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Jump$tart Leadership

Jump$tart’s National Board of Directors consists of a diverse cross-section of national Partner organizations and individual academic board members elected for their expertise in the field.

National Board of Directors

Jump$tart elects national Partner organizations to its Board of Directors, allowing each Board Member organization to select its own representative. Academics and other experts may be elected individually. Organizational and individual board members are elected to staggered three-year terms.

  • Ally Financial – Lynne Walters
  • American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences – Lori Myers, Ph.D.
  • American Bankers Association Foundation – Lindsay Torrico
  • American Financial Services Association Education Foundation – Rhonda Ashburn, Vice Chair
  • Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education – Rachael DeLeon
  • Bank of America – Andrée Taylor
  • Charles Schwab Foundation – Kristine Dixon
  • J. Michael Collins, Ph.D., Academic Director
  • Conference of State Bank Supervisors – Laura Fisher
  • Casey Cortese, Individual Expert Director, Chair
  • Council for Economic Education – Chris Caltabiano
  • EverFi – Jenny Nakamura
  • Experian – Rod Griffin, Secretary/Treasurer
  • FDIC
  • Fidelity Investments – Christina Cuzzi
  • FINRA – Gerri Walsh
  • Intuit  – Jared Davidove
  • Land Grant University and Cooperative Extension System – Suzanne Bartholomae, Ph.D.
  • MassMutual Foundation – Dennis Duquette
  • National Endowment for Financial Education – Billy J. Hensley, Ph.D.
  • William E. Odom – Director Emeritus
  • SIFMA Foundation – Melanie Mortimer
  • State Coalition Representative* – Tennessee Jump$tart – Maria Edlin King, Ed.D., ex officio
  • TransUnion – Tracie Anderson
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – Lori Schock,  ex officio
  • Varo Bank
  • Visa Inc. – Jenelle Harris
  • Wells Fargo Foundation – Bonnie Wallace

*The State Coalition Leader of our State Coalition of the Year serves a special one-year ex officio term on the national Board of Directors.

2024-2025 Officers

Casey Cortese, Chair
Individual Expert Director

Rhonda Ashburn, Vice Chair
AFSA Education Foundation

Rod Griffin, Secretary/Treasurer
Experian

Laura Levine, President, ex officio
Jump$tart Coalition of Personal Financial Literacy

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Initial Board Members

  • American Financial Services Association Consumer Credit Education Foundation (now AFSA Education Foundation)
  • Consumer Bankers Association
  • Cooperative Extension System of the USDA (now USDA-NIFA, Land Grant University and Cooperative Extension System)
  • Federal Reserve Board
  • Insurance Education Foundation
  • International Credit Association
  • Junior Achievement, Inc.
  • Mortgage Bankers Association of America
  • National Council on Economic Education (now Council for Economic Education)
  • National Endowment for Financial Education
  • National Foundation for Consumer Credit (now National Foundation for Credit Counseling)
  • National Institute for Consumer Education
  • Securities Industry Foundation for Economic Education (now SIFMA Foundation)
  • Classroom Edition of the Wall St. Journal

Past Board Chairmen

  • H. Randy Lively, Jr.
    American Financial Services Association
    1997-2008
  • Neil Milner
    Conference of State Bank Supervisors
    2009-2011
  • Ted Beck
    National Endowment for Financial Education
    2012-2016
  • Michael E. Staten
    University of Arizona’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
    2016-2021
  • Corey Carlisle
    Varo Bank
    2022-2023