Bethany Bayless is a public speaker and professional emcee known for her unique comedic style and high-energy presentations. She has hosted 50+ conferences and events, including Heroes at Home Events, Military Influencers Conference, The Plutus Awards, and formal military balls. She is also Director of Communications for Heroes at Home, a non-profit organization that teaches financial education to military members on bases around the world. Bethany hosts the fun, upbeat podcast The Money Millhouse, where she and her co-host, Ellie Kay, have conversations about saving money, couples communication, spend plans, general frugality, super heroes, the Star Wars Universe, and more. Bethany and her husband, Travis, live in Southern California with their goldendoodle, London.

Andy Wang is a Managing Partner at Runnymede Capital Management and host of the Inspired Money Podcast. He has been named among the INVESTOPEDIA 100: Most Influential Advisors, Top 100 Most Social Financial Advisors by Brightscope, and has appeared on Reuters TV, The Huffington Post, Barron's, and Forbes. Runnymede is a fee-only registered investment adviser (RIA) to captive insurance, pension funds, 401(k) plans, non-profits, and individuals. Andy is married, has three children, and can be periodically found performing Hawaiian guitar in the New York tri-state area.

Belinda Rosenblum is a CPA and Wealth Expert who helps you take the worry and fear out of money. Most people struggle to stay ahead of their monthly bills… even if they’re earning good money. For over 11 years, Belinda and her company OwnYourMoney.com give you a 4-part plan that helps you make the most of your money now and still allows you to save enough for retirement. Belinda is the creator of the Money Makers Academy and the coauthor of SELF-WORTH TO NET WORTH: 12 Keys to Creating Wealth Inside and Out, both offering a step-by-step approach to help you build your financial self-esteem and manage your own financial life. If she’s not talking about financial freedom, Belinda is likely enjoying the sunshine and chasing after her marathon-running husband, college bound step-daughter, and 2 spirited toddlers. See what mindset or money skills you might even be missing at: www.ownyourmoney.com/quiz.

Bobbi Rebell is a Certified Financial Planner and host of the Financial Grownup podcast. The show features interviews with the top thought leaders in personal finance and other role models, sharing life-changing and inspiring money stories and advice. Guests have included Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary, Author David Bach, Financial expert Jean Chatzky, and ABC news business anchor Rebecca Jarvis. The podcast also gives listeners actionable specific advice from Bobbi on how to integrate the lessons into their lives. Bobbi 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,”. The book combines unique personal financial stories from inspirational leaders with targeted and relatable 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. Bobbi and "Financial Grownup" have been featured in Cosmopolitan Magazine, AARP Magazine, Cheddar, Fox News, Well + Good, Oprah.com, The NYPost, Redbook Magazine, Refinery 29, US News and World Report, the Tony Robbins blog, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, The Better Man Show, Stacking Benjamins, HerMoney with Jean Chatzky, So Money with Farnoosh Torabi, and countless other media outlets. 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.

Casey Lewis is the owner of Adventure Year, a local real estate and personal finance education company that helps clients chase after fun adventures. His company provides residential real estate services to homeowners and trains real estate agents nationwide. The company also works with families and small businesses to help them reach their long term financial goals which include paying off debt, saving for emergencies, investing for retirement, planning for kids college, budgeting, and boosting their income. Casey lives in the DFW metroplex with his wife and two kids. He has written and self published 3 books on personal finance, hosts The Casey Lewis Podcast, contributed on numerous financial and career blogs, and primarily writes on his own website at CaseyLewis.com.

Co-Founder and CEO of The Financial Diet

Founder of Conversion Owl Marketing, an agency helping the personal finance community get found via search and social media. She has been working in digital marketing for 5+ years and is passionate about helping others build their own side hustles into full-time entrepreneurial ventures. Chenell writes about her own entrepreneurial journey over at hustletostartup.com.

Chris Peach started Money Peach in 2015 as a way to share his story of paying off $52k in only 7 months. In the beginning, it was just a tiny little blog that only his mom, wife, and a few friends would read. However, over the next few years, Money Peach would grow to include a blog, podcast, online courses, and speaking events. Money Peach has also been featured on sites like Huffington Post, Forbes, Business Insider, and CheddarTV as a valued resource to the personal finance world. Beyond Money Peach, you can find Chris riding on a firetruck in Phoenix, AZ as a full-time firefighter.

David Rae, Certified Financial Planner® is the founder of DRM Wealth Management an independent Registered Investment Advisory. Over the past year David has made nearly 50 TV appearances on shows ranging from Bravo TV to NBC Nightly News to Nightly, Nightline, ABC, CBS and even Fox and Friends. He also regularly provides financial insights for publications ranging from Vogue, Time, The Advocate, Men’s Health as well as writing for FinancialPlannerLA.com blog. He specialty or working with friends of the LGBT community has help him build a diverse loyal clientele across the country. Now in his 16th year as a financial pro he always makes a point to stand out in the crowd. When not working you will like spot David on his bike. He has ridden from San Francisco to LA seven times as part of the Aids/LifeCycle raising money to fight HIV/AIDS. He lives in LA with his husband and their two chihuahuas.

Deacon Hayes is the founder of WellKeptWallet.com, a personal finance site dedicated to helping people make money, save money and pay off debt. He has been a contributor for the US News & World Report, Investopedia, Clark Howard and more.

Devin Carroll is a financial advisor and the founder of SocialSecurityIntelligence.com. Additionally, he is the co-host of the Big Picture Retirement podcast.

Ellie Kay is a best selling author of 15 books. a media veteran with 2800 interviews to her credit and a successful brand spokesperson. She's a mother of seven, married to a career fighter pilot and had 2000+ paid speaking events under her belt. She and co-host, Bethany Bayless, created a fun podcast called "The Money Millhouse." After achieving Financial Independence, Ellie founded Heroes at Home, a non-profit dedicated to providing free education to military members. Her work has impacted over one million military members and their families, helping them to become financially healthy.

Dr. Eric L. Patrick, PharmD, is a pediatric pharmacist with a passion for teaching others about money and how to make it. He started Black Market Exchange out of a need for financial literacy content that would be easy to understand as well as relatable. His unique style of blending hip-hop and money has helped grow his audience to tens of thousands as well as features in NBC News and Voyage Dallas. He loves to spend time with his beautiful wife and two daughters in Dallas, TX.

Eric Roberge is a Certified Financial PlannerTM and the founder of Beyond Your Hammock, a virtual financial planning firm that helps professionals in their 30s and 40s make mindful decisions with their money and strategically use their incomes to achieve financial freedom. Eric is one of Investopedia’s Top 100 Most Influential Financial Advisors, Expertise.com ranked him as one of the Best Financial Advisors in Boston and Financial Advisor Magazine said he is one of the top 10 Young Advisors to Watch. He’s also a member of InvestmentNews’ exclusive 40 Under 40 class of 2016 and one of Wealth Management Magazine’s top 10 CFPs under 36. Eric writes for Forbes, Kiplinger, and MONEY Magazine and has shared his innovative financial planning and money management techniques in the Wall Street Journal, CNBC and the Boston Globe.

Devin Carroll is a financial advisor anGrant is the Founder of Millennial Money and author of the forthcoming book "All The Money You'll Ever Need" (Avery/Penguin/Random House) set to be released in January 2019. Dubbed "The Millennial Millionaire" by CNBC, Grant Sabatier went from $2.26 to $1 million in 5 years through side hustling and investing. After reaching financial independence at the age of 30, Grant Founded MillennialMoney.com, where he writes about investing, personal finance, entrepreneurship and co-hosts the Millennial Money Minutes podcast. Grant also speaks around the world on money, entrepreneurship, happiness, and how to thrive in a digital world. Grant has been featured in over 200 international media outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Public Radio, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Inc. Magazine, Forbes, Toronto Star, The Sydney Morning Herald, and many others.d the founder of SocialSecurityIntelligence.com. Additionally, he is the co-host of the Big Picture Retirement podcast.

Jason Brown is an active options trader and founder of stock market education company The Brown Report. While following his passion for teaching others how to trade in the stock market he also unlocked a hidden talent for internet marketing and learning how to get his message in front of the right people at the right time.

J.D. Roth has been blogging since before "blog" was even a word. In 2006, he founded Get Rich Slowly to document his journey out of debt. It grew into something he could never have imagined. J.D. sold the site in 2009 and "retired" -- then bought it back again in 2017 because he's a masochist. He loves the Fincon community. It's his family.

Jeff Rose is an entrepreneur disguised as a certified financial planner, author and blogger. He's best know for his blog GoodFinancialCents.com and book, Soldier of Finance. He escaped a path of financial destruction from dropping out of college with over $20,000 of credit card debt to become a self-made millionaire. His mission is help future generations achieve financial freedom by developing strong money habits and unleashing their entrepreneurial spirit.

Jim Wang runs Wallet Hacks, a personal finance blog that shares his strategies and tactics for getting ahead financially and in life. He lives in Maryland with his lovely wife and three kids.

John Sonmez is a personal development, real estate investor and YouTuber who teaches nerds how to “be cool.” He is a former software developer and author of the international Wall Street Journal best-selling book, “The Complete Software Developer’s Career Guide.” He’s also the founder of Simple Programmer, and prolific YouTuber creator, publishing two videos every day, rain or shine. John, “retired” early from passive real estate investments and now lives in sunny San Diego, pretending to do real work.

Philip and Julia met while studying theater at UT in 2006. Philip ended up working as a securities broker, while Julia worked as a mortgage originator. Philip received his CFP designation in 2014. In 2015 they combined forces to create "The Art of Finance", a fee-only RIA focused on helping artists and creative entrepreneurs. They premiered their PBS series, "Two Cents" in January 2018. The series is a short-form web series designed to inform and empower a younger generation to take control of their finances. They live in Austin, Texas.

Julie is the co-host of FIRE Drill podcast, where she and co-host Gwen of Fiery Millennials interview aspiring early retirees, six-figure side hustlers, and real estate mavens pursuing financial independence.

Kali Hawlk is an inbound marketing expert who specializes in showing financial advisors how to tell their story and share their value in a way that resonates with their prospective clients. Eric Roberge is a CFP and the founder of Beyond Your Hammock, a financial planning firm that exclusively serves motivated professionals in their 30s and 40s. Together, Kali and Eric have pushed to change the way the financial advice industry communicates with prospective and existing clients. In both business and their personal lives, they work to explain how to use money as a tool to live well today while planning responsibly for tomorrow, and share perspective-shifting insights to encourage others to live with more intention, mindfulness, and purpose.

Kate Ahl is the owner and founder of Simple Pin Media, a Pinterest management agency that helps content creators, small business owners and corporate teams manage their Pinterest presence. She also aims to teach simple, actionable tips in her weekly podcast, the Simple Pin Podcast, to help people to DIY their Pinterest marketing.

Kirk Chisholm is a wealth manager, blogger, podcaster, and all-around interesting guy. He is an outside the box thinker who provides a different perspective on many commonly held beliefs in personal finance. He has a rare expertise with alternative investments held in self-directed IRAs which has helped many investors invest in their passion. Kirk was recently recognized as the #7 most influential financial advisor in the US by Investopedia. He co-founded Innovative Advisory Group, an independent RIA located in Lexington, MA and has been providing financial advice to individuals and families since 1999. Kirk is a frequent media and podcast guest.

Leslie Samuel is the creator of the Become A Blogger. He has a passion for education and has taken on the mission of "Changing The World One Blog At A Time". In his podcast, Blogging 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 founded and later sold Interactive Biology, a blog dedicated to making biology fun for students and teachers worldwide. This blog landed him a job as a university professor in a doctoral program. After three years, he left that job to be a full-time blogger. His message is simple - Create Content, Inspire Others and Change The World (while building a solid online business)!

Marcus is the author of Debt Free or Die Trying and co-host of the illustrious Paychecks & Balances podcast. Born and raised in the great state of Texas, he managed to survive and escape the mean streets of the inner suburbs to work professionally for over a decade as a Certified Internal Auditor and freelance writer, giving him an objective and unique view on debt and personal finance management.

Mark Asquith is a serial entrepreneur who has built globally successful design, marketing, software and digital businesses since he quit his real job in 2005. A passionate podcaster, global keynote speaker and helpful bloke, Mark is the co-founder of Podcast Websites and the creator of Excellence Expected. He has a terribly embarrassing beard.

Pete McPherson is the founder of Do You Even Blog, a blog, podcast, and YouTube channel aimed at teaching people how to start authentic, impactful, sustainable, and revenue-producing blogs. The Do You Even Blog podcast is the host of deep-dive interviews with the world’s top bloggers, including Shana Draugelis, Rosemarie Groner, Neil Patel, Deacon Hayes, Jim Wang, Bobby Hoyt, J.D. Roth, Tanja from ONL, and more. When he’s not blogging, Pete enjoys traveling with his wife and two young kids, eating pizza, drinking fine whiskeys, and watching Star Wars repeatedly, even the prequels.

Philip and Julia met while studying theater at UT in 2006. Philip ended up working as a securities broker, while Julia worked as a mortgage originator. Philip received his CFP designation in 2014. In 2015 they combined forces to create "The Art of Finance", a fee-only RIA focused on helping artists and creative entrepreneurs. They premiered their PBS series, "Two Cents" in January 2018. The series is a short-form web series designed to inform and empower a younger generation to take control of their finances. They live in Austin, Texas.

Rich is the cofounder of Paychecks & Balances, a top personal finance and career advice podcast for rising professionals. He’s built and managed two award-winning blogs and has been podcasting since 2014. When not in front of the mic, Rich is a Recruiting Manager at a top Silicon Valley company.

Richard Kerr, the founder of Award Travel 101, is a 9-year veteran naval officer, and Senior Points and Miles Contributor for The Points Guy. He’s one of the world’s foremost experts in the field, featured in Forbes, Money Magazine, Kiplinger Personal Finance, the Los Angeles Times and presented at #SXSW 2017. Richard has flown 12 different international first-class products, visited over 45 countries, and spends his spare time dissecting loyalty program award charts to maximize the value of points and miles.

Roberto Blake is a Creative Entrepreneur and YouTube Certified Expert who has produced over 1,000 videos on YouTube and 1,000 Live streams across platforms. He is the host of The Create Something Awesome Today Podcast, and founder of Awesome Creator Academy.

Roger Whitney, CFP, CIMA, CPWA, AIF is a practicing financial advisor, the host of the award winning Retirement Answer Man podcast and author of the book Rock Retirement. He has created over 250 weekly episodes with over 1 million downloads.

Rosemarie Groner is a wife, mother and blogger that grew her new blog into a full time income within 10 months while she taught chronically disorganized woman how to escape the paycheck to paycheck cycle. As she scaled the business to $100,000 a month, she started dedicating some of her time showing other bloggers how to work limited hours and still scale their businesses.

Sarah Wilson tracked her journey out of $33,000 of student loan debt on YouTube as Budget Girl, where she has amassed more than 28,000 subscribers, 3 million views and a significant social media following. Over the past four years, she has taught her audience how to live a frugal, fun and financially fearless life. Showcasing budget activities, decor, meals and more, BG delivers relatable, money talk and tips weekly.

Steve Stewart began podcasting in 2010. He now produces more than 20 shows for others, including many for members of the FinCon community. Steve is also the Director of the FinCon Podcast Network which strives to bring financial podcasters together for collaboration, exposure, and assistance in improving their podcasts.

Respected as a well-rounded expert on blogging for profit and social media, Tabitha Philen devotes herself to mentoring and empowering bloggers with her visionary ideas and entrepreneurial spirit through live video and interactive courses at Inspired Bloggers University. 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.

Tanja Hester, also known as Ms. Our Next Life, writes the Plutus Award-winning financial independence blog Our Next Life, co-hosts the women and money podcast The Fairer Cents and is author of a forthcoming how-to book on early retirement from Hachette Books, based on her own experience retiring at age 38 last year along with her husband Mark. In addition to writing and podcasting, Tanja travels for public speaking engagements, and has been an invited speaker at Google, SoFi and CampFI, in addition to speaking at FinCon17 and the Lola Retreat. Prior to retiring early, Tanja had a 16-year career as a brand and communications consultant on behalf of political candidates and social cause campaigns, and she worked as a journalist at National Public Radio in Washington, D.C., and KQED-FM in San Francisco. She’s now living the early retired dream in Lake Tahoe, California.

Tara is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, former Wall Street investment analyst, self-taught video guru, and Founder of ReisUP LLC. ReisUP is a financial services startup dedicated to increasing financial education and access for today's generation. 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, teaching, 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.

Troy Grant started his journey on YouTube as Dollar Dude with a bang and in less than a year, gained more than 5,600 subscribers. By doing extensive research, Troy learned which growth strategies worked on YouTube and which didn't and optimized his channel with searchable titles, clickable thumbnails, and high-quality content for fast track growth. He delivers hard-hitting, no-nonsense personal finance advice with a comedic twist to keep viewers engaged while they learn to live a life full of financial freedom.

Neal Doyle is an entrepreneur and product manager. At Fidelity Labs, he is a product manager for bSolo, a new service that automates saving and paying for quarterly self-employment taxes. Prior to bSolo, he helped to launch the Harvard Innovation Lab, and the subsequent Harvard Launch Lab and Harvard Life Lab – designing curriculum, program, and space for the Labs. Doyle has also designed and directed startup accelerator programs, consulted on corporate innovation practices, mentored and advised hundreds of startup founders—including judging multiple startup competitions—and has lectured on innovation and entrepreneurship across the US in secondary schools, colleges, and universities. He’s an avid golfer, sometimes cyclist, a husband, and dad to two energetic boys.