Achieve Authors

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Author, Reviewer

Aaron Crowe

Aaron Crowe is an Achieve contributor. He is a freelance journalist who specializes in writing about personal finances. He has worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers and websites for his entire career.

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Author

Aimee Bennett

Aimee is a business writer covering personal finance. She’s passionate about making often-complex subjects easier to understand and put into action. Aimee owns and manages Fagan Business Communications, a business communications consulting firm.

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Author

Anna Davies

Anna is a contributing writer for Achieve. She has specialized in writing personal finance content for over a decade, including writing for Fortune 500 finance clients as well as writing personal finance content for magazines and outlets including Forbes, Refinery29, Nasdaq, Yahoo Finance and others.

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Author

Athena Valentine Lent

Athena is one of Achieve’s content writers. She’s an award-winning advice columnist for Slate Magazine and author behind “Budgeting For Dummies” (Wiley 2023). Her writing has appeared in BuzzFeed, Tripadvisor, The College Investor, GOBankingRates, KeeperTax, and her personal website, Money Smart Latina.

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Reviewer

Austin Kilgore

Director, Corporate Communications

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Reviewer

Betsalel Cohen

Betsalel is a contributing writer for Achieve. Passionate about helping people improve their finances. He worked in mortgage banking, private banking, and personal financial coaching. When he is not working, he loves running and spending time with his family.

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Author

Dori Zinn

Dori Zinn is a personal finance journalist. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Yahoo!, and more.

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Author

Erica Bigley

Vice President, Corporate Communications

Author

Future You

Cool, calm and collected, Future You knows a thing or two about working with Achieve to deal with debt. Also, time travel, and the secrets the future holds. But, the important thing is the debt thing. So listen to Future You.

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Author

Gideon Sandford

Gideon is a financial expert who writes about financial planning, access to credit, and debt strategies. He has over a decade of experience helping readers manage their money and use debt responsibly.