Emmy award winning journalist, Valerie Coleman Morris is the former Business Anchor for CNN domestic and international.

She was a correspondent for CNN Business News, the division of the CNN News Group that produces business news for CNN/U.S., CNN International, CNN Headline News, CNN Airport Network, CNN Radio and CNN/Money.com.  In her role, she anchored CNN Headline News’ personal finance segment Smart Assets, which focused on those areas consumers need to understand to make sound financial planning decisions.

In March of 2007, Morris made the conscious decision to focus exclusively on financial literacy as an aspect of business and social economics.  Her core interest and passion is financial literacy for women, young adults and other emerging markets, which represent the most disenfranchised segments of the population concerning money issues. 

 In October of 2007, Valerie was asked to give a three session lecture series on multi-generation financial literacy at the University of California Berkeley’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.  Her money literacy message presents attainable money management skills for students of all ages but she has a special desire to speak to and convince college students about getting a financial life before debt becomes a way of life. 

Morris continues to write and narrate the nationally syndicated radio column which she created in 1986 called With the Family in Mind - that focuses on family and sandwich generation issues and their money implications.  These segments air on CBS Network Radio three times a week. 

A popular lecturer on financial literacy, Morris also works as a facilitator, keynote speaker and Mistress of Ceremonies for senior executive conferences and corporate staff and employee special events.