Moolastakes

Meet Our Editorial Team

Our writers and editors bring together decades of experience in sweepstakes, promotions, personal finance, consumer savings, business education, travel, and everyday money management.

Helpful, practical guidance from real people with real experience.

Moolastakes is built around simple, useful ideas that help readers stretch their dollars, find legitimate opportunities, and make smarter choices with their money.

Eve Fish

Eve Fish

Editor

For over 27 years, Eve Fish has concepted, developed, and delivered many of the nation's biggest prize promotions. Known in the industry as the "Winnerologist," she has spent decades studying sweepstakes, analyzing winners, and helping deliver life-changing prizes to everyday people across America.

Eve's knowledge of sweepstakes, promotions, and savings led to the creation of a term that describes what she does best: "Evevolving." From sweepstakes and contests to couponing and the art of saving, it is her way to sweep, save, and savor the fun of it all.

Honed through years of balancing work, family, contests, and giveaways, "Evevolving" is the art of saving more so you have more to spend later. Eve and her team share ways to save through coupons, cash-back sites, credit cards, smarter streaming habits, and better savings and checking account opportunities.

Eve also ran email and promotional marketing programs for Shop & Win, Save & Win, and Coupons.com during her tenure at Publishers Clearing House. Through Moolastakes, she shares knowledge gained from decades inside the promotions and giveaways world.

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Doug Garfinkel

Doug Garfinkel

Associate Editor

Doug Garfinkel is a business educator, financial writer, and bargain hunter. His writing draws on his background in business, finance, and teaching to help consumers understand complex financial concepts in clear, practical language.

Doug earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Duke University. His formal training includes accounting, corporate finance, investing, economics, marketing, and consumer behavior.

He spent more than 15 years teaching business, finance, and economics at the high school and college levels, including courses in accounting, personal finance, investing, economics, and marketing.

Doug also spent more than 10 years working for sweepstakes and promotions companies, including Publishers Clearing House. That experience gave him a deep understanding of promotional programs and consumer reward opportunities.

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Mark Colacioppo

Mark Colacioppo

Entrepreneur and Guest Writer

Guest writer Mark Colacioppo is an internet entrepreneur, investor, sports enthusiast, and founder of M2 Digital Ventures, where he helps launch and grow consumer web businesses in finance, retirement, health, travel, and other high-interest categories.

At Moolastakes, Mark draws on decades of hands-on business experience to share practical ideas on saving money, spotting overlooked opportunities, building financial confidence, and getting more value from everyday spending.

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Dawn Allcot

Dawn Allcot

Freelance Personal Finance Writer

Dawn Allcot is a personal finance writer with more than two decades of experience helping readers make informed buying decisions and better manage their money.

Dawn is regularly published at CNET, The Street, MSN, Yahoo! Finance, Nifty50+, GOBankingRates, and MoneyLion. Her work has also appeared on Bankrate, The Points Guy, and The Daily Navigator.

She has also worked with Fortune 500 companies, including Chase Bank, Allstate, Intuit, and American Express. Dawn is the owner of boutique content agency Allcot Media and the travel and lifestyle publication GeekTravelGuide.net.

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Ashley Donohoe

Ashley Donohoe

Certified Financial Literacy Professional

Ashley Donohoe is a personal finance educator with over 15 years of writing and editing experience.

Ashley holds multiple financial education certifications, including the Certified Financial Literacy Professional™ and Certified Financial Education Instructor credentials from the National Financial Educators Council.

She also earned the Financial Planning & Wealth Management Professional™ credential from the Corporate Finance Institute. Additionally, she is an IRS Annual Filing Season Participant and holds the Uniform Tax Certification from the National Association of Certified Public Bookkeepers.

Her work has appeared on major websites, including The Independent, CNN Underscored, MarketWatch, FinanceBuzz, Car and Driver, GOBankingRates, Money.com, RetireGuide, Annuity.org, Chron, The Sacramento Bee, and Quartz Advisor.

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Sandy Yong

Sandy Yong

Licensed CFEI

Sandy Yong, licensed CFEI®, is an award-winning author, personal finance writer, and keynote speaker with a proven track record of empowering millennials to achieve financial success.

Sandy is the author of The Money Master: Inside Secrets on How to Make Your Money Grow and Stay Safe. She draws on her expertise in financial literacy, stock market investing, and real estate to simplify complex financial topics for her audience.

As a Certified Financial Education Instructor and TEDx Speaker, Sandy enjoys teaching the foundations of financial literacy to help individuals feel more confident about managing their money so they can achieve wealth. She has appeared in hundreds of media outlets including Forbes, Yahoo! Finance, GoBankingRates, NBC News, BNN Bloomberg and many more.

She completed her business degree in the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) and was named Top 10 From The Past 10.

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Donna Wright

Donna Wright

Freelance Writer

Donna Wright is a personal finance blogger who enjoys researching, fact-checking, and explaining complex subjects in understandable terms.

As a single parent, she knows the pitfalls of poor money management, but also knows the satisfaction of improving finances. Her mission is to provide accurate, unbiased money management insights to money-conscious readers.

Anthony Vion

Anthony Vion

Freelance Writer

Anthony Vion is a savings enthusiast from Long Island, New York, who focuses on finding great deals, cutting everyday expenses, and helping people avoid wasting money.

He takes a hands-on approach to comparing prices and evaluating products, and he enjoys sharing simple, practical tips that help others stretch their dollars and make smarter buying decisions.

Editorial note: Moolastakes contributors may write about saving money, promotional opportunities, rewards, personal finance, consumer value, and related topics. Content is intended for informational purposes and should not be considered personalized financial, legal, or tax advice.