Activate Your Money
Great Returns
Grounded in Values
Activate Your Money: Invest to Grow Your Wealth and Build a Better World goes beyond basic financial literacy to provide the details you need to become a confident investor. Combining stories of women’s personal finance journeys along with practical and actionable investment strategies, this book will give you the knowledge you need to take control of your money and make great returns by investing in the communities, people, and companies that match your values.
Where we choose to put our money matters. Whether it’s parked in a savings account at a big bank or sits in the stock market, what your money is funding may shock you—and not paying attention isn’t an option anymore.
The Activate Your Money website serves as a companion to the book. It contains the resources, downloadable tools, and training you need to move from knowledge to action. We point you to communities of women who are finding joy in investing. Collectively, we have the power to change the world.
Great Returns
Grounded in Values
Where we choose to put our money matters. Whether it’s parked in a savings account at a big bank or sits in the stock market, what your money is funding may shock you—and not paying attention isn’t an option anymore.
Activate Your Money: Invest to Grow Your Wealth and Build a Better World goes beyond basic financial literacy to provide the details you need to become a confident investor. Combining stories of women’s personal finance journeys along with practical and actionable investment strategies, this book will give you the knowledge you need to take control of your money and make great returns by investing in the communities, people, and companies that match your values.
The Activate Your Money website serves as a companion to the book. It contains the resources, downloadable tools, and training you need to move from knowledge to action. We point you to communities of women who are finding joy in investing. Collectively, we have the power to change the world.
The Contributors
The Contributors





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Acknowledgements
Abigal Ingalls, Alicia Robb, Gravitz, Alison Smith, Amie Patel, Amir Chandra, Amy Beck, Amy Gudgeon, Andrew Jones, Anese Cavanaugh, Angela Marciano, Aniyia Williams, Ann Miles, Anna Mabrey, Anne Sapp, Annie McShiras, Archie Alibasa, Arielle Ford, Arno Hesse, Astrid Scholz, Avary Kent,
Babbie Jacobs, Barbara Pierce, Barbara Waugh, Beth Bafford, Beth Stelluto Dunaier, Caroline Yarborough, Carson Faris, Cat Berman, Caterina Rinde, Catherine Pyke, Cheryl Contee, Clara Brenner, Dan Murphy, Dana Smith, Daniel Wu, Danielle Eigner, David Stei, Deana Zabaldo, Diana Ceres, Divya Gandhi, Drew Tulchin, Eileen Freiburger, Elana Yohan Rosen, Elizabeth Castro Abrams, Emily Green Erika Karp, Eve Picker,
George Calys, Homero Radway, Ivka Kalus, Jane Bulnes-Fowles, Jenna Nicholas, Jennifer Brandel, Jennifer Leonard, Jennifer Sonderby, Jennifer Tonda Rohlfes, Jenny Kassan, Jenny Wapner, Jessica Chao, Johanna Posada, Judy Bernstein, Julie Lein, Karen Michels, Karin Bauer, Karl Uhlig, Kate Simpson, Katie Bamberger, Kathy Sonderby, Kimberly Griego-Kim, Kristin Hull, Kristina Montague, Laura Oldanie, Laura Waters, Lauren Dube, Lauren Evans, Lee Clay, Lisa Margulis, Lisa Molinaro, Lisa Renstrom, Lisa St. Claire, Luni Libes, Lynn Marie Auzenne,
Mara Zepeda, Marcia Dawood, Margot Silk Forrest, Mark Herrera, Marilyn Waite, Matt Hoffman, Megan Hryndza, Melanie Firpo, Michael Grimm, Michael Shuman, Michael Taylor, Naila Sharifova, Nancy Fish, Natalie Holm, Nicole Brown, Patricia Farrar-Rivas, Paul Ang, Paul Herman, Phuong Luong, Rachel Robasciotti, Randi Benton, Rebecca Williams, Rebecca Young, Regina Connell, Renata Gomex,
Sally Outlaw, Sandy Emerson, Sara Gelfand, Sara Lomelin Velten, Sara Olsen, Serena Zhao, Sonia Kowal, Sonya Dreizler, Stacie Rasmussen, Stefania Di Bartolomeo, Stephanie Meade, Steve Murphy, Steve Zuckerman, Sue Baggott, Suneeta Krish, Susan Bruce, Susan Fairchild, Susan Mayginnes, Suzanne Andrews, Sven Gatchev, Sylvia Kwan, Tamara Larsen, Tasha Seitz, Teresa Wells, Tim Yee, Toni Robino, Tory Laughlin-Taylor, Val Red-Horse Mohl, Valeriya Epshteyn, Vic Griffith, Victoria Fram.
Acknowledgements
Abigal Ingalls, Alicia Robb, Gravitz, Alison Smith, Amie Patel, Amir Chandra, Amy Beck, Amy Gudgeon, Andrew Jones, Anese Cavanaugh, Angela Marciano, Aniyia Williams, Ann Miles, Anna Mabrey, Anne Sapp, Annie McShiras, Archie Alibasa, Arielle Ford, Arno Hesse, Astrid Scholz, Avary Kent,
Babbie Jacobs, Barbara Pierce, Barbara Waugh, Beth Bafford, Beth Stelluto Dunaier, Caroline Yarborough, Carson Faris, Cat Berman, Caterina Rinde, Catherine Pyke, Cheryl Contee, Clara Brenner, Dan Murphy, Dana Smith, Daniel Wu, Danielle Eigner, David Stei, Deana Zabaldo, Diana Ceres, Divya Gandhi, Drew Tulchin, Eileen Freiburger, Elana Yohan Rosen, Elizabeth Castro Abrams, Emily Green Erika Karp, Eve Picker,
George Calys, Homero Radway, Ivka Kalus, Jane Bulnes-Fowles, Jenna Nicholas, Jennifer Brandel, Jennifer Leonard, Jennifer Sonderby, Jennifer Tonda Rohlfes, Jenny Kassan, Jenny Wapner, Jessica Chao, Johanna Posada, Judy Bernstein, Julie Lein, Karen Michels, Karin Bauer, Karl Uhlig, Kate Simpson, Katie Bamberger, Kathy Sonderby, Kimberly Griego-Kim, Kristin Hull, Kristina Montague, Laura Oldanie, Laura Waters, Lauren Dube, Lauren Evans, Lee Clay, Lisa Margulis, Lisa Molinaro, Lisa Renstrom, Lisa St. Claire, Luni Libes, Lynn Marie Auzenne,
Mara Zepeda, Marcia Dawood, Margot Silk Forrest, Mark Herrera, Marilyn Waite, Matt Hoffman, Megan Hryndza, Melanie Firpo, Michael Grimm, Michael Shuman, Michael Taylor, Naila Sharifova, Nancy Fish, Natalie Holm, Nicole Brown, Patricia Farrar-Rivas, Paul Ang, Paul Herman, Phuong Luong, Rachel Robasciotti, Randi Benton, Rebecca Williams, Rebecca Young, Regina Connell, Renata Gomex,
Sally Outlaw, Sandy Emerson, Sara Gelfand, Sara Lomelin Velten, Sara Olsen, Serena Zhao, Sonia Kowal, Sonya Dreizler, Stacie Rasmussen, Stefania Di Bartolomeo, Stephanie Meade, Steve Murphy, Steve Zuckerman, Sue Baggott, Suneeta Krish, Susan Bruce, Susan Fairchild, Susan Mayginnes, Suzanne Andrews, Sven Gatchev, Sylvia Kwan, Tamara Larsen, Tasha Seitz, Teresa Wells, Tim Yee, Toni Robino, Tory Laughlin-Taylor, Val Red-Horse Mohl, Valeriya Epshteyn, Vic Griffith, Victoria Fram.