BTB: EP 0007 - JJ Conway

The Black Phoenix

Janine “JJ” Conway, graduated from the Air Force Academy, and was the first African American to serve as a physicist in the Air Force, where she retired as a Lieutenant Colonel after 23 years. She then became a financial planner. Now, how did an Air Force Physicist become a financial planner? JJ will elaborate during our conversation but in short, She returned from a 6-month military trip to discover her house had been sold, divorce papers, and that she, was over $845,000 in debt. So adapting to life as a military single mom, JJ learned how money worked and how to make it work for her quickly, yet ethically. She now teaches others the same personal growth and financial management skills that allowed her to dump that debt and begin building wealth. She also mirrors these principles when working with businesses to improve processes, people, and profit.