Autor: Maura Webber

VERN C. HAYDEN is a Certified Financial Planner in private practice with thirty-five years of experience. Hayden specializes in portfolio management with mutual funds and retirement planning. Active in financial planning circles, Hayden has been a board member of the CFP Board of Standards and has chaired the National Endowment for Financial Education, former parent organization of the College for Financial Planning, which created the CFPTM (Certified Financial Planner) designation. He also conducts financial education programs on behalf of many companies and charities. Hayden regularly appears as an expert on leading national news and financial television programs. He has been a regular contributor to the financial press, including CNBC.com and The Street.com. MAURA WEBBER is a freelance journalist who regularly writes for the Chicago Sun-Times. She co-edited Recipes from America“s Small Farms: Fresh Ideas for the Season“s Bounty, a cookbook focused on community-supported agriculture. Maura has worked as a staff reporter for Bloomberg News and the Philadelphia Business Journal and as a correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer. She lives in Chicago with her husband Carlos Sado vi and their daughter Kyra. JAMIE HELLER is a New York-based journalist. She has been a reporter at Smart Money magazine, an editor at The Street.com, and a contributing columnist to CBS Market Watch.com. Most recently, she joined the Wall Street Journal Online as an assistant managing editor. She lives in lower Manhattan with her husband Jed Weissberg and their son Chet.