Meet the Go Banking Rates Contributors

Our team consists of experienced writers, experts and market research professionals who investigate the current banking and finance issues that affect our readers most, as well as which banks and lenders are the best at providing great customer service and the strongest banking offers.

Want to meet us? Keep reading…

Go Banking Rates Editorial Staff

 

Casey Bond, Managing Editor

Casey Bond has worked in the finance industry for several years and at just 25 years old, rose to the role of Managing Editor for a network of over 600 banking websites, including national site www.GoBankingRates.com.

Casey has since developed an expansive portfolio as a personal finance expert and writes on everything from saving money, to investing, to getting out of debt.

 

 

Jennifer Calonia, Jr. Editor & Contributor

Jennifer Calonia is a reputed journalist covering breaking news about banking, savings, investments, loans and personal finance that matters most to your wallet. Her features and helpful savings tips encourage and empower households across America to achieve financial balance.

 

 

 

Paul Sisolak, Jr. Editor & Contributor

Paul Sisolak joined the Go Banking Rates team in January 2012 and has an extensive news reporting background, where he was primarily a staff writer for several major print newspapers and other noteworthy publications.

Since transitioning into the online marketing space, Paul uses his informative and investigative wordsmith skills to write helpful, in-depth articles related to personal finance, business and consumer trends, and fiscal frugality.

 

 

Andrea Tabor, Social Media Manager

Andrea Tabor is the Social Media Manager for www.GoBankingRates.com. She holds a Master’s degree in journalism from the University of Southern California and has worked in online publishing since 2007.

Andrea is also passionate about promoting a frugal lifestyle and helping others save money. Andrea’s goals are to develop Go Banking Rates’ online community and grow its presence on various social networks. Follow her on Twitter @GoBankingRates and Like the Go Banking Rates Facebook Page so you can stay connected!

 

Go Banking Rates Experts & Contributors

 

Chris Duncan, Certificate of Deposit Expert

Chris has been with Jumbo CD Investments, a twenty year old CD Research and Placement company, since December 1999.

Chris is a computer guru turned salesman. Scary, huh! His main responsibility is to help investors purchase high yielding, safe, and secure CDs. He currently oversees a portfolio over $250 Million. Since October of 2002 he has been a FINRA (formerly NASD) Registered Representative with Gill Capital Partners in Denver, CO (CRD# 4551682).

With initials of “CD” seems like he was destined for this profession. He has been married for almost 20-years and has six children. He loves to read, listen to music, and coach soccer.

Chris Mettler, Credit Card Expert

Chris Mettler, founder and president of CompareCards.com, has been educating consumers on managing credit and personal finances over the past few years. After working for esteemed businesses like Illinois Tool Works and a major bank, launching a successful web-based company and graduating with a Masters in Business Administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, Mettler created Compare Cards to help consumers make sense out of the ever-expanding and complex landscape of credit card offers available for people.

 

Tim Chen, Personal Finance Blogger & Contributor

Tim Chen is the CEO and founder of NerdWallet, the premier credit card search and comparison website. Launched in the wake of the financial crisis, NerdWallet provides unbiased, personalized recommendations on credit cards, deposit accounts and more. While many sites feature only a handpicked list of cards, NerdWallet scours the financial universe to compare over 1,600 credit cards from credit unions, community banks and more.

Prior to founding NerdWallet in 2009, Tim worked as an equity analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston as well as at a hedge fund, where he specialized in payment processing, credit card and technology companies. He is a frequent contributor to Forbes, Business Insider and US News.

Jenny Kerr, Personal Finance Blogger & Contributor

Jenny Kerr is a personal finance blogger with a goal to teach single women how to get out of debt and build wealth. When she is not blogging, she spends most of her time reading, gardening and trying new recipes she has cooked from scratch. Jenny is passionate about helping women and blogs about it on her site, The Jenny Pincher. She has taught her self-developed “Basics of Budgeting” course throughout the St. Louis area and developed a Budget Bootcamp to educate women on the topic of personal finance. She has also taught budgeting in the college setting.

 

Luke Landes, Personal Finance Blogger & Contributor

In 2003, Luke Landes created Consumerism Commentary to hold himself accountable for his financial decisions and progress. With this goal, he created Consumerism Commentary, a blog using the name Flexo to protect his identity, where he could share the intimate details of his bank accounts, engaging readers on a journey from debt to financial success.

Today, Consumerism Commentary boasts an active community of hundreds of thousands of readers every month. In addition to Consumerism Commentary, Flexo has written about money for US News, Currency from American Express, Yahoo Finance, TurboTax, and PC World Magazine.

Kristina, Personal Finance Blogger & Contributor

Kristina is a Financial Services Professional with over 12 years of experience working in the banking industry. She helps couples and people of all ages invest their money wisely and plan for their retirement at DINKS Finance.

Kristina has a Bachelor’s Degree and she is also a Certified Financial Planner. She enjoys helping people plan their personal budget, pay down their debts, and enjoy their financial lives. Kristina brings her everyday experiences from the Financial Services Industry to her writing in order to help us understand the importance of good money management and smart investment strategies.

Peter Anderson, Personal Finance Blogger & Contributor

Peter Anderson has a Bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Minnesota and has been writing about financial topics for the past few years on his site Bible Money Matters. He has also been featured in a variety of other online publications including MSN Money and the Wall Street Journal Personal Finance section. He has a passion for helping people to make better decisions with their money, and focuses his writing on general personal finance topics, mortgages and retirement.

 

Money Crashers, Personal Finance Blogger & Contributor

Money Crashers Personal Finance is one of the top personal finance blogs designed to provide free education across a wide variety of financial and business topics, including how to get out of debt, how to extreme coupon, side business ideas and the best cash back credit cards. Money Crashers’ goal is to fill the personal finance void in the American education system and provide people with the skills and knowledge necessary to lead a financially responsible and rewarding life.

 

Tushar Mathur, Personal Finance Blogger & Contributor

Tushar Mathur has been blogging about personal finance since January 2007. He writes passionately about all personal finance topics on his blog Everything Finance.

He is a Software Developer by profession, but all he thinks about is finance and how he can help others with their money problems. Since the very beginning, he has followed the philosophy of “Pay Yourself First.”

 

 

Elle Martinez, Personal Finance Blogger & Contributor

Elle Martinez helps families at Couple Money achieve financial freedom by sharing tips for reducing debt, increase income and building net worth. Learn how to live on one income and have fun with the second.

 

 

 

 

Stacey Bumpus, Contributor

Stacey Bumpus holds both her Bachelor and Masters degrees in Communications. After spending years in corporate communications, she discovered freelancing was really her cup of tea and fell in love with finding and writing about the latest financial news. Now, providing news and tips about banking, mortgages, taxes (and even logging her own efforts to save for retirement), she’s not only fulfilling her lifelong passion, but also helping others manage their finances responsibly.

 

Nicholas Pell, Contributor

Nicholas Pell is a freelance writer living in Hollywood, California. His writing has been featured on Made Man, The Nervous Breakdown, Strange Horizons, Chron.com, DocStoc, LiveStrong and USA Today. Pell has been a featured guest on CBS Radio’s Overnight America.

 

 

 

Andrew Burger, Contributor

Andrew Burger reports on financial markets, investments and the economy. He has an MBA in finance and several years’ experience working in the wholesale money, debt and derivatives markets.

 

 

 

 

Justin Stoltzfus, Contributor

Justin Stoltzfus is an independent blogger and business consultant assisting a range of businesses in developing media solutions for new campaigns and ongoing operations. He is a graduate of James Madison University. Stoltzfus spent several years as a staffer at the Intelligencer Journal in Lancaster, PA, before the merger of the city’s two daily newspapers in 2007. He also reported for the twin weekly newspapers in the area, the Ephrata Review and the Lititz Record.

More recently, he has cultivated connections with various companies including Capital One, AT&T and Intuit as an independent consultant, writer and trainer, collecting a wealth of bylines in print and web publications, and establishing a reputation for excellence in corporate training as well as management of marketing campaigns and other media projects.

Tara Struyk, Contributor

Tara Struyk is a writer and editor with several years of experience in online media. Struyk specializes in writing about personal finance, real estate and health and wellness. She graduated from West Virginia University with degrees in English literature and journalism.

 

 

 

Beth McKenna, Contributor

Beth McKenna is a writer specializing in investing and related topics, though she also occasionally delves into other topics of interest, such as clean energy and health and wellness. She has a BA (Lafayette College) and MBA (Rutgers University), and has previously worked in the risk management field in the financial services industry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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