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Kelley Keehn, EPC

Financial Expert, Author, Writer, Speaker, Coach,

Radio Host, Columnist & Corporate Trainer

Kelley Keehn has been a successful investment professional, retirement planner and speaker for over a decade.  Lecturing to groups large and small, originally her presentations addressed hard-line financial issues such as investment, tax, financial, estate and retirement planning.  During her speaking years, she realized that her role as an educator was similar to that of an architect designing a large office tower.  Would you start your plans for building such a tower with deciding on the doors and windows?  Of course not.  Kelley found that her previous education topics, albeit important, focused on an individual’s “doors and windows,” and determined that most participants needed foundational financial planning, and brought her talks back to the basics.  Early in her career she began to study the underlying principles of wealth.  Her continuous research was first taught in her stunningly effective Prosperity Factor courses.  Now, for the first time, these principles and strategies have been captured in her first book, The Prosperity Factor; a fun, practical guide to the psychology of money.

At the young age of 21, Kelley Keehn was already overseeing $300 million dollars in assets for one of Canada’s international banks.  Her innovative training programs and strategies were taught to each branch manager along with other bank staff.  In essence, she was THE Professor who taught some of the most leading-edge strategies to senior staff.  Kelley personally advised clients with portfolios ranging from half a million to over ten million dollars.  Kelley has been responsible for training the branch staff at two major Canadian financial institutions.

Wanting more, Kelley opened Keehn Financial in the year 2000.  During her years at the banks, Kelley had become disenchanted with their two-tiered approach.  She vowed that she would offer the same advanced strategies to people from all walks of life, thus giving all of her clients an equal opportunity to build for their futures.  Her clients appreciated the peace of mind that came from knowing that their goals and dreams were her top priority.  In the summer of 2005, Kelley merged Keehn Financial with Taylor Financial Group.

Kelley’s first book, The Prosperity Factor was released in March of 2005 and within a month, reached the Edmonton Journal’s top sellers list.  In her books and presentations, she teaches individuals and financial professionals how to solve money problems with a two-part system.  First, an introspective look at how a person views money and their emotional attitudes towards it.  Second, she takes readers and course participants through a series of fun and effective money and banking games that can be played for a lifetime of financial ease.

Kelley is the author of six books and to date, thirty-eight published articles and columns.  Her second book, The Woman's Guide to Money was released by Insomniac Press in April 2006 in Canada and in the US and internationally October 2007.  Her last books, The Prosperity Factor for Kids (Canadian Edition) were released nationally by Insomniac Press in the spring of 2007 and The Prosperity Factor for Kids (US Edition) was released globally in January of 2008.  Kelley's newest book, She Inc., a woman's guide to maximizing her career potential will be released nationally by Insomniac Press in the fall of 2008.

In addition to writing and speaking to women and the public, Kelley is an authority on educating financial professionals on the principles of “foundational financial planning”.  Kelley is a member of CIEPS (Canadian Initiative for Elder Planning Studies), an Elder Planning Counselor, and part of the faculty for CIEPS.  You can find her lecturing across Canada with CIEPS and with their advanced seminar company, Pro-seminars.

Kelley is a regular sought after media guest, appearing on TV and radio around the globe and has had many regular columns and published articles.  Recently, Kelley was invited to meet with Warner Brothers, CNBC, and auditioned for the position of host with HGTV and the W Network.  Kelley travels extensively throughout North America as a faculty member with the Canadian Initiative for Elder Planning Studies, as a sought after corporate lecturer and for her upcoming book tours.  

Kelley has been nominated for the Global Television’s Woman of Vision, the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award and the Rotman’s Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award, is a board member of the Edmonton Apartment Association and dedicates countless hours of her time to charitable efforts.

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