Banking On Girls Financial Literacy

In this episode I speak with Josina Kamerling, the Head of Regulatory Outreach for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region for the CFA Institute, about their recently released paper The Finfluencer Appeal: Investing in the Age of Social Media.
Josina tells us that financial regulatory systems around the world are not fit for purpose for dealing with this new way of marketing financial advice on social media.
She explains why Gen Z is very fragile and predisposed to harms as it pertains to online advice, and the conversations we, as parents, need to be having with our children to protect them.
The CFA Institute is a global not for profit organization that provides investment professionals globally with finance education and promotes standards in ethics and professional excellence.
https://www.cfainstitute.org/
 

This is a REWIND EPISODE where my guest is Karina Montilla Edmonds an aeronautical engineerr and leader in the field of innovation and technology transfer.
Karina has a distinguished career spanning from the Obama Administration to tech companies such as Google. She currently serves as the Senior Vice President and Global Head of Academies and University Alliances at SAP, a multinational software company.
Karina has been a life-long advocate for women and historically underrepresented minorities in STEM fields.
She is a member of the Board of Directors for Dragonfly Energy and also serves on several non-profit boards including, the Pasadena Educational Foundation and the University of Rhode Island. Karina holds a PhD in aeronautical engineering from Caltech, the California Institute of Technology.
In this episode Karina explains how very early exposure to math and engineering inspired her path to aeronautical engineering, she tells us about the flexibility that advanced degrees have given her in raising her three daughters and the money lessons she is passing on to future generations.

My guest today is Elizabeth Rossiello  the CEO and founder of AZA Finance, a fintech company which is accelerating global access to frontier markets through an innovative infrastructure.
In this episode Elizabeth tells us how she became one of the 1.5% of female fintech founders globally.
Elizabeth also gives us a lesson on cryptocurrency, and tells us the most important money lessons she is tecahing her young daughters.
Before founding AZA, Elizabeth was a rating analyst for microfinance institutions across sub-Saharan Africa, consulting for the Grameen Foundation and the Gates Foundation, as well as working with regulators and on legislation for financial innovations.
She previously co-chaired the World Economic Forum's Council on Blockchain, and been a guest lecturer and keynote speaker in digital assets and fintech for Uni California Berkeley, Oxford University, and  MIT’s Sloan School of Management.
She holds an M.A. in International Business and Finance from Columbia University.

My guest today is Melanie Mortimer the President of the SIFMA Foundation. SIFMA is the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, and the SIFMA Foundation is the nation’s leader in youth investor and financial education that ensures all young people, regardless of background, have access to transformative knowledge and tools to prepare for their financial futures.
Melanie has a Master’s in International Management and an MBA from Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, and her BA in English from Agnes Scott College in Georgia. 
In this episode Melanie talks about the ways the SIFMA Foundation's programs are impacting both students and teachers, and her own advice for people raising girls.
Melanie tells us how we can contribute to and access the Foundation's programs.
https://www.sifma.org/about/sifma-foundation/
 

My guest today is Martine Ferland, the Chief Executive Officer of Mercer, a $5 billion global leader in redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being. She also serves as Vice Chair of Marsh McLennan, Mercer’s parent company, the leading global professional services firm in risk, strategy and people.
In this episode Martine tells us how her financial education as an actuary and comfort with navigating uncertainty successfully guided her leadership response to the pandemic and beyond.
Martine gives us a glimpse into her own childhood and the most important money lessons she learned which she has now passed down to her own children.
  Financial literacy Financial literacy for women Financial literacy for kids Financial literacy for girls  
 
 
 
 

In this episode we discuss some of the early learning concepts for children that are thought to lead to adult money behaviors and habits.
We discuss ways in which parents can think about engaging children to develop their concepts and skills in some of these areas.