About the Equifax Finance Blog
The Equifax Finance Blog features practical personal finance advice from the most trusted name in credit for over 100 years and some of the best-known experts in the industry on topics like insurance, real estate, tax, retirement and of course, credit. Get answers to your money questions and the latest information to help you make smart choices about your financial life.
Blogger Bios
Janet Dedrick is a Strategic Consultant with Equifax Analytical Services, covering U.S. consumer credit trends as well as supporting related strategic financial service client initiatives. Prior to Equifax, Janet worked in the financial services industry in various roles, including risk management and banking regulatory policy. Janet holds an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Robin Hollandis senior vice president, Global Consumer Services for Equifax. In this role, she oversees Equifax’s consumer support functions which include call centers, credit reports and consumer fraud inquiries, as well as the Mortgage Operations. She also works closely with the Legislative Affairs group on Regulatory matters that impact consumers. She is a frequent spokesperson for Equifax and has appeared on such high-profile news segments as CNN and NBC Nightly News.Robin is a Big Sister in the Big Sister Big Brother’s program, as well as an active member of the Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, where she has been a past board member, and held various committee positions. She is first vice chair on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Atlanta Better Business Bureau, and a member of the Georgia Consortium for Financial Literacy. She has conducted seminars on Financial Literacy for the National Football League, and volunteers her time teaching workshops on fraud and identity theft, as well as on “Credit Management 101″ and “How to be a Smarter Consumer”.
Peter Schoenrock leads the Product Management team within Equifax Personal Solutions, responsible for the overall product strategy and ensuring that the Equifax direct-to-consumer products and services continue to meet customers’ needs. Prior to joining Personal Solutions, Peter launched and managed Equifax’s New Product Innovation organization. Prior to joining Equifax, Peter held various product management, systems integration and consulting roles in the financial services industry. Peter holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and an MBA in Finance from New York University, Stern School of Business.

Diane Moogalianis the Vice President of Operations for Personal Solutions since joining Equifax in January 2007. Diane is responsible for Operational strategy and execution in support of Customer Care and Fulfillment of credit related products and services. Her strengths include a strong background in international leadership and management of sales and service organizations with a track record of success as operational strategist, consultant and start-up operations specialist with Wells Fargo and Capital One.Prior to joining Equifax, as Vice President of Emerging Markets Fulfillment with Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Diane led a national operational strategy enabling increased market share in key minority markets through customizing the customer experience. Prior to Wells Fargo, Diane was a Group Manager in Operations for Capital One. She held several key roles in strategic growth segments for domestic card, Canada and UK Operations. She operationalized cross-selling in customer relations and voice response unit channels, led the transformation to sales in Collections and Recoveries, developed a manual decisioning platform to improve existing credit models and created models for new businesses. In these assignments, she built internal and external strategic alliances while responsible for program management of project, process, products and vendors.
Diane graduated from the University of Richmond in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Marketing and Economics) and earned a Certificate in International Business from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2002.
Linda Rey has a degree in business administration from Pace University in Pleasantville, New York. She has worked in the insurance industry since 1985, when she began her career working in the family business, the Rey Insurance Agency, located in Sleepy Hollow, New York. Linda currently serves on the board of directors of the Westchester County Association, and she was named the 2010 Outstanding Member of the Year by the Sleepy Hollow Chamber of Commerce. She was also named the 2006 Emerging Leader for the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and was honored as the 2005 Business Woman of the Year by the Westchester Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Rey Insurance Agency has been featured in Fortune Small Business, Insurance Journal, Agent & Broker Magazine, Westchester County Business Journal, the Journal News, and, as well as local publications the Hudson Independent and Mahopac News. Linda is licensed as a property and casualty broker and a life & health insurance broker.

Eva Rosenbergis the Internet’s TaxMama®. She answers tax questions and provides a free daily TaxQuips podcast, a weekly Ask TaxMama® ezine, and a wealth of resources to help folks like you deal with your personal and business tax issues at www.TaxMama.com. Eva is a syndicated national columnist, writing for the Dow Jones MarketWatch.com tax resource. She teaches tax law and representation to tax professionals at TaxMama’s IRS Enrolled Agent (EA) Exam Review Course, www.IRSExams.com. A popular speaker at tax workshops for Internet businesses, organizations, and tax professionals, Eva helps you see the fun side of taxes and the IRS while saving you buckets of money. After all these years, if TaxMama® doesn’t know the loopholes, who does?TaxMama® is a favorite guest of radio show hosts around the country, because she’s usually got an interesting and helpful twist on tax laws and strategies—and what a voice! Eva holds a BA in accounting, an MBA in international business and holds an Enrolled Agent credential, meaning she is authorized to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service. She has well over 20 years’ experience solving taxpayers’ problems, doing tax returns, helping businesses, and teaching both tax pros and the public about taxes.
Dan Solin (
smartestinvestmentbook.com) is a Senior Vice-President of Index Funds Advisors (ifa.com). He is the author of the New York Times best sellers The Smartest Investment Book You’ll Ever Read(Perigee Books, 2006) and The Smartest 401(k) Book You’ll Ever Read (Perigee Books, 2008). His latest book is The Smartest Retirement Book You’ll Ever Read. Solin has appeared on The O’Reilly Factor, MSNBC’s Weekend Economic Review, CNN’s Money, Fox & Friends, The Early Show and Bloomberg Television, and is a frequent speaker on investment-related topics. He has testified before a congressional subcommittee investigating the fairness of the mandatory arbitration system imposed by the securities industry on all investors.