Jeannette Bennett is a Senior Economic Education Specialist with the Memphis Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, where she writes, designs, develops, and presents economic and personal finance curricula and resources for a variety of audiences.

 

In that role, she has authored and co-authored numerous education resources, including the award-winning Great Depression Curriculum, the Mississippi Personal Finance Curriculum (developed in partnership with the Mississippi Council on Economic Education), and the high school course A “Standard” Personal Finance Curriculum.

 

Prior to joining the Fed, she had an extensive career in public education as a teacher, school administrator, adjunct professor, and curriculum consultant and designer. Her excellence in economic education has been recognized with national awards for her own teaching and published curricula, and with national awards for teachers under her guidance as an administrator.