Center for Financial and Economic Education

Managing Money

Building Economic Security

Achieving Financial Goals

Our Mission

The Center for Financial and Economic Education is a new component of the Gateway Center, dedicated to providing an array of financial education programs to the campus and to residents of Westchester County.  
 
The mission of the CFEE is to offer a comprehensive platform for financial learning by offering classes, workshops, and other resources to students, faculty, staff, and the public at large, with an objective of fostering financial empowerment within our community.

Reaching Out to Students and the Community    
                 
Reinforcing the mission of the Gateway Center, the CFEE seeks to promote economic advancement for our students, and particularly our immigrant population,  through programs that build important skills around money management and financial decision making.
 
Through the CFEE initiatives, we aspire to foster best practices in financial education and to develop  training methodologies for community college students.  As part of our mission, the CFEE actively advocates for financial learning in Westchester County and provides a forum for exchange of ideas and thought leadership in financial and economic education.
 
The Center for Financial and Economic Education is generously funded by
a grant from the JPMorgan Foundation.
 

Our Leadership

About Suzanne Matthews, Director of the Center for Financial and Economic Education

Prior to joining Westchester Community College,  Ms. Matthews was founder and principal of Finance in Focus, a consulting practice providing financial literacy training and education to businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government entities. Her professional background includes over 25 years in the financial services industry, working in corporate finance and investment banking at Bank of America and HSBC Securities.

As a financial education consultant, she coordinated programs for both private sector and public sector organizations, including the Westchester County Department of Consumer Protection and the YWCA of the City of New York.  She is a frequent speaker on personal finance topics and has participated in educational programs at the New York Public Library and the Museum of American Finance. Her educational background includes a B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. in finance from Columbia University.

Contact Suzanne Matthews: Suzanne.matthews@sunywcc.edu.