Career Field – Finance

Always broke? Want to be able to buy that favorite pair of jeans? Or start saving for college?

In this workshop we will look at ways to successfully set up and stick to a budget. We will look at how much money it takes to buy clothes, go to the movies, or have a cell phone.

We will also discuss how you can apply what you learn in this class to a career in business finance. If you like math and numbers – finance may be the career for you!

Leader – Mary Meuchel

Mary Meuchel has a B.S. in Business Finance and Management from CSU Sacramento. She is a financial analyst at Agilent Technologies, Inc. Mary loves to swim, hike, waterski and spend time with her husband and two sons.

Co-Leader - Elena Lamanna

Originally from Rome, Italy, Elena Lamanna has a multi-cultural background. She studied Latin and Greek in high school, and attended university in Rome where she obtained her master’s degree in economics and business finance. She has worked in Milan as a conference manager for an important Italian newspaper, in Barcelona as an operations manager, and in Palo Alto, Ca as a global project and program manager for Agilent Technologies. Elena has been blessed with a new baby boy each year from 2005-2007, and these little blessings are currently her focus. She also loves the opera, traveling, reading, cooking, organizing parties and dinners, hiking, skiing, and painting.