Financial Services Professional & Financial Literacy Advocate

With over fifteen years of experience in Retail and Investment Banking along with ten years as a Mortgage Underwriter and her astute acumen of how financial institutions evaluate applicants, Deneise is regarded as one of the best in her business. She graduated Summa Cum Laude at Iona College where she received her bachelor’s in Business Administration and MBA with a concentration in Financial Management. Deneise McKesey is the CEO and founder of Focused Solutions Services, Inc., a Personal Finance and Business Consulting firm specializing in mentoring and coaching individuals to achieving financial success. She believes that financial education is an essential aspect everyone should possess and even more important in today’s fast-paced economy. Beyond mentoring and coaching, Deneise emphasizes building resilience among her clients which, in turn, allows them the ability to enjoy the benefits of achieving their financial goals. Her success has been featured in the publications, New York Wire, New York Weekly, The American Reporter, US News and The Chicago Journal. Deneise is an NFEC Certified Financial Education Instructor who provides financial education and entrepreneurship workshops, keynote speaking, as well as personal finance & credit profile assessment. She also serves groups across that are seeking to build financial education programming that makes a meaningful difference in the lives of participants. Over the last five years, Deneise has been passionately presenting financial education and money management tools to help the youth and adults gain the skills they need to be self-sufficient and feel more secure with their personal finances. Deneise is a savvy business woman and her catalogue of business ventures continues to grow. She is a cofounder, of OSG Enterprises LLC, as well the notable 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization “OSG”, The Off School Grounds Coalition, Inc. As the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Board Member of “OSG”, Deneise’s mission is to help educate all on the importance of credit, investing and money management through financial literacy concepts.