John Lanza

John Lanza is the Chief Mammal of The Money Mammals. A pioneer in youth money-smarts, John created the original Money Mammals video and has written three children’s picture books to help kids learn to “Share & Save & Spend Smart.” He is recognized nationally as a youth financial literacy expert. The Money Mammals have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The LA Times. John has over a decade of experience speaking around the country on this topic.

John lives in Southern California, grew up in Caldwell, New Jersey, and attended Bates College. He received High Honors in Biology, something that he thinks makes him sound smart and is only useful for bios like this, answering questions posed by his two daughters and when talking to himself while watching Jeopardy.