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Terry Savage

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Terry Savage is a well known expert on personal finance. Terry has a nationally syndicated column at the Chicago Sun-Times, is a regular television commentator on CNN, CNBC, PBS and NBC, is a regular guest host on "ABC's Moneytalk with Bob Brinker" and is the author three best selling books. Her book, The Savage Truth On Money , was named one of the ten best money books of the year by Amazon.com, and was made into an hour-long television special which aired on PBS. Terry's latest book, The Savage Number: How Much Do You Need to Retire? is getting great reviews from important people like John C. Bogle and Charles R. Schwab.

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Terry's financial expertise comes from experience. She started her career as a stockbroker, and became a founding member -- and the first woman trader -- on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. She was co-editor of "Options Trading Strategies," an investment newsletter. Savage was also a member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's International Monetary Market where she traded interest rate contracts and currency futures. She is a registered investment advisor for both stocks and futures.

Terry Savage has won numerous awards, including the National Press Club award for Outstanding Consumer Journalism, and the Outstanding Personal Finance Columnist award given by the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and two Emmys for her television work.

Savage takes an active role in America's business community. She served on the Board McDonald's Corporation for 14 years, Pennzoil-Quaker State Corporation for 5 years, and is currently on the board of The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (NYSE). She was a recipient of the "Director's Choice Award" honoring selected women who serve on America's top corporate boards.

Savage is also a director of The Executives' Club of Chicago, and Junior Achievement of Illinois. She serves as a Trustee of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and a director of Northwestern Memorial Hospital Foundation. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Michigan where she won a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship in American history and economics.

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