Jennifer
Openshaw
Jennifer Openshaw is a nationally recognized financial
expert, television commentator and specialist in the women’s
financial arena. She is author of the acclaimed book, What’s
Your Net Worth? Click Your Way to Wealth, and host of the public
television show bearing the same name. Openshaw was recently featured
on the Oprah Winfrey Show discussing money matters for women and
couples.
Openshaw is currently CEO of Family Financial Network
(www.familyfn.com), which provides affordable and conflict-free
financial planning tools and advice to middle-income Americans.
She was recently appointed by the California Governor to the prestigious
Commission on Government Efficiency and Organization. In 1999,
Openshaw founded the Women’s Financial Network (WFN) dedicated
to serving women’s financial needs.
Called “one of the most outspoken proponents
for empowering women” by CBS MarketWatch, Openshaw is an
industry trendsetter. She has been called a “Mover &
Shaker” in Silicon Valley by the San Jose Mercury News and
one of the Internet’s 25 Rising Stars by Internet World
magazine.
Openshaw has served as the “Money Expert”
for CBS-TV in Los Angeles, the “Women & Money”
columnist for CBS MarketWatch, and a frequent commentator on Lifetime
TV’s Lifetime Live. Today, she is the consumer columnist
for CBS MarketWatch and appears frequently as a financial commentator
on CNN. She has been featured on CNBC and in top publications
including Business Week and the Washington Times.
Openshaw got her start in financial services working as press
secretary for California’s State Treasurer. She has also
served as vice president at Bank of America and senior vice president
at Bank One. A rotary scholar in Australia, Openshaw holds a bachelor’s
degree in Communication Studies and an MBA from UCLA.
Tech Valley has sparked the anticipation of new
opportunities offered to businesses and consumers in the Capital
Region, particularly in light of the anxieties fueled by economic
instability. Survival is key, and there are ways to be successful
in spite of financial and economic challenges. Jennifer Openshaw
will talk with President Hitchcock about "Turning Sense into
Dollars: A Conversation about the New World of Financial Opportunity
in Tech Valley" in which she will discuss entrepreneurship
and share elements that lead to successful business and life management
for both men and women.
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