Ilyce Glink

Ilyce Glink is an award-winning television and radio personality, a communications and media strategist, an innovator in content marketing, a popular speaker, and the founder of four Chicago-based companies.  

 

She is a nationally-syndicated financial columnist, a best-selling author, and a radio talk show host for WGN Radio. She occasionally fills in for John Williams and Jon Hansen and is the former co-host of the top-rated “This Week in Wealth.”  She is the author of more than a dozen books, including the best-selling 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask (4th ed.), and has nearly 1 million books in print. She currently writes the Pay Dirt column for Slate Magazine which is read by over 250,000 readers per week. 

 

She spent eight years as on-air talent/producer for WGN-TV and nearly 18 years hosting a top-rated Sunday talk show and filling in for syndicated talk show host Clark Howard for WSB-AM, in Atlanta. In addition, she has hosted two syndicated radio programs, was a top blogger for 10 years for CBSNews/MoneyWatch, and has appeared on hundreds of television programs, including every major network’s morning news programs, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNBC, CNN, Fox and Fox Business. She writes the Love, Money + Real Estate Newsletter on Substack. 

 

She is a nationally-recognized keynote speaker, who has spoken to audiences of up to 10,000 people and conducted media, social media, business topics, financial wellness and lifeskills training in a handful of countries. She has spoken at many national events, including HR Tech, HR Women in Tech, SAP SuccessFactors SuccessConnect, the Health Benefits Leadership Conference, the Illinois CPA Society, and the National Association of Enrolled Agents, among others. 

 

An active entrepreneur, Ilyce is also the founder/CEO of Think Glink Media, a media and content communications strategy and production company that provides consultative services as well as innovative products and services to help global companies connect in a smarter way with their customers, clients and employees. Her clients include Equifax, Discover Card, Countrywide Mortgage, AARP, Humana, Allstate, Quill/Staples, Yahoo!, AOL, HUB International, among others.  

 

Her latest company is Best Money Moves, a cloud-based, mobile-first financial wellness technology platform. The latest version, called 3.0, provides personalized help to employees, empowering them to take charge of their finances, pay down personal debt and improve their financial lives. The ROI is lower turnover, absenteeism and financial stress, higher employee engagement and productivity, and better health outcomes. Best Money Moves Pro combines true AI (powered by Anthropic’s Claude), advanced algorithms and best-in-class partners to support small to medium businesses, powering them with necessary back office support to greater financial success. Today, more than 1,000 companies rely on Best Money Moves to power their workforce financial wellness. 

 

Awards and Recognition 

 

Glink has won numerous awards throughout her career from the National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) and the Society of Business Editors and Writers (SABEW), including multiple Best Column and Best Blog awards. She also received the first Money $mart Week award from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Outstanding Supporter of Enrolled Agents Award from the National Association of Enrolled Agents, and two Peter Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism from the Chicago Headline Club. She received the SABEW President’s Award in 2015. In 2006, she was nominated for an Emmy® Award. She was co-founder and co-publisher of The Medicare Newsgroup, and part of the team that won the 2012 Web Marketing Association’s award for outstanding achievement in web development for MedicareNewsGroup.com.  

 

In 2017, Best Money Moves placed third in the Next Great HR Tech Company Competition, sponsored by HR Tech. Every quarter since, the company has been named a Top Financial Wellness provider by MyShortlister.com. Best Money Moves has been named to the Workplace Magazine Financial Wellness Hotlist 2017-2021, listed as a Top 50 Startup to Watch by Built in Chicago, and was a finalist for the 2019 Health Value Awards and the Chicago Innovation Awards. Glink was named a 2020 Top 10 Wealth Management Influencer by GlobalData Plc. and received the 2021 Social Innovator Award from World of Money. In 2022, she was named a Top Financial Voice in Social Media. And, in 2024 she received the Social Impact Award from Smart Business Dealmakers. 

 

Glink was formerly president of the Chicago Headline Club, the largest chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and was founding president of the Chicago Headline Club Foundation. Today, she serves on the advisory boards of fintech companies eCredable and Kredit Financial, and the YWCA’s Impact Investing Advisory Council and guides a handful of startup AI companies.  

 

Follow her: @Glink, Facebook, LinkedIn. Her personal website is ThinkGlink.com. Find out more about financial wellness at BestMoneyMoves.com.