Jean Chatzky

Bio:

Award-winning journalist, best-selling author, and motivational speaker Jean Chatzky has created a global platform to help people battle an epidemic with a devastating impact — debt. Jean is the financial editor for NBC’s Today Show, a contributing editor for Moremagazine, a columnist for The New York Daily News, a contributor to The Oprah Winfrey Show and a featured money coach on Oprah's "Debt Diet" series. She also hosts a daily show on the Oprah & Friends channel.

She is the author of four books, including Pay It Down: From Debt to Wealth on $10 A Day, a New York Times and Business Week best seller. Her latest book, Make Money, Not Excuses is a Wall Street Journal and New York Times Bestseller. Her radio show received a Gracie Award from the American Women in Radio and Television, she has been nominated twice for National Magazine Awards, and was named one of the country’s best magazine columnists by theChicago Tribune. 

In addition to her professional work, Jean is on the board of the Nora Magid Mentorship prize at the University of Pennsylvania and is on the Communications Committee for University of Pennsylvania.