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#Friday Follow: “A New and Fulfilling Career”
Alan Caldwell is a financial coach. Put simply, he helps people with their money: That means spending less, saving more, and getting on track to retire. Alan recently started his private practice, Customized Financial Coaching, after turning 60. One of the things we love about financial counseling, coaching, and education...
February 01, 2019
Read More >#Friday Follow: “Communicating Family Finances”
Ashley LeBaron is a family finance researcher at the University of Arizona. As a researcher, she runs statistical tests and writes papers focusing on how money influences couple relationships and how parents teach their kids about money. She and her colleagues were recently published in the latest issue of the...
January 25, 2019
Read More >#FridayFollow: Waking Up for Financial and Social Change
Judy Polyne, AFC® is a financial coach and educator, coaching clients towards their financial goals. Through her work as an adjunct professor at New York University (NYU), as well as with local nonprofit organizations, Judy teaches people what they need to understand financial wellness and how to build a brighter financial...
January 18, 2019
Read More >#Friday Follow: Contribution Through Career Path
Dr. HanNa Lim, PhD is an assistant professor at Kansas State University researching and teaching personal finance. Her research focus includes college students’ financial wellness and the effects of family relationships on financial behavior. At the 2018 AFCPE Symposium, Dr. Lim and her colleague Frank Magwegwe won the Outstanding Symposium...
January 11, 2019
Read More >#FridayFollow: “The Money Lady”
At the 2018 AFCPE Symposium, Madeleine Greene was presented the Distinguished Fellow of the Year award. Her acceptance of the award was followed by an emotional, yet empowering, speech telling stories of her time as AFC®. As a true pioneer in the AFCPE community, we thought it was only right...
January 04, 2019
Read More >#Friday Follow: One Class. One Spark. The Career.
Ryan Law, AFC® is the Director of the Money Management Resource Center (MMRC) at Utah Valley University. Through the center, volunteer peer Financial Coaches educate students, faculty and staff through one-on-one counseling sessions and presentations on campus. When Ryan’s not working at the MMRC, he’s teaching courses as part of the...
December 21, 2018
Read More >#FridayFollow – Investigating a Deep Connection for Economic Justice
At the 2018 AFCPE Symposium, Lucia Reed, AFC® and her colleague George Reuter received the Outstanding Symposium Practitioners’ Forum Award for “Delivering Financial Counseling to Families with low Incomes through the Federal Government’s Largest Wealth-Building Program for Families with Low Income”. Lucia is a financial coach for Compass Working Capital in...
December 14, 2018
Read More >#FridayFollow – Making Personal Finance Fun!
At the 2018 AFCPE Symposium, Matt Goren, CFP® and Michael G. Thomas, AFC® received the Outstanding Consumer Financial Information award for their podcast, Nothing Funny About Money. Recipients of this award, nominated by their peers, provide innovative consumer information in the field of financial counseling and planning. Nothing Funny About Money (NFAM) is...
December 07, 2018
Read More >#FridayFollow – Towards Financial Well-Being and Beyond
Edna Forero, AFC®, FFC® is the spouse of a Marine Corps veteran and the Military Family Advisory Network (MFAN) financial education manager. Over the past 22 years, Edna has worked in the financial industry to provide relevant and objective financial education and financial services to both the civilian and military communities....
November 30, 2018
Read More >#Friday Follow – AFCPE welcomes Summer Red to our team!
Earlier this month, we added a new staff member to the AFCPE team, Summer Red, AFC®. Since earning her AFC®designation in 2015, Summer has been an active member of the AFCPE community. She has taught several sessions of the AFC® Webinar Review Course to AFC candidates and served as a member...
November 23, 2018
Read More >#FridayFollow: Rising Up for Financial Literacy
Ana Gonzalez Ribeiro is a longtime advocate for financial education. She entered the field more than 10 years ago as a personal financial writer, writing for popular publications and websites such as Mint.com and Yahoo Finance. Fast forward to today, Ana is an Accredited Financial Counselor® with the same “why”. When...
November 09, 2018
Read More >#FridayFollow – Taking Action Through Trial and Error
Johnie Reed is an AFC® based in Cleveland, Ohio. When asked about his profession, he shares with people that he’s a teacher by training, trade, and occupation. In his role as a financial counselor, he develops relationships based on trust and professional respect. Johnie helps clients change and improve upon their...
November 02, 2018
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