Nonprofit Leader, Educator & Financial Literacy Advocate

Diane Keating is an NFEC Certified Financial Education Instructor.

Diane Keating is an accomplished nonprofit executive with 10-years of experience in developing, administrating and teaching personal financial education programs for low-income youth and adults in New York City. She formed High Water Women’s Financial Literacy program in 2009 in partnership with the Muriel Siebert Foundation. The program covers services to NYC communities in all five boroughs, and currently provides financial literacy instruction for 3000 teens and adults annually.

In the course of her work, she has established many partnerships with NYC nonprofits and the NYC Dept. of Youth and Community Development to provide financial literacy education as an eight-week program, (covering a range of personal finance topics) or workshops for low-income teenage youth and adults. She also developed partnerships with NYC financial services companies to recruit and train financial literacy instructors for the program.

Understanding that financial education cannot end when the program is over, Diane developed the program’s personal finance microsite branded Financial You, as an online extended learning platform for program students and members of the public, with community discussion forums, financial tips of the day and curriculum resources with special emphasis for low-income New Yorkers (launch date April 2019).

Diane has directed curriculum specialists to revise and expand program materials and created subject matter workshops and materials for adult instruction as well as post-program evaluations. She expanded adult education programs and developed an individual coaching manual and surveys for use in one-on-one environments as requested by program partners.

Diane has worked in the nonprofit sector as an Executive Director and Development Director since 2005 with prior experience as a senior sales and marketing executive in the media and entertainment industry. She plans to retire in 2019 but will remain active as a financial education teacher, coach, speaker and advocate. She is very open to free-lance work, part-time positions and speaking engagements.

She holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and an MA and BA in Literature from New York University and Fordham University. She lives on the Upper West Side with her husband and dog and has two grown children. She enjoys reading, tweeting, hiking, yoga and spending time with family and friends. She loves to teach and the connection she makes with her students.