| UCLA, BA | |
| UCLA, MBA |
Jennifer Openshaw is among the nations’ leading financial education voices and innovators. Her financial and economic insights have been seen and heard on a host of programs, from CNN and CNBC to Oprah, Dr. Phil, and the Today Show.
Jennifer was Vice President of the Investment Management Group at Bank of America and Director of Investment Services for Wilshire Associates, one of the nation’s largest investment consulting firms to CalPERS and other leading institutional investors. During her tenure at Wilshire, she led marketing for the launch of the Wilshire 5000 Index Mutual Fund, converted the Index into a real-time stock index, and formed a strategic alliance with CNBC, which now utilizes the Wilshire 5000 Index as a regular feature of its financial programming. Jennifer was also Senior Vice President of Corporate Marketing for Bank One, now JP Morgan Chase.
Jennifer founded Women’s Financial Network (WFN), an innovative financial services company created by women, for women and a trendsetter in the industry. WFN included the nation’s first network of pre-screened financial advisors for women, who could be selected based on personal preferences. WFN is now a division of Siebert Financial (NYSE:SIEB). She later co-founded investment education site WeSeed, a Facebook-meets-Wall Street platform now used by hundreds of schools. The Company created a unique search tool that delivers stock ideas instantly based on a user’s personal interests, or via their Facebook profile.
Through her commentary on TV and radio, Jennifer has educated millions of consumers. Today, she shares her practical advice as a columnist for Dow Jones’ Marketwatch, as a financial expert for Ask.com, and as a frequent guest on the Fox Business Channel. Her work has been featured in numerous publications, including the New York Times, USA Today, Business Week, the Chicago Tribune, Fortune Small Business, Women’s Day, Redbook, and Kiplinger’s.
Jennifer’s first book, What’s Your Net Worth? (Perseus) was turned into a Public Television Show. Her second book, The Millionaire Zone (Hyperion), is based on national research about the networking strategies used by those who have achieved financial success.
A Rotary Scholar, Jennifer holds an MBA and BA from UCLA. She has served on the Advisory Board of Wyndham Hotels and as a gubernatorial appointee on the Commission on California State Government Organization & Efficiency (“The Little Hoover Commissionâ€). She is currently an Adjunct Professor in Personal Finance at NYU, and serves on the Advisory Boards for both SpringBoard Enterprises, and Women’s Leadership Exchange, which help entrepreneurs grow their businesses, as well as the Board of Friendship Ambassadors Foundation.
