STACEY TISDALE has reported on business and consumer issues for nearly twenty years for some of the greatest news organizations in the world, including CBS News, Dow Jones, PBS, and CNN. A frequent financial expert on the Today show, Tisdale has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and in O, The Oprah Magazine. A financial literacy advocate, Tisdale has created a financial education program that the White House is requiring Historically Black Colleges and Universities to offer students. She also creates financial education and life skills programs for professional sports teams. Before becoming a journalist, Tisdale worked for the commodities firm Balfour Maclaine International and on the floor of the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange.

PAULA BOYER KENNEDY, MBA, CPA, CFP^(R), PFS, CIMA^(R), AIF^(R), is Vice President, Investment Services, at Cammack LaRhette Consulting, serving as subject matter expert on communications and investing. She was named three times to the Worth magazine list of the best financial advisors in America. Kennedy has been writing and speaking on financial issues for more than sixteen years, and has appeared in many print and broadcast media. She is one of the coauthors of Ernst & Young's Financial Planning for Women and contributed to Selling Your Business, both of which are published by Wiley.