EXECUTIVE IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM
BLACK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
PENN STATE BEHREND
281 BURKE CENTER
ERIE PA 16563
Biography
Gene Natali is the CEO and founder of Troutwood, a fintech company focusing on financial empowerment. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Allegheny College and an M.B.A. with a concentration in finance from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a board member of the CFA Society Pittsburgh, and a part-time lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh.
In 2012, Gene co-authored an award-winning investment guide titled The Missing Semester. The guide, which provides practical financial advice to high school and college students, has been implemented in classrooms across the country. In addition, he regularly speaks in high school and college classrooms, has presented and been a keynote speaker at both investment and education conferences, and has assisted and helped design teacher and trustee training.
Gene, his wife, and four children live in Pittsburgh.
Gene joined the Executive in Residence program in the 2020–21 academic year and works closely with the Finance program.