Meet our team

Toni Shindler-Ruberg is the editorial operations strategist at Smart MNE. She also helms the brand’s weekly newsletter.

Tanza Loudenback is a writer and editor specializing in personal finance. 

Terence Collins is an editor whose 20-year career has spanned field sales, marketing, and country management.

Ryan Lasker is the founder of Smart MNE and a Senior Technical Writer at the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA).

Chris Baines is a financial trainer with extensive experience studying, teaching, and writing about investment.

Austin’s aspiration in life is to incite personal finance with enthusiasm and candor, and to break away from the commonplace of personal finance being a life impediment.

Tony is a finance and investments writer specializing in providing commentary and analysis on portfolio management, asset allocation, and factor investing strategies.

Jessica Goedtel, CFP® is a financial planner who spends most of her time helping millennials understand their money. She launched her firm Pavilion Financial Planning in the summer of 2021 after eight years in the industry.

Justin Ho is a recent graduate from Simon Fraser University with a degree in finance.

Holly Johnson writes expert content on personal finance, credit cards, loyalty, and insurance topics.

Yuri Kapilovich is a down-to-earth tax expert with over a decade of experience in some of the largest firms in the country.

Taylor Medine is a personal finance writer who has covered money topics for various media outlets over the past seven years. Her work has been published on Credit Karma, Business Insider, Bankrate, and more.

Celeste Polanco is a freelance writer and digital creative based in New York City.

Mike Price is a personal finance writer with more than six years of experience working in the banking industry. 

Alli Romano is a seasoned writer whose areas of expertise include real estate, lending, insurance, mortgages, personal finance, wealth management, media, and advertising and marketing.

Matthew Wexler is a nationally recognized editor and writer. His work has appeared in more than 20 publications and online media outlets. He currently serves as features editor at Q.Digital.