Deborah Owens is CEO of Owens Media Group, which creates tools that teach women how to spend, save and invest to build wealth. She is the author of three books most recently critically acclaimed, A Purse of Your Own published by Simon and Schuster. In concert with the book she launched The A Purse of Your Own Campaign and Online community to financially empower one million women.

Ms. Owens is a veteran of the financial services industry and a former financial consultant and vice president with Fidelity Investments. She is also a sought after speaker on the topics of financial literacy, leadership and entrepreneurship. She has shared her enthusiasm, wit and humor with more than 100,000 people in live forums across the nation.

She is an Ambassador for the College Savings Plans of Maryland and Alumni of the Greater Baltimore Leadership Committee. Deborah is an Adjunct Professor at Bay Path College in Longmeadow, Ma. She holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from Loyola University of Maryland.