About Dara

Dara Duguay, former Director of Citi’s Office of Financial Education, has been involved with financial literacy for more than 20 years. The former Executive Director of the non-profit Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy in Washington, DC, she has also served as the Director of Education at the Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS) of Los Angeles. She is the author of three personal finance books.

Ms. Duguay is a national expert on personal finance, with interviews in major U.S. publications and regular appearances on national television and radio networks. View selected videos>> She currently records a monthly segment called “Financial Fitness” on the Clear Channel radio network in Washington, DC. She also is a featured columnist in a quarterly magazine distributed to the US Military called Military Money.
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Among her many accomplishments, Ms. Duguay has received the Medal of Merit from the U.S. Treasury Department and was appointed to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Economics Steering Committee and has served in a consultant role to companies such as JP Morgan Chase, American Express and Capital One. Book Dara as a speaker>>