On Saturday, September 27, 2014, NBC Today Show financial editor Jean Chatzky will talk about “Making Money Make Sense” in the College of Charleston School of Business. Chatzky will talk about the importance of proactively managing your money, why debt is dangerous and how to avoid financial pitfalls. The free event will take place at 5 p.m. in the Beatty Center’s Wells Fargo Auditorium (5 Liberty St.).
In addition to her role on the Today Show, Chatzky is an author, motivational speaker, and has given personal financial advice on Oprah, Live with Regis and Kelly and The View, among others. She started her career in 1986 at Working Women, knowing that she wanted to be a financial journalist. She left after two years taking at Dean Witter Reynolds before moving to Forbes. She is the author of The Difference: How Anyone Can Prosper in Even The Toughest Times (March 2009), Make Money, Not Excuses (March 2008), Pay It Down: From Debt to Wealth on $10 A Day (January 2006), The Ten Commandments of Financial Happiness (January 2005) and Talking Money (January 2001).
