16 Facts About Annamaria Lusardi

Annamaria Lusardi is an Italian-born economist and the Denit Trust Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Economics and Accountancy at Stanford University School of Business.

Annamaria Lusardi's interests focus on financial literacy and financial education.

Annamaria Lusardi studied at Bocconi University, located in Milan, Italy.

Annamaria Lusardi taught at Dartmouth College since 1992 as an Associate Professor of Economics.

In 2010, Annamaria Lusardi began working at the George Washington School of Business where she is a chair professor.

Since 2014, Annamaria Lusardi has served as the Denit Trust Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Economics and Accountancy at the School of Business.

Annamaria Lusardi is the director of the George Washington University Financial Literacy Center, a joint initiative between Dartmouth College, the RAND corporation, and the Wharton School.

Annamaria Lusardi served as the faculty advisor to the office of Financial Education of the US Treasury from September to December in 2009.

Additionally, Annamaria Lusardi testified to the lack of financial capability and literacy among Americans and the necessity of financial education in high schools before the US Subcommittee on Children and Families of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

In 2017, Annamaria Lusardi was appointed as the director of the Committee for Financial Education.

Annamaria Lusardi has a focus in the field of Economics, Financial Literacy and Financial Education.

Annamaria Lusardi is a current professor at The George Washington University School of Business teaching Financial Decision Making - Implication for the consumer and professional, Macroeconomics for the Global Economy, and Personal Financial Management.

Annamaria Lusardi uses her expertise in retirement and estate planning in showing the contrast between financial literacy and illiteracy.

In 2013, Lusardi received the William E Odom Visionary Leadership Award from the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, and the National Numeracy Network's inaugural 2012 Steen Award.

Annamaria Lusardi is the recipient of the Fidelity Pyramid Prize, a $50,000 award to authors of published applied research that best helps address the goal of improving lifelong financial well-being for Americans.

Annamaria Lusardi has received awards or scholarships from FINRA, SABE, Skandia and Williams A Forbes.