Mechel Lashawn Glass

Mechel Lashawn Glass is vice president of education for ClearPointCredit Counseling Solutions, a national nonprofit financial counselingagency. Glass served in the United States Army from 1988 to 1992. Afterearning her bachelor’s degree in international affairs, she worked as acertified project management professional and educator for IBMCorporation and started her own company called Beat Debt, Inc. Shewrites a monthly blog about personal finance for Equifax. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Scott Scredon is a former public relations director for a national creditcounseling organization and now runs his own public relations firm. Hepreviously worked for 19 years as a senior vice president for corporatecommunications for Bank of America Corporation. He also worked for five years as a bureau chief and correspondent for BusinessWeek magazine. He lives in metro Atlanta.