Career
She"s currently writing a new book, Make Your Kid a Money Genius (Even If You"re Not). In 2010, she was appointed by President Obama to the President"s Advisory Council on Financial Capability, and was instrumental in developing the council"s Money as You Grow initiative. The site, MoneyAsYouGrow.org, has reached over one million visitors.
In February 2014, Beth was appointed by President Obama to the President"s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans.
Kobliner is also the co-author, with her eleven-year-old son, of the 2013 children"s book Jacob"s Eye Patch, illustrated by Jules Feiffer. Kobliner served as an advisor for Sesame Street"s financial education initiative, and appeared in an outreach video with the character Elmo.
Kobliner has been a columnist at Glamour and Redbook magazines, and has contributed to a number of publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, O: The OprahMagazine, Parade, and Reader"s Digest. She was a featured correspondent and national outreach advisor for the Public Broadcasting Service special Your Life, Your Money.
Kobliner grew up in a Jewish family, the daughter of a New York high school principal and a high school chemistry teacher turned homemaker.
Kobliner is a graduate of Brown University, where she studied literature. Following college, she worked for Sylvia Porter, a pioneer in the personal finance field, and later joined Money magazine as a staff writer