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Financial experts respond to questions from Gen X'ers registered for the Women's Bureau demonstration project. Representing a broad cross-section of financial expertise from across the United States, these professionals have volunteered their time and knowledge to support the Wi$eUp project.

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Areas of Expertise: Borrowing money Budgeting Credit cards Credit history Debt management Identity theft Interest rates Savings accounts

Gail Cunningham was born and raised in Wichita Falls, TX. After going hundreds of miles away to attend college at Tulane University and The University of Texas at Austin, she married a Wichita Falls boy she’d known all of her life and moved back home. They raised 4 children, and now have 6 grandchildren.

Gail began working for Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Dallas in 1987, opening their first office outside of the Dallas metroplex area. She and her staff built it into what remains as the largest of the 27 offices in 4 states for CCCS. After counseling for 16 years, Gail is now Vice President of Business Relations, handling the all advertising, marketing and creditor relations for the company.

Cunningham is a Certified Consumer Credit Counselor, and in 2002 was named the National Counselor of the Year by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. She has been active in her local community, serving on such boards as the Better Business Bureau, Child Advocates (CASA), Bank One Community Advisory Board, Commissioner for the Wichita Falls Housing Authority, and was a charter member of the Wichita Falls Family Self Sufficiency Program. Most recently, Gail began writing a weekly column for The Times and Record News, titled The Bottom Line.

Devoted to advancing financial literacy, Cunningham hosted for 5 years the “It’s Your Money” television show on Time-Warner Cable. Additionally, she appears live on the local CBS affiliate each Wednesday during the Noon Show, and hosts “Smart Money” airing Tuesday evenings during the 10 PM Newscast.