Ms. Rooney is the Director, Financial Literacy and Consumer Education at the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC). In this role she directs and implements two national, separately funded education programs — one with a focus on financial literacy that helps Canadians increase their financial knowledge and confidence in managing their personal finances; the second on consumer education which aims to increase consumers’ knowledge and awareness of financial products and services, as well as their rights and responsibilities in this area. 

The innovative approach taken by Ms. Rooney and her financial literacy team earned them a 2010 Public Service Award of Excellence for their development of The City, a Financial Life Skills Resource, a simulated online world that offers an interactive, engaging and fun way for students to learn about money.

Ms. Rooney is a member of a number of committees working on financial literacy within Canada and abroad, including the OECD’s International Financial Education Network and the Canadian government’s Interdepartmental Committee on Financial Literacy.

Since joining FCAC in January 2002, Ms. Rooney has also served as Senior Advisor to the Commissioner, headed the Consumer Education unit and was Manager of Consumer Services at the Agency.

Her previous work experience includes almost eight years at the Canadian Payments Association, the organization that developed and operates the Canadian payments system. In that capacity, Ms. Rooney was a member of a number of Canadian committees that examined payment policy issues.

Ms. Rooney holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Carleton University.