The Spending Symposium
20 Speakers, 4 Days, 1 Community of Frugal Visionaries
Your Summit Hosts
Jen Smith
Co-Host of Frugal Friends Podcast
Jen Smith is a personal finance writer and expert in the fields of frugality and investing. She’s the author of three personal finance books, including the best selling No-Spend Challenge Guide. After paying off $78,000 of debt in two years Jen and her husband are now investing for retirement, saving for rental real estate, and taking well-deserved vacations with their son Kairos.
Jill Sirianni
Co-Host of Frugal Friends Podcast
Jill Sirianni is a licensed social worker and natural-born frugalista! You can find her digging for treasure at thrift stores and spending Saturday mornings at yard sales with her husband Eric. But her most notable frugal decision was living in a motorhome to save on expenses and pay off student loans.
Your Expert Speakers
Caroline Vencil
6-Figure Entrepreneur and Money-Saving Expert
Caroline is a money-saving expert, especially when it comes to her family of 6 living on one income. After becoming a teen mom, she is a master of living on a tight budget and still having a full life. Now as a 6-figure entrepreneur, she retired her husband from work before 30, and teaches other women how to make their money work for them and to take charge of their own financial lives.
Allison Baggerly
Founder of Inspired Budget and Podcast Host
Allison Baggerly is a writer, podcaster, money coach, and founder of Inspired Budget. As a former teacher, Allison blends her talents for teaching with her passion for personal finances to help others learn how to start budgeting and build a life they love. Allison has been featured in notable media outlets such as Forbes, Business Insider, and Parents.
Anjie and RJ
Hosts of Rich By Intention Podcast
Anjie and RJ are a millennial, married couple and the founders of Rich by Intention. They are the hosts of the award-nominated Rich by Intention Podcast, where they share the stories of ambitious people and couples to inspire listeners to take action to build the life they desire. Their mission is to empower couples to manage their money and build wealth with intention by eliminating debt, saving money, and investing for their future.
Chloe Daniels
Founder of Clo Bare Money Coach and The Lazy Investor’s Course
Chloé Daniels, founder of Clo Bare Money Coach and The Lazy Investor’s Course, is a money coach, focused on helping people learn how to invest and build wealth without shame or judgment. She’s been featured on CNBC, Acorns, Entrepreneur, Bloomberg and more. Her ultimate goal is to provide education in a fun, easy to understand, and accessible way and is known for her reels and TikToks that showcase her terrible dance moves while also providing finance tips.
Lydia Senn
Entrepreneur and Podcast Host of Frugal Debt Free Life
Lydia Senn is a debt free mom and entrepreneur who is passionate about teaching other busy moms how to manage their time and money.
Jen Smith and Jill SirianniPodcast Hosts and Founders of Frugal Friends
Jen Smith & Jill Sirianni are co-hosts of the top-rated Frugal Friends Podcast. With over 200 episodes and more than 2.5 million downloads, Frugal Friends is changing the way the world thinks about frugality. Together they’re helping people become better stewards of their money, time, space, and natural resources.
Rose Lounsbury
Speaker, Coach, and Author of Less: Minimalism, For Real
Rose Lounsbury is a keynote speaker, Amazon bestselling author, and simplicity coach who helps busy working moms stop trying to balance it all and start letting it go. After struggling to balance a teaching career and 2-year-old triplets, Rose was introduced to minimalism in 2012 and her life changed. She eventually left the classroom to pursue a career helping other working moms create happier and more fulfilling lives without all the stuff. Rose’s advice has been featured in USA Today, and she’s been a guest on Good Day Columbus, WYSO, WVXU, Good Morning Cincinnati, and Living Dayton.
Jade Warshaw
Money Coach and Personal Finance Influencer
Jade Warshaw is a small business owner, money coach, and personal finance influencer in Sunny South Florida. She built and Co-owns one of the leading talent agencies in the cruise industry space and also runs More Feast Less Famine, an online platform dedicated to helping people get out of debt and live a financially healthy lifestyle.
Courtney Florey
CEO & Founder of The Simplicity Society
Courtney Florey is a Decluttering Coach and the CEO & Founder of The Simplicity Society. She's passionate about helping overwhelmed moms declutter everything. Her mission is to equip women with the practical tools + support they need to create simpler and more purposeful lives.
Sami Womack
Budgeting Coach and Host of A Sunny Side Up Life
Sami Womack is the brains behind A Sunny Side Up Life. She’s a budgeting coach and host of a chart-topping podcast. Her family’s story of paying off $490,000 of debt has been featured on numerous major platforms. Sami began this journey back in 2014 with her high school sweetheart, Daniel, and their three daughters. Since then, they’ve taken control of their finances, did a major housing downsize, became debt-free, cash-flowed vehicles, and have recently purchased 18 acres among the East Texas pine trees.
Paris Woods
Author, Philanthropist, and Co-founder of College Beyond
Paris Woods is an author, philanthropist, nonprofit founder, and education leader who has been featured in Ebony Magazine, NPR, Gambit's 40 under 40, and received numerous awards and media recognition for her work. Paris's debut book, The Black Girl’s Guide to Financial Freedom, teaches readers how to win financially while living a life they love. Writing with the heart of a teacher, Paris breaks down seemingly complex financial topics into simple and actionable advice anyone can follow.
Jessi Fearon
Entrepreneur and Author of Getting Good with Money
Jessi Fearon is the author of Getting Good with Money who seeks to challenge, encourage, and equip women to take the steps they need to achieve financial freedom. Jessi firmly believes in living a real life on a budget and that personal finance is, in fact, personal. She seeks to help others learn how getting good with money can radically change their families lives.
Hope Ware
Writer and Public Speaker
Hope Ware is a professional writer, public speaker, and a bargain-hunting, frugal-living ninja. She and her husband have raised four boys, lived debt-free, and paid cash for a home when their income averaged about $40,000. Hope helps families develop lightning-fast, money-saving reflexes and master the art of living with a spirit of joy and abundance on a budget.
Hannah Morgan & Susanna Ronalds-Hannon
Hosts of the Ways to Means Podcast
Hannah and Susanna are the hosts of the Ways to Means podcast, a personal finance podcast promoting financial empowerment through amateur inquiry and unfiltered conversations. They believe that financial empowerment is a collective effort and that we learn best by sharing personal experiences with each other.
Jannese Torres-Rodríguez
Thought Leader and Podcast Host of Yo Quiero Dinero
Yo Quiero Dinero founder, Jannese Torres-Rodriguez, is a Latina thought leader and sought after speaker & content creator in the personal finance space. Her podcast, Yo Quiero Dinero, is a nationally acclaimed, award winning personal finance podcast that is listened to in over 130 countries. Jannese helps her clients and listeners build successful online businesses that allow them to pursue financial independence and freedom.
Rachel Rivera
Financial Educator & Entrepreneur
As a budgeting expert and money coach, Rachel teaches working women how to approach their finances with intention, fulfillment, and wealth-building in mind. In just four years, she led her family in paying off $72,000 of debt and investing $100,000 towards their future. During that time, she began sharing her budgeting methods and success. The Beautiful Budget Workbook™, based on Rachel's unique money management approach, skyrocketed her personal finance Instagram page to a six-figure business in just four months.
Bernadette Joy
Money Expert and Founder of Crush Your Money Goals® Academy
Bernadette Joy is a nationally recognized money expert featured on Good Morning America, NBC News, Time and USA Today. As first-generation Filipino Americans, she and her husband AJ paid off a whopping $300,000 of debt in three years AND grew their first $1 million of net worth in their thirties. She founded the Crush Your Money Goals® Academy for those overlooked and underestimated by traditional financial services. She will teach you everything you wish you knew about money, and the confidence to manage yours well.
Taylor Kovar
Co-founder of The Money Couple
Before becoming the founder and CEO of Kovar Wealth Management in Lufkin, Texas in 2015, Taylor Kovar found successful careers as a healthcare technology executive, and later, as an investment advisor at Merrill Lynch. He and his wife, Megan, have experience working with families and newlyweds and have seen firsthand how money can affect a marriage. From this, the Kovars were entrusted with The Money Couple brand to help others avoid divorce and overcome financial struggles with an ever-growing variety of resources.