About the Author

Brooke Stephens A 20-year veteran of Wall Street, started her career as an international trade officer in West Africa with Chase and was a senior investment consultant for Citicorp Investment Services in New York. Ms. Stephens has been a certified financial planner, a stockbroker, an insurance agent and a registered investment advisor in Brooklyn, New York. She completed her studies in marketing and finance at Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, has a B.A. degree from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee and an M.A. from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.