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Part-time Faculty

Shone Eckert

Department of Professional Designations

Shone J. Eckert, CFP®, ChFC®, FBS®, BFA™ is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional at Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators, benefits administrator for employees of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He also serves as adjunct faculty at Brigham Young University–Idaho and the College for Financial Planning. Shone studied behavioral economics and financial psychology at Creighton University and received his master’s degree in Personal Financial Planning with an emphasis in financial therapy from Kansas State University. 
 His research focuses on the use of behavioral finance tools to improve financial decision-making and enhance economic outcomes among retirement plan participants. He has over 25 years’ experience in the field of financial education and is dedicated to making saving easier for the average worker.