Terry is the Chicago Sun-Times personal finance columnist, and is also the personal finance columnist for Barrons Online. When the stock market makes headlines, Terry is often called to comment on CNN. She is a regular commentator on PBS’ “Nightly Business Report” and is often featured as a guest expert on CNN, CNBC, and other national television and radio programs—offering advice on investments and personal financial planning. You’ve seen her many times on “Oprah!”

Her columns and articles appear in publications as diverse as Mature Outlook, Mirabella, and Bottom Line Personal. She’s active in online finance chats for Schwab, AOL’s Sage Online, and other well-known websites.

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. For 12 years Terry Savage appeared daily on the CBS television station in Chicago, giving the day’s business and financial news, as well as hosting a daily financial interview program. 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. She also won an Emmy for her hour-long special: “Money—It Doesn’t Grow on Trees.”

Terry Savage takes an active role in America’s business community, serving on the Board of Directors of McDonald’s Corporation and Pennzoil-Quaker State Corporation. 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 Economic Club of Chicago, 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) Corporation.

Terry Savage is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Michigan where she won a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship in American history and economics.