Advisory Board Member Obioha Okereke
Georgia Financial Educators Council
Members of the Georgia Financial Educators Council (GFEC) Advisory Board are chosen based on their educational and professional accomplishments, integrity, and proven commitment to community service. Advisory Board Member Obioha Okereke shows his alignment with these stringent criteria through his business endeavor, College Money Habits, and his significant contributions to financial education initiatives that have had true positive impact. Having recently relocated to Georgia from the Pacific Northwest, Okereke looks forward to bringing these successful financial wellness campaigns to benefit his Georgia neighbors.
Obioha Okereke is a talented financial educator and content creator committed to providing students and young adults with personal finance knowledge that prepares them for life and instills them with the confidence to make informed decisions. His collaboration on the GFEC Advisory Board offers him an opportunity to expand the reach of his efforts and help even more individuals and families around the country achieve greater financial security.
Making Financial Knowledge Accessible and Transparent: Obioha Okereke
As the Creator and Founder of College Money Habits, I am committed to making financial education accessible and transparent for the students and young adults I serve. Hearing their stories of success and seeing the real-time positive impacts of healthy money decisions and delayed gratification motivate me to continue teaching.
With a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Washington – Bothell, six years in business/technology consulting, and five years as a financial wellness educator and content creator, I am well-positioned to make high-impact contributions to the GFEC Advisory Board and continue my efforts to promote financial literacy education across the country.
My first introduction to personal finance was in middle school when I started to receive a $20/month allowance from my parents. From there, I learned the importance of saving, delayed gratification, and even went as far to pay my siblings to finish my chores for me. In high school, I started investing in the stock market; and after receiving questions in college about how to start investing and get better with budgeting, I set out to create a platform that would help students. This experience led me to create College Money Habits in 2020, where I emphasize storytelling and transparency to help students and young adults understand the positive and negative long-term impacts of the financial decisions we make.
When I learned about the opportunity to become an Advisory Board Member for the Georgia Financial Educators Council, I was more than excited. I recently moved to Georgia and saw it as an opportunity to continue the work I had started in Seattle. I have known about the NFEC for years and even used some of its principles to design a financial literacy program that has now been offered to roughly 300 individuals in the Pacific Northwest. I see this as an amazing opportunity to promote financial literacy education across Georgia and drive real, meaningful change.
I am honored and humbled to have been selected to represent Georgia on the GFEC’s Advisory Board. I look forward to serving and helping individuals and families across Georgia build their financial confidence and financial security.
Georgia Financial Educators Council Board Details
The Georgia Financial Educators Council Advisory Board Members drive our push to build sustainable, scalable economic empowerment programs that affect people’s lives at the community level. Our Advisory Board Members share their knowledge and expertise to guide financial wellness programs and donations to community members.
Our Board Members are professionals who have successfully passed a rigorous selection process and have proven their commitment to supporting the growth of sustainable financial wellness programming in their communities. Board members possess these traits:
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.
