ELLEN ROSEMAN

Ellen Roseman is a personal finance and consumer affairs columnist with the Toronto Star's business section. She was the Star's business editor before moving to full-time columnist in 1999. Ms. Roseman previously spent two decades at the Globe and Mail as a columnist on consumer affairs, personal finance, and mutual funds, and associate managing editor of the Report on Business. Her books, Money 101: Every Canadian's Guide to Personal Finance and Money 201: More Personal Finance Advice for Every Canadian, are based on a series she did in the Sunday Star. The columns, which have now morphed into "Money 911," are an easy-to-understand introduction to personal finance. Ms. Roseman is the author of four other books, Ellen Roseman's Money Guide for Modern Families, Canadian Parent's Sourcebook, Canadian Consumers' Survival Book, and Consumer, Beware! She teaches courses in investing and personal finance at the University of Toronto and George Brown College's continuing studies departments and does regular business commentaries for CBC radio. In June 2008, Ms. Roseman became the first public representative on the board of the Financial Planners Standards Council. She also sits on the board of FAIR (Canadian Foundation for Advancement of Investor Rights) and Starnews Credit Union.