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 | | | | The Savin' Mavens: Not Superheroes, Super Savers. | | | | CommunityAmerica's Savin' Mavens are the resource for sensible and creative tips to help you become financially fit. The Mavens collectively offer more than 80 years of practical personal finance experience and have helped thousands of people become more financially savvy. The Mavens have lent their expertise to consumers through outlets such as FOX 4, The Kansas City Star and even national magazines like
Family Circle.
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| | | | Meet the Mavens | | | |  | JASON ARMSTRONG helped major corporations launch credit union branches before bringing his family-friendly skills to CommunityAmerica in 2006. He's currently the manager at the Olathe branch and works with members to set budgets, cut expenses, consolidate debt and create
savings plans that improve their financial futures. This year he is coaching the Neal family in CommunityAmerica's Financial Makeover. Jason and his wife, Cheri, live in Olathe with daughter Mayci, 7, and sons Tucker and Drew, 4, and Max, 2. He's already coaching himself on how to put them all through college.
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| |  | | | | | | |  | SHERI BAKER has been helping CommunityAmerica members for 10 years and is currently serving as the branch manager at the Tiffany Springs location. She's been in the financial industry since 1993, starting as a teller. As a single mom, Sheri walks the walk of total financial organization by dedicating every penny of each paycheck before those pennies even hit her account. Sheri is the Financial Makeover coach for the Smith family and encourages them to "tell your money where to go before you wonder where it went." Sheri lives in Kansas City, MO, with her son Jordan, 13, and daughter D'sarae, 12.
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| | | | | | | | |  | AMY GROTHAUS has more than 12 years' experience in the financial services industry with investment companies American Century and JPMorgan. Although her specialty was retirement planning, she now oversees 9 CommunityAmerica branches in the Northland. A young mom passionate about teaching financial responsibility, she's a veritable treasure trove of creative savings ideas for moms. And be prepared to drop and give her 20 — Amy honed her skills for organization and discipline in the Army National Guard. She and her husband, Lance, live in Gladstone with kids Cael, 5, and Stella, 6 months.
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| | | | | | | | |  | KAT HNATYSHYN started her career at CommunityAmerica as a traveling financial services specialist, which is sort of like a traveling vacuum salesman, except with a bag of financial tips and strategies instead of a vacuum. In that capacity, she helped members with financial issues in various branches across the KC Metro. She became a branch manager in November 2007, and in 2008 she coached the grand prize winner in CommunityAmerica's Financial Makeover. And now she also writes a weekly post for the KC Star's Dollars and Sense blog. Kat and her husband, Alex, represent other dual-income, no-kids (DINK) families, and live in Lee's Summit with their dog, Sam.
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| | | | | | | | |  | RACHELLE JACKSON has more than 30 years of financial experience in the Kansas City area and is passionate about helping others grow, both personally and financially. As CommunityAmerica's Blue Valley branch manager, she coaches families into financial fitness and also is a Certified Professional Life Coach, helping people reach their maximum individual potential. Rachelle and her husband, Doug, live in Olathe, have been married for 32 years and have two grown children and two grandchildren. If you think you've got a problem that no one has ever seen, turn to Rachelle. She's seen it all and worked through it all, too.
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| | | | | | | | |  | MARY RHODES is the vice president of product management, overseeing all savings products at CommunityAmerica, which means she really knows how to save. She is intimately familiar with all the ins and outs of savings programs and the latest happenings in the industry. Her more than 25 years of financial experience includes seven years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. So if you need to follow the money, Mary knows all of its hiding places. Mary and her husband, Doug, live in Lee's Summit with daughter Megan, 13, and son Clayton, 7.
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