About Us
Founder & Visionary Director
About The Founder :
I grew up as the child of a diplomat, exposed to both extraordinary wealth and devastating poverty-sometimes in the same day. My single mother was a determined entrepreneur who juggled an international development career with multiple businesses: government contracting, catering, retail. Those hustles weren’t side projects-they got us out of very difficult financial situations, especially in a developing country with few safety nets.
I learned early: financial resilience isn’t optional. It’s survival.
I followed my mother into international development, spending years at major global organizations drafting policies on employment, trade, and poverty eradication. I worked on regional and global economic agreements that affected millions of lives. I earned degrees from Covenant University in Nigeria, Columbia University, and an MBA from Georgetown University, focusing on strategy and management.
For the last five years, I’ve worked in strategy consulting at a premier management consultancy, helping Fortune 100 executives make high-stakes decisions about growth, acquisitions, and strategy. Now, I lead the technology and healthcare industry pillars at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, where I manage employer partnerships and help MBA students navigate their career strategies.
I’ve spent my career helping organizations and individuals make better decisions about money, growth, and the future.
But here’s what I know for certain: the most effective poverty eradication work happens at the grassroots level, through financial literacy and skills development. Not in boardrooms. Not in policy documents. In communities. With young people. Before the patterns are set.
As a parent, I want my children to live resilient, adaptable, purpose-filled lives-doing work they’re naturally built to perform, solving problems they care about. I want them to build wealthy lives that fit who they are, not who they’re told to be. Teaching them about money, ideation, and problem-solving from a young age isn’t just good parenting-it’s my best chance at ensuring a comfortable future for them and the generations that follow.
I see this same potential in every child, especially those from lower-income families. Quality education is the greatest barrier-breaker we have.
That’s why I created Creative Currency Club.
I believe every young person deserves to understand how money works and how to create value in ways that honor their unique strengths. Not one-size-fits-all financial advice. Not generic entrepreneurship lessons. Real skills. Real preparation for an unpredictable world. Real paths to resilience.
This program combines everything I’ve learned about economic development, strategy, entrepreneurship, and education-distilled into something practical and immediately useful for middle schoolers.
Because the world our children will inherit demands more than good grades. It demands resilience, adaptability, and the ability to create value authentically.
Let's prepare them together.
Nina Vann
Founder, Creative Currency Club