Advisory Board
The Modern Husbands Advisory Board is a group of national experts in financial therapy, personal finance, domestic labor, and behavioral economics. They believe in the power of an egalitarian relationship in modern marriage to tackle the tasks of managing money and the home as a team and provide feedback about the services and content that support the Modern Husbands' mission.
Aja Evans, LHMC
Aja Evans is a board-certified therapist, speaker, and writer specializing in financial therapy. Armed with eternal optimism and a passion for helping others, Aja has been in the mental health industry for over a decade. After going through her own financial awakening, Aja made financial therapy a pillar of her work. Aja is determined to help more people break the taboo of keeping money and emotions secret. She strives to create a safe, comfortable, judgment-free place to begin working towards a better you. In addition to her practice, Aja is the president-elect on the Financial Therapy Association board and the author of Feel Good Finance.
Christian Sherrill
Christian Sherrill is the Director of Growth & Advocacy at Next Gen Personal Finance, whose mission is to revolutionize the teaching of personal finance in all schools and to improve the financial lives of the next generation of Americans.. His work and passion are to help end the opportunity gap, specifically by guaranteeing all high school students an engaging personal finance course before they graduate from high school by the year 2030. Christian holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), in Economics and Hispanic Studies from Dartmouth College where he was the co-captain of the Water Polo team and fell in love with the great outdoors. Christian’s wife, Chelsea Hayman, MD is an Emergency Medicine Resident at NYU.
Daniel J. Kadlec
Daniel J. Kadlec is a trailblazer Modern Husband. Dan’s wife Kimberly, is the CMO CEMEA & SVP Global Marketing Solutions & Customer Marketing at Visa, Inc. Dan is an author and was a journalist for decades with USA Today and then TIME and MONEY. Kadlec has appeared on Oprah, CNN, CNBC, Good Morning America, and many other programs. He has written three books, and The New York Press Club and National Headliners have recognized his columns on the economy and investing. His focus has long been on the economy, personal finance, and other matters of individual well-being. Kadlec holds a B.A. in Communications from Marquette University.
David and John Auten-Schneider
David and John Auten-Schneider are the Debt Free Guys and hosts of the Queer Money® podcast. They help queer people (and allies) live fabulously not fabulously broke. They were the first LGBTQ+ personal finance contributors to Forbes and their work has appeared in Yahoo!Finance, CNBC, Good Morning America and more. They’ve partnered with some of the biggest companies, from Capital One to Orbitz, worked with some of the leading LGBTQ+ non-profits, from The Trevor Project to Out & Equal and spoken for employee and business resource groups, from FICO to Verizon. With their newly released LGBTQ+ money study done in partnership with The Motley Fool, they’re creating a first of its kind service that bridges LGBTQ+ workers to the financial services industry.
Douglas and Heather Boneparth
Douglas Boneparth, CFP®, is the founder of Bone Fide Wealth, a wealth management firm in New York City. Recognized as one of the nation's most influential financial advisors, Douglas serves on the advisory councils for CNBC and Investopedia. He has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and more. He is also a CFP Board Ambassador for New York. Meanwhile, Heather Boneparth is used to wearing many hats. On her first maternity leave, she co-authored the couple’s first book on helping millennials achieve financial freedom. Since then, she has become a rising voice at the intersection of love, money, and family. She has written for CNBC, theSkimm, Insider, Scary Mommy, and more. As a lawyer, she spent more than a decade in the insurance industry before joining the family business as Bone Fide Wealth’s director of business and legal affairs. Heather and Douglas met in college and consider themselves Gators for life. They now live in New Jersey with their two daughters. For more, subscribe to The Joint Account, their newsletter helping couples talk about money.
Dr. Abdullah Al Bahrani
Abdullah Al Bahrani is a full professor of economics and associate dean at the Haile College of Business. He oversees the graduate programs, research initiatives, and outreach efforts. His research is in household finance and financial decision-making. He consistently contributes as an economic expert to local and national news outlets.
Dr. Bradley T. Klontz
Bradley T. Klontz, Psy.D., CFP® is an expert in financial psychology, financial planning, and applied behavioral finance. He’s an Associate Professor of Practice at Creighton University Heider College of Business, Co-Founder of the Financial Psychology Institute, and Managing Principal of Your Mental Wealth Advisors. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, author of multiple books, and a Former President of the Hawaii Psychological Association. He is a member of the CNBC Financial Wellness Council and was awarded the Innovative Practice Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association for his application of psychological interventions to help people with money and wealth issues and his innovative practice in financial psychology for practitioners across the country.
Dr. Donald (Bruce) Ross III
Dr. Donald (Bruce) Ross III, AFC® CFT-I™ is an Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky. He holds a Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Science with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy and a specialization in financial counseling and financial therapy practices. He is the Current secretary and President of the Financial Therapy Association and is an Accredited Financial Counselor. Dr. Ross’ professional and research interests primarily focus on personal and family financial well-being.
Dr. Megan Ford, CFTTM, LMFT
Dr. Megan Ford is a financial therapist and academic who leverages her unique interdisciplinary education, research, and practice background in both financial planning and marriage and family therapy to assist individuals and couples, educate students, and contribute to evidence-based financial therapy approaches. Through her own journey as a self-proclaimed money avoider and mathphobe, Megan maintains attunement to the complexities surrounding our relationship with money and experiences of money stress, shame, and detachment. She is a former President of the Financial Therapy Association (FTA), has co-authored a textbook, “The Fundamentals of Writing a Financial Plan”, and has published her own evidence-based financial therapy model, the Ford Financial Empowerment Model (FFEM)
Dr. Jenny Olson
Dr. Jenny Olson is an assistant professor of marketing at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. She earned her Ph.D. in business administration (marketing emphasis) from the University of Michigan. Dr. Olson’s research focuses on consumer behavior within interpersonal contexts, with specific interests in (1) consumer financial decision making and (2) social cognition and inferential processes. For example, she examines the interplay between money and couples' relationship formation and quality (e.g., how partners' bank account structure, financial infidelity, and conversations about money affect relationship and financial well-being). Her award-winning research has been published in the Journal of Consumer Research, International Journal of Research in Marketing, and the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research. Her work has also received widespread coverage in various outlets including the New York Times, PBS/NPR, Bloomberg Radio, Boston Globe, Forbes, MSN Money, and Yahoo! Finance.
Dr. Jessi Streib
Dr. Jessi Streib is an Associate Professor at Duke University. She has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Michigan.
She is the author of three books. The Power of the Past: Understanding Cross-Class Marriages looks at how couples who grew up in different class backgrounds think about how to spend money, plan their careers, raise their children, and express their emotions. Privilege Lost: Who Leaves the Upper Middle Class and How They Fall explains how children enter a lower social class than their parents. The Accidental Equalizer: How Luck Determines Pay After College reveals the determinants of pay among recent college graduates and how students from unequal class backgrounds can receive equal pay.
Dr. Julie Heath
Dr. Julie Heath is a national leader in economic and financial education. She is a University of Cincinnati economist and the Director of the award-winning Alpaugh Family Economics Center. The Center equips students in grades K-12 with practical economic knowledge and skills through in-school programs and teacher training, and its financial education $martPath curriculum is one of the best in the country. Dr. Heath has been a Professor of Economics for over 25 years and led the Working Group for President Obama’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability.
Dr. Kate Mangino
Kate Mangino, PhD is a gender expert who works with international organizations to promote positive social change. She has written and delivered curricula in over 20 countries about issues such as women’s empowerment, healthy masculinity, HIV prevention, and early and forced childhood marriage. She brings her lens of social change to her debut book, Equal Partners, which introduces readers to a diverse group of men who are proud to be equal partners in the home. She draws from their examples to offer practical advice as to what each of us can do to rewrite gender norms. Kate has published in Time and Slate; Equal Partners has been featured in The Atlantic, CNN, BBC World News and The Guardian.
Dr. Michael Thomas
Dr. Michael Gene Thomas is a Lecturer at the University of Georgia. He teaches Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics. His research involves understanding what factors influence financial well-being across socio-economic status and how to optimize those factors through evidenced-based interventions or therapeutic methods. Dr. Thomas has won numerous teaching awards.
Dr. Michelle Kruger
Dr. Michelle Kruger CFP® holds a Ph.D. in Financial Planning, Housing, and Consumer Economics. Her dissertation was Three Essays on Financial Satisfaction and the Joint Financial Management of Couples. While studying at UGA, she was awarded the United Capital Outstanding Student Award, issued by United Capital & The Financial Planning Program in the Department of Financial Planning, Housing, and Consumer Economics.
Dr. Kruger is the author of The Psychology of Financial Planning: Practitioner Resource Guide written for CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioners. She has also co-authored The Fundamentals of Writing a Financial Plan, The Case Approach to Financial Planning: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice, and Financial Planning Counseling Skills. She is currently a Senior Financial Planner at Gratus Capital and Part-Time Lecturer at the University of Georgia.
Dr. Kruger is married to Joey Fernandez and lives in the Atlanta, Georgia area.
Dr. Stephen Shu
Dr. Stephen Shu is an expert in behavioral finance. He also serves as a Managing Principal at the behavioral economics innovation firm Digital Nudging Tech and has worked with organizations such as The Voya Behavioral Finance Institute for Innovation and Allianz Global Investors Center for Behavioral Finance. He is a Visiting Lecturer at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. Steve has a Ph.D. in behavioral finance from City, University of London, and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Dr. Shu’s wife, Dr. Suzanne Shu, is the Dean of Faculty and Research at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and Professor of Marketing at Cornell University’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management Cornell.
Ed Coambs
Ed Coambs is a Licensed Marriage, and Family Therapist, Certified Financial Therapist-Level I™, and Certified Financial Planner®. He is also the author of The Healthy Love and Money Way written for readers who desire to learn how to cultivate more financial intimacy and joy in their relationship and finances. Mr. Coambs is a Master of Arts in Christian Counseling and Master of Business Administration (Finance Concentration).
Jackie Cummings Koski
Master of Science in Personal Financial Planning and Financial Therapy. She is a financial literacy advocate and Certified Educator in Personal Finance— her areas of specialty are optimizing Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), FI/RE (Financial Independence/Retire Early), Youth Financial Literacy and Stock Investment Clubs. Champion for Diversity & Inclusion. Ms. Cummings is a repeat guest on CNBC's “Closing Bell”, author of the award winning book "Money Letters 2 my Daughter" and recognized with a Congressional Commendation for accomplishments in the field of financial literacy from the U.S. House of Representatives.
Jackie recently released her latest book: FIRE For Dummies.
Matt Frey
Matt Frey is the Communications Director and Policy Advisor for Kentucky State Treasurer Allison Ball. Before joining Treasurer Ball’s staff, he was the Executive Director of the Kentucky Financial Empowerment Commission (KFEC).
At KFEC, Frey started the Kentucky Financial Educators Network, the Kentucky Bank On Network, and the Financial Empowerment for Commonwealth Employees program. Each of these programs helps improve the financial literacy and financial education of Kentuckians.
Matt Frey has five years of experience researching financial literacy and financial education. This was done most recently with Dr. Annamaria Lusardi at the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center in Washington, D.C. Frey is a native of Melbourne, KY, and a graduate of Northern Kentucky University, as well as George Washington University.
Mikel Van Cleve
Mikel Van Cleve, CFP® is a doctoral student at Texas Tech University in the Personal Financial Planning program. He's a Certified Financial Behavior Specialist® and Certified Employee Benefit Specialist® with 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Mikel's academic research is focused on understanding the complex dynamics of money management within blended families. Mikel and his wife, Heather, are in a blended family, which has fueled his passion for research on an ever-increasing population segment.
Paul Sullivan
Paul Sullivan wrote the Wealth Matters column in The New York Times for 13 years. He is the author of two books Clutch: Why Some People Excel Under Pressure and Others Don’t and The Thin Green Line: The Money Secrets of The Super Wealthy and created the Money Game column in GOLF Magazine. Paul stepped away from the New York Times to start The Company of Dads to help Lead Dads feel less isolated and more confident that they have made the correct choice to take on the bulk of the parenting and family duties - or at the very least not embrace stereotypes around who does what at home. He received degrees in history from Trinity College and the University of Chicago.
Scott Glasgow
Scott Glasgow is the Founder of FinMango, an international program making financial literacy and inclusion universally accessible and useful to 1,000,000+ youth per year. He has received international recognition in dozens of media articles, including a U.S. News & World Report Op-Ed, CNN, The New York Times, NBC, The Daily Beast, and TIME Magazine. He is a 2x TEDx speaker. Mr. Glasgow’s formal education includes the Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education: Rethinking Financial Inclusion; an MA in Financial Economics, and BA in Biology and Community Health.
Tyler Moore (Tidy Dad)
Tyler Moore is the creator of the hugely popular “Tidy Dad” Instagram, TikTok, and website. A public school teacher in New York City, husband, and father of three young daughters, he has been featured on Good Morning America and in The Washington Post, The New York Times, the New York Post, Better Homes & Gardens Secrets of Getting Organized magazine, Apartment Therapy, and many podcasts including HGTV Obsessed and Minimalist Moms. During the school year, he lives with his wife, Emily, a pediatric occupational therapist, and daughters in Queens, New York.