Sharon Burns serves as the Senior Vice President for Knowledge and Content Management for the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.  The non-profit organization, based in Brookfield, Wisconsin,serves over 35,000 professional members and certificants.  IFEBP is dedicated to being a leading objective and independent global source of employee benefits, compensation, and financial literacy education and information.

Burns received her Ph.D in Consumer and Family Economics from Purdue University, a Master of Science degree in Consumer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Bachelor of Science degree in Family Financial Management from Purdue.  She became a licensed CPA in 1993.

Dr. Burns has served as principal investigator on three financial education projects, funded for a total of over $1.5 million dollars, during the past three years.  In addition, she has authored several published manuscripts and is co-author of a trade book, How to Care for Your Parents’ Money While Caring for Your Parents.

Dr. Burns holds seats on numerous national boards and committees focusing on improving the financial literacy and decisionmaking of Americans.  She has served on meeting facilitation teams for the U.S. Government Accounting Office, National Endowment for Financial Education and Credit Union National Association. In addition she participated in panel discussions concerning financial literacy initiatives hosted by the U.S. Treasury and U.S. General Accounting Office. 

Contact:
E-mail: sburns420@yahoo.com
Tele: 262-373-7702