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Kitty O'Keefe

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After a 30+ year career in finance, I am now a writer who specializes in women's personal and financial empowerment.

Kitty O'Keefe owned a financial planning firm in LA, is a 30 year veteran in investment and commercial banking and taught "Financial Planning for Women" at UCLA. Mary Buffett describes her as "a diamond in a world of junk jewelry" in her book "Buffettology."

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How did you get to where you are now?

Hard work, education and the help of many smart, generous female mentors, who have remained my closest friends.

How do you see yourself differently now than you did 10 years ago?

I now do what I love.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Happy, healthy, financially secure.

a postcard to my younger self

It gets better.

my role models

My friends Babette Heimbuch and Mary Buffett, my grandmother Ottilia Younger, and my UCLA colleague, the late Jospeh P. Devanney, with whom I developed the course "Financial Planning for Women."

my posts

Buffett From a Woman’s Perspective

Posted in Financial Planning for Today's Woman, Our Blog Circle, work & money on May 23, 2012 (4 hours ago)
Now we have a Buffett who writes for us.read more »

Ann Romney and Other Working Women

Posted in Financial Planning for Today's Woman, news, work & money on April 13, 2012
Hillary Rosen's comment that Ann Romney “never worked a day in her life” was admittedly inaccurate. Raising a family is hard work. What is true, though, is that Ann never worked outside her home a day in her life. Why that matters.read more »

All I want for Christmas is a middle class

Posted in home & garden, news, work & money on December 21, 2011
In the 1950s and 60s, the middle class was a huge, post-War economic powerhouse. In 2011, the middle class in Portland, as well as the nation, is dwindling away. What happened?read more »

Money for Nothing in Portland, OR

Posted in news, work & money on September 19, 2011
Portland, Oregon City Commissioner Nick Fish announced that 66% of our minority population “face discrimination when they look for a place to rent in Portland.” If that were in any way verifiable, it would be unconscionable. Commissioner Fish, however, chose not to verify this conclusion read more »

The US Isn’t the Only Place with a AA+ Rating

Posted in news, work & money on August 28, 2011
Most of us know that there are negative consequences to having a less than perfect credit rating. The State of Oregon's credit rating, however, is not a result of politics. It's the result of how we manage our money.read more »

my comments

Response to: Ann Romney and Other Working Women

Comment posted on April 20, 2012 at 11:11 am:
"Thanks for your comments, ladies.  It's nice chatting with you again, Dallas Lady.  It's been a long time. A dear friend of mine, who is a fishing buddy of Antonin Scalia, responded to my article similar to this one with issues very much like your..." (read comment)

Response to: Ann Romney and Other Working Women

Comment posted on April 18, 2012 at 12:54 pm:
"I wonder what common ground we have.  Certainly, to start, we are women, and therefore have an interest in women's issues.  We agree that women have the choice to live their lives as they wish, and those that are financially able can choose to stay..." (read comment)

Response to: Ann Romney and Other Working Women

Comment posted on April 17, 2012 at 12:30 pm:
"Wealth is not the issue here.  Wealth is not "good" or "bad," but merely a way to increase one's options.  More women than men live in poverty.  In later years, the ratio is 2:1, so poverty is indeed a crucially important women's issue. It is not..." (read comment)

Response to: Ann Romney and Other Working Women

Comment posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:07 am:
"Thank you for your comment, Photogirl.  As a member of a family of eight children, you will find no one who is a stronger supporter of the importance of a mother's job.  Its importance cannot be understated.  I wonder, though, if issues that perta..." (read comment)

Response to: Ann Romney and Other Working Women

Comment posted on April 15, 2012 at 9:24 am:
"Thank you for your comment.  I particularly applaud your sentiment of refusing to be pitted against other women.  You are an erudite and powerful voice, and I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts...." (read comment)