As the Assistant Vice President of Financial Education & Well-Being at The American College of Financial Services, Timi Joy Jorgensen, PhD, joined the faculty in June 2020 after completing a six-month fellowship with The College. Jorgensen is passionate about making financial planning a more approachable and empowering topic available to all American households. 

Jorgensen’s research focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion in financial services and on financial well-being and empowerment. She has been a speaker, panelist, and contributor on the topic of creating a more inclusive and empowering those in the financial services profession. She has spoken at conferences, on radio shows, and to several hundred couples and single parents at financial literacy courses. 

Jorgensen graduated with a bachelor’s degree in personal financial planning from Utah Valley University and completed her graduate studies in financial planning at the University of Georgia.