Sharon Epperson

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Sharon Epperson
Born
Sharon Emily Epperson

(1968-04-12) April 12, 1968 (age 56)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationTelevision correspondent
TitleSenior personal finance correspondent
Spouse(s) Christopher John Farley, 1997-present
Parent(s)David and Cecelia Epperson

Sharon Emily Epperson (born April 12, 1968) is a senior personal finance correspondent for CNBC. [1] She also appears on NBC News shows, Today and NBC Nightly News . [2]

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Early life and education

Epperson is the daughter of David E. Epperson and Ceceila T. Epperson, a retired schoolteacher in the Pittsburgh Public School System, last teaching at Lincoln Elementary School in Pittsburgh. [3] Her grandfather was a steelworker. [3] Her father, now deceased, was Dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh for nearly 30 years and was the first African-American dean at the school. [3]

Epperson graduated from Pittsburgh's Taylor Allderdice High School in 1986 and was inducted into their alumni hall of fame in 2011. [4] She served a summer internship at the age of 18 in the Pittsburgh Press library department.

Epperson holds a bachelor's degree in sociology and government from Harvard University, a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University, and an honorary doctorate from Carlow University in Pittsburgh. [5] [2] [6] At Harvard, she joined the Lambda Upsilon chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. [7] She has been an adjunct instructor of international affairs at Columbia University's School of International Public Affairs since 2000. [7]

Career

In 1996, Epperson began working with CNBC. [7] She was previously CNBC's senior energy correspondent, stationed at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) covering the commodities markets on a daily basis for eight years. In 2015, Epperson was one of six panelists covering the Republican presidential debate. [8] [7]

Epperson has covered personal finance in a column for USA Weekend magazine and her writing has also appeared in Essence magazine, The Boston Globe , The Washington Post , The Wall Street Journal , and Self magazine. [5]

She also authored The Big Payoff: 8 Steps Couples Can Take to Make the Most of Their Money and Live Richly Ever After. [9]

Epperson hosts the digital video series Retire Well. [2]

Awards

1995: 1st place honors from the National Association of Black Journalists for team coverage on Time magazine's cover story on the Nation of Islam.
1999: Silver World Medal from the New York Festivals, an international television programming competition.
2001: Gracie Allen Award from the Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television.
2003: Trailblazer of the Year Award from the New York Association of Black Journalists.
2003: All-Star Award from the Association of Women in Communications.

Personal life

A native of Pittsburgh, she and her husband, Christopher John Farley, also an award-winning journalist and author, live in Westchester County, N.Y., with their two children. They have been married since August 30, 1997. [1] [6] Her sister, Lia Epperson, is a civil rights lawyer and law professor at American University Washington College of Law, and former NAACP CEO Ben Jealous is Sharon's former brother-in-law. [3] [10]

In 2016, Epperson suffered rupture of a brain aneurysm while at the gym, but had no permanent brain damage. [11] [6]

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  4. ↑ "Allderdice to induct 6 to Alumni Hall of Fame". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 31, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
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  9. ↑ The Big Payoff
  10. ↑ Wiggins, Ovetta (June 6, 2018). "Ben Jealous: Sanders-style Democrat gains traction in Clinton-loving Md". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
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