Glinda Bridgforth

Financial Expert

Author Profile

Glinda Bridgforth is a leading financial expert who explores the emotional and cultural factors that block financial success. She brings over 30 years of experience to her boutique consulting practice, Bridgforth Financial, and specializes in a holistic approach to money management. Glinda is the author of three books, including Girl, Get Your Money Straight! and Girl, Make Your Money Grow! with co-author Gail Perry-Mason and her latest, Girl, Get Your Credit Straight!.

Glinda's approach is a unique combination of practical advice and holistic support—a method that has caught the attention of media nationwide. She was a financial expert on the six-part series, "America's Debt Diet,"  on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Her financial insights have been featured on television programs including CNN, Weekend Today and Fox News and on prominent radio stations such as NPR and PBS. Daily newspapers including the Washington Post and Chicago Tribune and magazines such as Essence, Jet, Black Enterprise and Money have interviewed Glinda or featured her articles.

Glinda's Story

It took Glinda Bridgforth years to realize her financial situation was out of control. On the surface, this Detroit native had success that some only hope for: she was an Assistant Vice President for a major California bank, managing a $90 million unit with 22 employees. But away from the office, Bridgforth was living paycheck-to-paycheck and nearly bankrupt with $50,000 in unsecured debt. In 1988, she experienced what she now calls the "Three B's": Breakdown, Breakout, and Breakthrough. She left her 12-year career with the bank, a troubled marriage, and started attending financial and personal healing seminars.

As Bridgforth recovered from her financial crisis, she began connecting her financial problems with her own emotional and cultural history. To help everyone—regardless of ethnic background, or gender—overcome barriers to their financial freedom, she founded Bridgforth Financial Management Group, a financial counseling practice with clients across the country. Bridgforth's company specializes in a holistic approach to cash flow and debt management, which integrates emotional and spiritual elements with practical money management techniques. She helps her clients to examine the emotional and cultural issues at the root of their spending patterns and to heal their bank accounts.

In the years since she started her business, Bridgforth has become a sought-after financial expert in the African American community and beyond. Glinda examines the issues unique to African American women that often result in bad spending habits and poor financial health. Bridgforth is a regular contributor to Essence magazine and a former featured writer and "Money Talk" chat show host for America Online, Inc. Her financial insights have been featured in the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Money, Jet, Black Enterprise, Heart and Soul, and Ebony. Bridgforth is a frequent guest on television with appearances on Fox News, PBS and CNN Flipside and is a regular guest financial expert on a weekly radio talk show in the Detroit-metro area. She has introduced thousands of people to her work through speaking engagements at conferences, seminars, and universities across the nation. Bridgforth lives in Detroit, Michigan.

For more information on Glinda, visit BridgforthFinancial.com.