Advisory Board Member Amy McMaster
Ohio Financial Educators Council
October 2023 through March 2025

Amy McMaster is a Licensed Social Worker with a Bachelor’s degree from The Defiance College. She is a financial coach for the Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission (NOCAC) Financial Opportunity Center (FOC). In these roles, Advisory Board Amy McMaster assists low- to moderate-income families to achieve financial wellness. She has coordinated the NOCAC Individual Development Accounts (IDA) Matched Savings Program and also enjoyed her time as a NOCAC Head Start Preschool Family Service Specialist.

OFEC Advisory Board Member Amy McMaster

Empowering Positive Life Changes: Amy McMaster

Mrs. McMaster has made it her mission to bring fun and entertainment to financial literacy classes. In addition, she views all clients as creative, resourceful, and whole individuals. She enjoys assisting clients with one-on-one budget counseling, access to banking information, credit improvement, and social support. Mrs. McMaster values community partnerships for the wealth of knowledge and support they offer.

Her entire career has been spent providing services to low-income households of Northwestern Ohio. She focuses on empowering individuals and families to make positive life changes. Her goal is to ensure that all members of her community have access to the support and resources they need to live satisfying lives.

When not working, Mrs. McMaster can usually be found spending quality time with her family, playing board games, celebrating her nieces’ and nephews’ life accomplishments, assisting her husband in the garden, and spoiling three kittens.

Ohio Financial Educators Council Details

Selected members of the Ohio Financial Educators Council Advisory Board are individuals who support us in our commitment to widely spread financial wellness resources across the state of Ohio. They share our goal to donate financial wellness programming at the community level in initiatives that can be sustained and taken to scale.

Board Members who pass the rigorous selection criteria are professionals with a demonstrated commitment to building financial wellness in their communities. Individuals with the following traits are considered:

Enthusiasm

A true sense of enthusiasm and passion for improving financial wellness, promoting the financial literacy cause, and making communities and individuals stronger through financial education and empowerment.

Involvement

Organizations and individuals who have time available to commit toward financial wellness efforts and to participate actively in Board communications.

Principles

Individuals selected to the Advisory Board are dedicated to serving their communities and have strong reputations for integrity, ethics, and honesty in their respective professional arenas.