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Joline Godfrey is an author, clinical social worker and founder and Chief Creative Officer for The Unexpected Table.

Education

Godfrey is a graduate of the University of Maine and Boston University, where she received an MSW.

Career

Godfrey began her career as a clinical social worker. She then became an executive of the Polaroid Corporation, where she provided in-house family and therapeutic services to officers and employees. Around 1985, after leaving Polaroid, she launched Odysseum, a creativity training company, which she later sold.

In 1992, an article she wrote for Inc. led her to launch An Income of Her Own, a non-profit offering financial education for girls. Godfrey later founded Independent Means (IMI) in 1996 based in Santa Barbara, CA.

Books

• Godfrey, Joline (1992). Our Wildest Dreams: Women Entrepreneurs Making Money, Having Fun, Doing Good. New York: Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-88730-545-0.
• Godfrey, Joline (1995). No More Frogs to Kiss: 99 Ways to Give Economic Power to Girls. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-88730-659-4.
• Godfrey, Joline (2000). 20 $ecrets to Money and Independence. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-26279-2.
• Godfrey, Joline (2003). Raising Financially Fit Kids. Random House Digital, Inc. ISBN 978-1-58008-536-6.

References

1. "The Herring Gut Coastal Science Center announces Godfrey as new board member". Bangor Daily News. June 3, 2024.
2. ^ Smith, Carol (September 29, 1992). "Getting Away From the Corporate 'Glass Ceiling': Women: Instead of tearing down corporate barriers, female entrepreneurs are advised to break into business for themselves". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
3. Cassidy, Tina (1995-10-20). "Being her own boss". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
4. Warren, Renee E. (April 1994). "Teens who mind their businesses". Black Enterprise. Vol. 24, no. 9. New York. p. 28. ProQuest 217856391.
5. Sullivan, Paul (May 28, 2010). "Teaching Work Values to Children of Wealth". The New York Times. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
6. Rotella, Mark; Abbott, Charlotte; Gold, Sarah F. (July 31, 2000). "20 Secrets to Money and Independence: A Guide to Independence, Economic Empowerment, and Self-Awareness". Publishers Weekly. 247 (31). New York. ProQuest 197037390.
7. Preston, Holly Hubbard (August 21, 2004). "Book Report : Make More Than Your Parents / Raising Financially Fit Kids". The New York Times.
8. McQuade, Angele (April 2004). "Finessing Financial Fitness". Better Investing. Vol. 53, no. 8. pp. 62–63. ProQuest 233334257.

External links

• Joline Godfrey's blog

WorldCat Identities VIAF: 94058123 SUDOC: 163574553

• American women chief executives
• University of Maine alumni
• Boston University School of Social Work alumni
• 1950 births
• Living people
• 21st-century American women