Ashley Russo is an American Financial Advisor and public speaker at the top of her field, ranking in the top 3% of advisors currently working in the US according to Northwestern Mutual.
She is a frequent speaker on financial literacy, namely focusing on simple ways to create financial security and building confidence around finance. She works to demystify complex topics, from setting budgets to utilizing your 401K, taxes to retirement planning, always working to eliminate the shame and judgement that surrounds these conversations. Her passion for helping others with financial literacy grew out of her own life experience. Left to her own devices from the age of 13, with no formal education, she learned early the importance of financial security. Unraveling the complexity built into the lexicon of financial institutions, Ashley empowers people to embrace their finances to the benefit of their overall wellbeing.
With every workshop, conference or conversation, her goal is to communicate the benefits of creating a financial plan; showing that with the work upfront, you can worry less and live more. She won various awards for her work, including the accolade of #1 financial advisor in the country at Northwestern Mutual. She has worked with start-ups and Fortune 500 companies on her workshops and education sessions, including Airbnb, DocuSign, Lyft, Watermark, Samsung, Amazon and Apple.
Ashley Russo is an American Financial Advisor and public speaker at the top of her field, ranking in the top 3% of advisors currently working in the US according to Northwestern Mutual.
She is a frequent speaker on financial literacy, namely focusing on simple ways to create financial security and building confidence around finance. She works to demystify complex topics, from setting budgets to utilizing your 401K, taxes to retirement planning, always working to eliminate the shame and judgement that surrounds these conversations. Her passion for helping others with financial literacy grew out of her own life experience. Left to her own devices from the age of 13, with no formal education, she learned early the importance of financial security. Unraveling the complexity built into the lexicon of financial institutions, Ashley empowers people to embrace their finances to the benefit of their overall wellbeing.
With every workshop, conference or conversation, her goal is to communicate the benefits of creating a financial plan; showing that with the work upfront, you can worry less and live more. She won various awards for her work, including the accolade of #1 financial advisor in the country at Northwestern Mutual. She has worked with start-ups and Fortune 500 companies on her workshops and education sessions, including Airbnb, DocuSign, Lyft, Watermark, Samsung, Amazon and Apple.
Ashley speaks on variety of topics that span the issues of financial literacy and education, including the below:
Questions we all have, but are scared to ask.
The planning for your financial future is an act of wellness.
Planning for retirement, or the "30 year vacation".
Girl Talk HQ
Integritas Resources
Hello Giggles
Ashley was a joy to work with. She’s very down to earth, easy to connect with, and extremely organized. She was a true partner in planning the event and even asked for my input around what I expected out of the workshop and involving me in her creative process. To me, finance is a boys’ club that I actively avoided. In Ashley’s workshop, I felt safe and comfortable asking questions. As women in tech, Ashley helped us channel the power of collaboration and knowledge sharing —and showed us that opening up conversations around our insecurities can be empowering!
Ashley is one of the most approachable and knowledgeable financial literacy experts that I’ve had the pleasure to work with. I turned to Ashley because of her expertise working with women in finance and her enthusiasm for helping women at various stages of life. I told Ashley my goals in creating a program for our alumnae around financial literacy, and Ashley delivered! She made unfamiliar topics easy to understand and our community walked away from the workshop feeling empowered with information at the ready. She is an exceptional advocate for women in finance and beyond.
Ashley’s workshop gave a better insight into financial planning as it relates to women than I have ever seen before. Too often financial planning is discussed at a high level for all people, while Ashley focused on how planning is different for women. I came out of the workshop feeling empowered to have a better handle on my current and future financial health.
Ashley is incredibly passionate about financial planning and it definitely shows during the workshops she’s held for Airbnb employees. She focused the message towards the importance of financial education and creating a plan based on detailed analysis that provides financial security. Ashley really breaks it down and makes financial planning approachable, easily consumable, and actionable for anyone.
This seminar was extremely helpful. Ashley’s approach was very engaging and insightful. She put our employees at ease and gave them the space to be their true selves and discuss their goals and vision for the future, but also ask questions about things they were unsure about. I look forward to offering another version of this in the future.
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