University of Portland School of Business Professor, Dr. Brian Adams Source: WalletHub (Featuring Dr. Kolay) What tips do you have to help people avoid overspending on clothes? First, actually know the dollar amount we are spending on clothes in a given time period. Instead of just having a rough ballpark idea, adding up the amount…Continue Reading Spending Too Much on Clothes? ~Dr. Kolay provides Expert Insights
Category: Women in Finance
Alumni Spotlight ~ Erin Floyd (MBA ’24)
QuickTakes Q&A ~ Please share a brief Bio: I am currently an Executive Director & Treasury Management Consultant at Wells Fargo in the Commercial Banking office in Portland. Most of my 26-year career has been dedicated to the consultative selling of complex treasury management solutions to middle market companies ($100 million + in annual revenue) in Oregon. I develop…Continue Reading Alumni Spotlight ~ Erin Floyd (MBA ’24)
Women in Finance ~Krystal Lee, CFP®
The Women in Finance series continues! Hear from experts and connect with our financial partners – build your network! Q&A with Krystal ~ What led you to Finance? As a child I enjoyed and excelled at math… until about Calculus II. After contemplating a business or engineering undergraduate degree, I decided to pursue Industrial Engineering. Not long after becoming…Continue Reading Women in Finance ~Krystal Lee, CFP®
Women in Finance ~Heidi Goertzen, CFP®
The Women in Finance series continues! Hear from experts and connect with our financial partners – build your network! Q&A with Heidi ~ Can you share a brief bio? Where are you working now? I have had a few different finance careers over the past 20 years. I started in investment consulting, working with large institutional clients. From…Continue Reading Women in Finance ~Heidi Goertzen, CFP®
Women in Finance ~ Cyndi Thompson
The Women in Finance series continues! Hear from experts and connect with our financial partners – build your network! ~Contributed by Cyndi Thompson “It’s hard to be what you can’t see.” ― Marian Wright Edelman What led you to Finance? My parents both came from homes with little to no financial literacy. It had a devastating impact on their…Continue Reading Women in Finance ~ Cyndi Thompson
Women in Finance ~ Gina Jacobson
The Women in Finance series continues! Hear from experts and connect with our financial partners – build your network! What led you to Finance? When I was little, people would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up. My answer always was, “I want to help people.” Years later, after graduating college, I moved to…Continue Reading Women in Finance ~ Gina Jacobson