Lisa Gerstner Email & Phone Number

As the chief editor of Kiplinger Personal Finance magazine, I draw on more than 15 years of experience with the publication to oversee our talented team's coverage of investing, retirement, taxes, and other key personal-finance topics that are important to our readers.

After several years as a contractor, I rejoined the Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine staff as a full-time employee and continued to write about credit, banking, retirement and other money topics. During this time, I took on a key role in developing the first Kiplinger Readers' Choice Awards survey, and I evaluated and wrote up the results for the.

I moved away from Washington, D.C., where Kiplinger's office was located, but continued to write for Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine for several years as a contractor. Among many other assignments, I compiled the magazine's annual rankings of the best rewards credit cards and best banks, wrote for the magazine's Millennial Money column and began.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Promoted to the associate editor writing position with Kiplinger's Personal Finance after two years as a staff writer. Continued to hone my skills as a personal-finance reporter, developing beats in credit, banking and identity theft. Other accomplishments included compiling Kiplinger's Personal Finance Adviser -- a monthly editorial supplement to the.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Promoted to the staff writer position at Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine and reported on a range of personal-finance topics.

I edited Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine articles for grammar, style, cohesion and clarity and fine-tuned a sharp eye for catching inconsistencies and typos. I also worked closely with the editorial staff and design teams and assisted with magazine production, becoming proficient with InCopy.