-home success for women at 1099Mom.com.

Luke Landes “Flexo” – After coming to the realization his own finances were on a dangerous path, Luke Landes embarked on a journey to improve his own life. With this goal, in 2003 he created Consumerism Commentary, a blog using the name Flexo to protect his identity, where he could share the intimate details of his bank accounts, engaging readers on a journey from debt to financial success. Today, Consumerism Commentary boasts an active community of hundreds of thousands of readers every month, the top-rated weekly financial podcast, and the Carnival of Personal Finance, a weekly traveling showcase identifying the best personal finance articles. Through the Carnival of Personal Finance and other efforts supporting personal finance bloggers, Luke encouraged the community to grow. From less than ten “personal finance blogs” in 2003, there are now thousands of web sites in this niche. In addition to Consumerism Commentary, he has written about money as Flexo or Luke Landes for US News, Currency from American Express, Yahoo Finance, TurboTax, and PC World Magazine.

Alex Matjanic – Alex’ mission is to help bridge the gap between financial institutions and the emerging needs of younger consumers.. In 2008, Alex and his team developed MyBankTracker.com — a banking-information portal aimed at young adults. Combining a clutter-free, easy-to-read interface with social integration, including peer bank ratings, reviews and a community Q&A forum, MyBankTracker.com marries consumers’ desire for transparency with informative data and insightful writing. The core belief of MyBankTracker is that young consumers and entrepreneurs, empowered by information, can transform finance.

Jesse Mecham – In 2003, Jesse married his sweetheart, Julie. With seven semesters to go in the Accountancy graduate program at Brigham Young University, Jesse knew their meager earnings would have to do some serious stretching. As a result, he created a unique money management system. It worked so well, he officially founded YouNeedaBudget.com in 2004, and began selling his program as a way to earn extra income for his growing family. After graduation, Jesse worked as a certified public accountant, but continued to sell YNAB on the side. Eventually he left the day job in order to focus on his business full-time. YNAB is used world-wide and can be found on Amazon.com, the Intel App-Up store, and the Apple store. In September, 2010, Jesse wrote a companion book to the software, also titled “You Need a Budget.” The program was named winner for Best Windows Personal Finance Software in About.com’s Reader’s Choice Awards for 2011 and Best Desktop Personal Finance tool on Lifehacker.com. Jesse enjoys working from home, golfing, taking his wife on weekly dates, and keeping up with their five kids.

Jesse Michelsen – Jesse blogs at Personal Finance Firewall and is the Community Manager for Money Crashers. He’s a serial entrepreneurial with way too many interests to count. His online ventures include businesses in Technical Service, SaaS, Social Networks and blogging/copy writing to name a few. He approaches life like a kid does a candy store and just can’t get enough.

Mr. Money Mustache – Mr. Money Mustache is a new financial blogger who retired, financially independent, from an average engineering job shortly after turning 30 in order to start a family. With no punches pulled, he attacks the mindless consumerism that defines America’s middle-class today, while re-teaching the traditional values of hard work and honesty as they apply to becoming wealthy in the modern world. His goal is nothing short of a complete revolution of society, although continuing to run his growing blog is an acceptable substitute for now.

Melanie Nelson – If you want to know how to build community around your business using Facebook, Melanie’s your gal. She literally wrote the book on it: Facebook All-In-One for Dummies is available in stores now. Melanie has been working with business websites since 1995 (it’s true — she remembers Mosaic). And, although she wrote HTML in Notepad before CSS was a twinkle in your eye, now she focuses on social media strategy and implementation. Melanie also owns Blogging Basics 101 which was listed in Hubspot’s list of “10 Amazing Blogs About Blogging to Start Reading NOW.”

Kylie Ofiu set herself a goal to be a millionaire by 30 and decided to blog about what she was doing to make and save money at KylieOfiu.Com. This decision changed her life. She went from being a hairdressing mum of 2 to an author, blogger, freelance writer, international public speaker and creating a variety of income streams both online and off.

Paula Pant – Paula is an award-winning mul­ti­me­dia jour­nal­ist and the founder of Afford Anything, a site dedicated to the idea that smart money moves can fuel your wildest dreams. She started the site after she traveled to 27 countries across the Mid­dle East, Asia and Europe on a shoestring budget. She is the former deputy news editor of a daily newspaper in Colorado, where her work won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, and her writing is now featured on per­sonal finance web­sites such as MSN Money’s Smart Spending blog and the Motley Fool Blog Network. She is