Ed Douglas, CFP™ retired at the beginning of 2006 from Citizens Bancshares Bank, headquartered in Chillicothe, Missouri, after nearly thirty-two years with the company. He spent his last twenty years as president and, later, chairman and CEO. Under his leadership, the company grew its capital and increased assets over tenfold to a 1,000,000,000 dollar bank holding company with locations in twenty-five towns. His current title is Chairman Emeritus and Board Member of Citizens Bancshares. He is a Certified Financial Planner and currently operates Ed Douglas Certified Financial Planning/Consulting.

Ed is the author of the book Making a Million with Only $2000: Every Young Person Can Do It, currently in its second printing, as well as The Money Marathon: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom. He regularly gives financial seminars to adults and speaks to student groups on important financial topics. In 2010, Ed published his third book entitled, 25 Truths: Winning Wisdom for a Better Life.

Ed has been appointed by three different governors in Missouri to statewide positions, including Commissioner of the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission and President of the Northwest Missouri State University Board of Regents. He currently serves on the William Jewell College Board and serves as president of the Chillicothe Education Foundation and is a member of the Cornerstone Church.

He has coached the high school tennis team for the last 13 years, and is a member of the 50 States Marathon Club, having run 15 marathons in 14 states.

He and his wife Marla reside in Chillicothe; and they have three children, Jared, Aaron, and Kaylee, as well as a daughter-in-law, Micah.

Related web sites are www.eddouglas.com, www.makingamillionwithonly2000.com, and 25truths.com.

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