Financial Education Consulting

 

Helping Youth Understand How To
Earn, Spend, Borrow, Save & Invest, and Protect MONEY
As They Start Their Journey Through Various Stages of Life

Principal Consultant Edward Alston
– BSME, MBA, CFEI

Ed is retired and spends time inspiring male youth of color to become financially literate by presenting his BIG FIVE OF MONEY seminar to national audiences. The seminar is designed as a motivator for non-profit organizations serving inner city youth to start financial literacy programs.
  • His professional and corporate executive experience include, CEO of union shop mechanical contracting company, consulting firm owner doing global telecom network infrastructure consulting and training, management executive and salesperson for several broadband network companies, and Sr. VP of Computers and Networks for a Caribbean lottery company that operated on 11 Caribbean islands.   
  • Has an undergrad mechanical engineering degree from Howard University and MBA from Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management. 
  • Played on starting five of college varsity basketball team and #2 singles on tennis team, is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, and lifetime member of NAACP. Before becoming a single digit handicap senior golfer, as a USTA senior tennis player he had SCTA top 5 rankings, was USTA nationally ranked for 6 years and won three national senior single championships.  
  • Has been an investor and trader in the stock market for more than 30 years and helps others learn to invest and trade stocks and Options.  
  • Proudly served his country as a USAF Captain receiving the Bronze Star Medal during the Viet Nam War as his highest commendation. 
  • Presently spends his time traveling internationally, golfing, and doing personal financial education consulting for non-profit organizations serving inner city underserved male youth of color.