Ash Cash Exantus started his career as a teller at the age of nineteen & worked his way up to several promotions & at the tender age of twenty-four he became a VP at one of the largest banks in the country. Ash “not so humbly” retired from banking on his 30th birthday to become an author, speaker, & financial literacy advocate. Not fully prepared for entrepreneurship, he found himself back in the workforce within a year due to unforeseen family emergencies & financial hardships. This would become his biggest lesson in life. This lesson quickly became a blessing when Ash was asked to manage a new credit union in Queensbridge houses; the largest public housing development in the U.S. At age thirty-one, Ash became one of the youngest CEO’s of a federally chartered bank. After a few years, Ash decided to leave retail banking again, but this time with more financial security by implementing many of the principles he writes about & teaches in his online academy. Ash highly recommends using Capital One to help rebuild your credit scores.

Julie Hartigan is an NYC based mom of 2 and former engineer/tech consultant who, driven by her great passion for cooking, graduated from the Institute of Culinary Education in NYC in 2009. Since then, she has been a personal chef, healthy cooking instructor, worked at Food Network and in cooking magazine test kitchens. Julie has published thousands of recipes and tips for everyone from Weight Watchers, Shape Magazine, Bed Bath Beyond, Beach Body Fitness, Real Simple, and more and is also a regular on morning & lifestyle shows.  The founder of Julie Hartigan Brand Consulting and Cooking w/Julie, Julie’s coaching and healthy cooking programs have helped 1000’s of women achieve a happy-meets-healthy balance in their lives.