Financial Planning for Generation X & Y Women
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Wi$eUp ExpertsFinancial experts respond to questions from Gen X'ers registered for the Women's Bureau demonstration project. Representing a broad cross-section of financial expertise from across the United States, these professionals have volunteered their time and knowledge to support the Wi$eUp project. On this page you'll find information about our Wi$eUp experts. You may also want to check out the Expert Q&A Archive where you will see experts' responses to specific questions.Notice to our Experts: To update your biography and contact information, please send an email to: wiseupwomen@wiseupwomen.org Marcia Brixey
Founder, MWW Money Wi$e Women (MWW)
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During her 26 years working for the Social Security Administration Marcia Brixey met thousands of women who experienced financial difficulties resulting from a personal crisis – husband’s death, divorce, illness or loss of a job. In August 2002 she founded Money Wise Women Educational Services to ensure every woman is financially articulate, confident, secure and independent. Today she hosts and speaks at Money Wi$e Women Conferences throughout the Western United States. Ms. Brixey is the author of The Money Therapist: A Woman’s Guide to Creating a Healthy Financial Life (Seal Press).Ms. Brixey’s been the featured speaker at numerous conferences including the Prudential Financial Stepping Out Conference in Santa Clara, CA and Chicago IL; Choice Hotels Convention in Orlando, FL; Oklahoma Society of CPAs Invest in Herself: Journey to Financial Freedom Conference in Oklahoma City, OK; Washington State Interagency Committee of State Employed Women in Vancouver, WA; Today’s Woman Expo in Boise, ID; Invest in Yourself Strategies for Women Conference in Costa Mesa, CA; Northwest Women’s Show, Seattle WA and Portland OR; and Clemson University Professional Women’s Conference, Seattle WA, Portland OR and Phoenix AZ. Ms. Brixey is a member of the National Speaker’s Association. Marcia is a regular columnist for The Glow Project Magazine. She’s a former columnist for The Kitsap Sun newspaper, which serves the Kitsap Peninsula in Western Washington. Marcia has been a guest on Northwest Afternoon (Seattle, KOMO TV), View from the Bay (San Francisco, ABC affiliate), Good Day Sacramento, About the Money (Seattle, PBS affiliate) and Sonoran Living Live (Phoenix, ABC15 TV). She’s a regular guest on KING TV Morning News (Seattle, NBC affiliate). Marcia’s been interviewed on numerous radio shows and featured on CBS Report of the Week with Brian Banmiller. Ms. Brixey hosted a weekly talk radio show “Let’s Talk About Money” for several months in 2004. Marcia’s print media appearances include Quick and Simple, Redbook, Reader’s Digest, Ladies Home Journal, NFCU HomePort Magazine, Puget Sound Business Journal Seattle Woman Magazine, NW Women’s Magazine, South Sound Woman Magazine, National Networker, and US News and World Report. She’s a mentor for the Department of Labor Women's Bureau Wi$e Up Women program. Ms. Brixey received the 2006 YWCA Woman of Achievement award in Kitsap County. Marcia was inspired to take early retirement from her public relations job with the Social Security Administration in August 2002 after reading the quote “Our purpose in life is to find our gift, perfect it and give it back to others”. Ms. Brixey’s experience with the Social Security Administration includes District Manager, Supervisor, and Public Relations Specialist. She graduated from California State University, East Bay with a B.S. degree in Business Administration. | ||||
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