Economic Independence Group

The Economic Independence Group provides educational programs that inspire and empower families and individuals to:

Acquire the fundamental skills to manage a budget, borrow and invest money wisely.
Align the acquisition and allocation of their financial resources with their most deeply held values.
Move from a mindset of fear and scarcity, to a mindset of sufficiency, sustainability, and generosity.

Money is a tool, nothing more, in helping us achieve life dreams and goals.
All children need to build the necessary money skills to make informed financial decisions in their lives.
Kids need to have money in order to learn how to use it wisely.
Setting good money habits in place early is critical to long-term financial success.

Denise LaBuda -- a money education activist, product developer, and consultant-- founded the Economic Independence Group to support and empower families, individuals, and organizations in finding harmony and sufficiency in their relationship with money, in our complex money-oriented society.

Denise has spent more than two decades working in positions of leadership at Fortune 500 companies such as Intuit Inc., Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.developing tools and services to help individuals and families learn fundamental money management and investing skills. Through her experiences she has developed a deep wisdom about our relationship to money and the way it can overwhelm, control and stress our lives.

Denise earned a Master’s degree in Education and Technology from the University of San Francisco and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Michigan.