Articles by Melanie Mortimer

Melanie Mortimer is President of the SIFMA Foundation, where she spearheads the nation's most transformative youth financial education initiatives. Under her leadership, flagship programs like The Stock Market Game and Capitol Hill Challenge have empowered millions of students to understand investing, build critical thinking skills and envision brighter financial futures. Most recently, she led the launch of SMG InvestQuest (SMG IQ), a digital innovation designed to expand access for individuals of all backgrounds to learn firsthand how capital markets and investing works.

Melanie has decades of experience and has delivered keynotes and participated in panels hosted by the Milken Institute, New York Stock Exchange, FINRA, Jump$tart, IOSCO and U.S. Treasury. She is a frequent speaker on topics ranging from youth empowerment and game-based learning to cross-sector collaboration and educational opportunity.

She has been interviewed by the New York Times, CNBC, Fox Business News, Yahoo Finance, Nasdaq and many other media outlets.

Melanie is a pioneering voice in youth financial capability, with a proven record of designing and scaling experiential learning programs that resonate across communities. Her leadership ensures that financial education is not just available by chance but is extended broadly and meaningfully to improve financial life outcomes for all.

Latest articles by Melanie Mortimer

Girl and father look at an online banking app on a phone

To Close the Wealth Gap, Teach Your Children Well

Kids who grow up with savings accounts are more likely to learn the basics of managing and investing — and more likely to attend college.