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About Marcia Brixey

During her 26 years working for the Social Security Administration Marcia Brixey met thousands of women who experienced financial difficulties resulting from a personal crisis - husband's death, divorce, illness or loss of a job. In August 2002 she founded Money Wise Women Educational Services to ensure every woman is financially articulate, confident, secure and independent. Today she hosts and speaks at Money Wi$e Women Conferences throughout the Western United States. Ms. Brixey is the author of The Money Therapist: A Woman's Guide to Creating a Healthy Financial Life (Seal Press).

Ms. Brixey's been the featured speaker at numerous conferences including the Central California Women's Conference in Sacramento, CA; Prudential Financial Stepping Out Conference in Santa Clara, CA and Chicago IL; Choice Hotels Convention in Orlando, FL; Oklahoma Society of CPAs Invest in Herself: Journey to Financial Freedom Conference in Tulsa and Oklahoma City, OK; Washington State Employed Women in Vancouver, WA; Today's Woman Expo in Boise, ID; Invest in Yourself Strategies for Women Conference in Costa Mesa, CA; Northwest Women's Show, Seattle WA and Portland OR; and Clemson University Professional Women's Conference, Seattle WA, Portland OR and Phoenix AZ. Ms. Brixey is a member of the National Speaker's Association.

Marcia is a former columnist for The Kitsap Sun newspaper, which serves the Kitsap Peninsula in Western Washington. Marcia has been a guest on Northwest Afternoon (Seattle, KOMO TV), View from the Bay (San Francisco, ABC affiliate), Good Day Sacramento, About the Money (Seattle, PBS affiliate) and Sonoran Living Live (Phoenix, ABC15 TV). She's a regular guest on KING TV Morning News (Seattle, NBC affiliate). Marcia's been interviewed on numerous radio shows and featured on CBS Report of the Week with Brian Banmiller. Ms. Brixey hosted a weekly talk radio show "Let's Talk About Money" for several months in 2004. Marcia's print media appearances include Quick and Simple, Redbook, Reader's Digest, Ladies Home Journal, Puget Sound Business Journal Seattle Woman Magazine, NW Women's Magazine, South Sound Woman Magazine, National Networker, and US News and World Report. She's a mentor for the Department of Labor Women's Bureau Wi$e Up Women program. Ms. Brixey received the 2006 YWCA Woman of Achievement award in Kitsap County.