Meet Our Coaches
Workplace Money Coach seeks to provide the very best coaching and resources to assist you with conquering your financial life goals. All of our coaches offer a FREE phone consultation to determine your financial wellbeing needs.
The Workplace Money Coach promise:
Our coaches are here to serve you so that you can reach your financial goals. We promise to:
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Keep your financial information confidential
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Assist you with accomplishing the financial goals that you set forth for yourself
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Always respect you and make you feel comfortable speaking with us
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Never hard sell you on a product or service
We are training and on-boarding new Workplace Money Coaches all across the country. If you do not see a coach currently in your territory it does not mean we cannot serve you. Please contact us so we can match a trained facilitator with your company. Thank you.
Meet Our Coaching Staff
Shane Robson-Smith, CPFC
Head Coach and Founder of Workplace Money Coach
Shane Robson-Smith started Workplace Money Coach in 2014 as a way to bring financial education and coaching to individuals at the very place that they earn their paychecks. To date, Shane has worked with dozens of companies and community organizations providing financial wellbeing through workshops, webinars, and written word. Read more.
Ericka Young, Certified Financial Coach
Serving the Indianapolis Metro Area
Ericka Young is founder of Tailor-Made Budgets which she started in 2005 after she and her husband Chris climbed out of nearly $100,000 in debt. She became a certified financial coach by Dave Ramsey’s Lampo Group in 2006 and combines her passion for helping people with creative debt reduction techniques so everyone can have a path to financial freedom. Read more.
Dan Dollevoet, Financial Coach
Serving the Atlanta area
After experiencing the joy of becoming debt free, Dan has made it his mission to help others do the same. As founder the of Financial Coaching Solutions, Dan helps individuals, couples, and solopreneurs take control of their money, so they can stop worrying and be less stressed. Gaining control of their finances allows his clients to start living the life they dream of and focus on the things that are important to them. Learn more about Dan.
Kevin Maher
Serving Southeast Florida
Credit and Housing Expert
Kevin is a leading resource to the press, lenders, realtors and local agencies on anything related to savings, credit and housing. He is a sought-after speaker and writer, and delivers training and counseling for local agencies, government offices and private companies. Read more.
Tiffany Groode, PhD
Serving the San Francisco Bay area
Personal & Business Financial Coach
Tiffany Groode is a financial coach working with individuals, couples, and small business owners to create a clear view of their money, financial goals, and a pathway to achieve them. For over 6 years, Tiffany has coached clients through creating a spending plan, eliminating debt, growing wealth, discussing money in their relationships, buying homes, and retirement planning. While she works with clients 1-on-1, she also partners with companies to provide financial education workshops for their staff. Tiffany has her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and is Dave Ramsey Solutions Master Financial Coach.
Contact Tiffany at tiffany@tiffanygroode.com or www.tiffanygroode.com
Adam H. Kol, J.D., LL.M.
Money and Relationship Coach
Adam, founder of AHK Coaching, empowers people to tackle financial stress and have healthy conversations about money in their lives and with their partners. He blends his experience as a Financial Advisor, Tax Attorney, Certified Mediator, and Communication Coach to support people in taking the actions and having the challenging conversations about money that will create true power and partnership.Fun/Personal Fact: Adam loves to play music in his spare time, using his “perfect pitch” to help start impromptu jam sessions.
Cody M. Van Pelt
Serving the Denver area
Ramsey Solutions Master Financial Coach
Cody Van Pelt is a Ramsey Solutions Master Financial Coach. Nearly twenty years ago, he messed up with his finances in a huge way. This event led to a divorce, bankruptcy, and loss of his home. As he puts it, “I hit rock bottom, had to recover, and now my passion is helping others avoid the pitfalls that I went through and to ultimately win with money!” When Cody is not coaching clients, he enjoys photography, SCUBA diving, spending time with his kids, missions trips to the Dominican Republic, and serving the Lord.
Michael Murphy
Serving Raleigh, North Carolina area
Owner and Coach at Financial Coaching RDU
After turning his own financial life around years ago Michael pursued education and training so he could effectively help others with their money. Michael received formal financial coach master training through Ramsey Solutions. After years of coaching, Michael believes employer-sponsored retirement plans are a major component of wealth creation.Learn more about Michael
Crystal Nickson
Serving the greater Detroit area
“Coach” Crystal Nickson is an award-winning Financial Coach, Accountant and former Tax Law Instructor. She’s worked for over a decade traveling across the state of Michigan conducting training seminars and certifications for financial institutions, universities and small business employees. Read more.
Mark Cussen
Serving the greater Kansas City area
Mark Cussen has worked in all segments of the financial industry; from investment management to mortgage loan origination, life insurance and annuities, financial planning and income tax preparation. Mark has a breadth of experience that is not very common in the industry. He has also been writing educational articles on all aspects of personal finance for over 10 years.
In his spare time, he enjoys making salsa and watching sports and is active in his local church.
Shari Evans
Serving the Monterey and Santa Cruz area
Shari Evans, AFC ® and Founder of iTitheFirst, LLC is a personal financial counselor/coach and freelance contributor. My individualized, judgment-free and client-focused approach to money management has helped clients around the world reach their financial goals “one dollar at a time”. Read more.
Nick Elkins
Serving the Tampa, Florida area & virtual clients nationwide
Financial & Relationship Coach
Nick Elkins is the founder of Family Finance Freedom. Prior to financial coaching, Nick made seemingly every financial mistake you could, leading to frustration, stress, and long nights. He’s been where many of his clients are now and uses his experience in corporate finance, adult learning, and coaching to guide his coaching clients out of the same space. Because he’s been there, he coaches without judgment and truly roots his clients on.
When not coaching, Nick enjoys spending quality time with his wife, three children, and family dog. They spend many days at the pool and area beaches, playing soccer, and learning via Cub Scouts.
Cyndia Rivera
Serving Clermont and Orlando
Budgeting Specialist
Cyndia, a Milwaukee, WI native and wife and mother of two moved to Florida in 1989. In 2007 she graduated from Florida Christian College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Christian Leadership. Cyndia completed Dave Ramsey’s Financial Coach Master Training in August 2017 and Financial Coach Academy in April 2019. Cyndia gives back to her community by volunteering as a Financial Mentor for New Beginnings of Central Florida. Learn more about Cyndia.
Amy Scott
Serving Baltimore
Amy Scott‘s journey to becoming a financial coach started with her own family’s financial challenges. After getting married and becoming a new mother, she felt torn between her desire to be a stay at home mom and her family’s need for her income. While reevaluating her family’s spending & savings habits, Amy discovered a passion to help others to gain clarity and ease around money. Her goal is to shift her clients’ mindset from “I’m bad with money” to “My budget gives me freedom, power and control over my money.” She is on a mission to help more and more people transform their finances so that they too can lead life with less stress, more financial freedom, and confidence about the wealth of their future. When she is not coaching, Amy enjoys spending time outdoors with her family. She is also passionate about creating opportunities for refugee families to thrive in Baltimore.
Holly Morphew
Serving Denver
Holly Morphew, AFC®, is an award winning financial coach and entrepreneur. Holly bought her first house at age twenty-four and subsequently found herself living paycheck to paycheck with $67,000 in credit card debt. She learned early on that your paycheck doesn’t determine your wealth. What you save and what you do with it determines your wealth. Holly eliminated her debt in three years and today she is financially independent. She teaches others how to do the same thing. Holly’s mantra, that wealth is for everyone, is the core of her holistic and strategic approach to managing money. Holly has been featured in Forbes, Yahoo Personal Finance, The Muse, and Investing Nuggets. Holly enjoys hiking 14ers, cooking vegetarian food, and practicing her golf game. Holly can be reached at (720) 507-8271 or holly@financialimpact.com
Jolanta Gonet-Thomas
Serving the Phoenix and Scottsdale AZ areas & virtual clients nationwide
Financial Wellness Coach
After her own financial journey to becoming debt-free for over 20 years, Jolanta became a Financial Coach because she saw too many people struggling with their own finances just as she had in the past. Ironwood Financial Coaching LLC, grew from the desire to assist professionals with gaining clarity around their money by eliminating debt and establishing a strong savings portfolio. Jolanta believes financial independence is priceless, and that leading a debt-free, joyful, and wealthy life is possible for everyone. Learn more about Jolanta.
Alicia Stingley, MHRM, MBA, CFEI
Serving the greater Milwaukee area
Alicia Stingley is founder of Financial Formation, which provides financial coaching, education and speaking to women, workplaces and communities. She has given financial wellness presentations across the country to dozens of organizations; and coached and advised hundreds to better their financial situations. Alicia’s mission is to help others, particularly the disadvantaged, obtain the skills needed to manage their money, secure their futures and leave a legacy.
Read more.
Melissa Mazard
Serving Washington DC, Virginia
Insurance, Investing and Annuity Specialist
Melissa’s love of financial literacy was sparked while in an Economics class during her senior year of high school. This interest eventually led her to a career in helping others build savings and wealth through various types of financial assets. Read more.