Doing math, motivating people, ability to sell

Named one of the Top 25 Women of Influence in Canada and a respected consultant on financial literacy to both the federal and provincial governments, Evelyn Jacks is founder and president of a highly successful post-secondary educational institute, the Knowledge Bureau. Her company has seen more than 15,000 certificate courses taken and has trained more than 1,000 professional financial advisors. Evelyn is also the author of fifty books on personal finance and an award-winning entrepreneur.