When it comes to books, it always feels a little unfair to me that the author’s name goes front and center when, in reality, we know these are group projects—and this one is no exception. I am hugely indebted to the many people who helped bring Women with Money from conception to the page. The highly skilled Kate Ashford and Beth Braverman contributed fabulous and detailed additional reporting. My agent, Heather Jackson, helped fine-tune the pitch and guided me and the book all the way through to publication. I had the good fortune to work with two editorial teams at Grand Central and want to thank them all: Karen Murgolo, who acquired this book; Gretchen Young and Karen Kosztolnyik, who saw it through; and the wonderful Grand Central Team, including Morgan Hedden, Amanda Pritzker, Nick Small, Jarrod Taylor, and Mari Okuda, have provided me with a supportive, welcoming publishing home. Ashley Sandberg brought her wit and energy to helping this project find the limelight. Lindsay Walsh, Elaine Sherman, Kelly Hultgren, Lisa Greene, Kathryn Tuggle, Kathy Goldberg, and Eliot Kaplan read early chapters and drafts and helped me find my way. And many, many sources shared their knowledge and experience (you can see their names beginning here). This book wouldn’t exist without every one of them.
I’m also fortunate to have many wonderful people in my work life, supporting this project and others. At HerMoney.com: Kelly Hultgren, David Wieder, Kathryn Tuggle, Hattie Burgher, Katie Doyle, and Sigward Moser. At the HerMoney Podcast: Charles DeMontebello and the team at CDM. At NBC: Libby Leist, Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Tom Mazzarelli, Debbie Kosovsky, Minah Kathuria, Karen Trosset, Elena Nachmanoff, and Melea McCreary. At Fidelity: Alexandra Taussig, Jeanne Thompson, Lorna Kapusta, Weisia Sadowski, Melissa Tansey, Colleen Rolph, Kristen Robinson, Jaime Guild, and Kellie Carvalho. At PwC: Mitch Roschelle and Shannon Schuyler. At AARP: Tom Previ, Mary Liz Burns, Ali Goewey, George Mannes, Bob Love, and Karen Horrigan. At Jackson: Michael Falcon, Emilio Pardo, Cyrus Bamji, and Beth Larson. Thank you.
Finally, I want to thank my friends and family—the ones who keep me sane even when I’m in the depths of (as we call it) “book hell”: Diane, Jan, Kathy, Debi, Ilene, Jodie, and Lisa; my kids, Jake, Julia, Emily, Sam, and Shelby (welcome to the family); my brothers, Eric and Dave, and my sister-in-law, Ali; my mom and stepdad, Elaine and Bob; and, of course, my husband Eliot, who makes life better every single day. I love you all.