Rod Griffin is Senior Director of Consumer Education and Advocacy for Experian, where he manages the award-winning national consumer education and advocacy program in North America. With more than 25 years of experience in the credit reporting and information services industry, he is an expert on consumer issues, particularly credit reporting, credit scoring and identity theft. He frequently appears in national television, print, radio and online media and presents regularly at regional and national financial literacy events.

In his role, Griffin supports a number of national financial literacy and financial inclusion partnerships and conducts training programs for clients, Experian employees and consumer organizations across the United States.

Griffin pioneered outreach in the credit reporting and credit scoring industry by leveraging the latest technology and tools to educate people. Among his first roles with Experian was to publish Ask Experian, the credit reporting industry’s first online consumer credit advice blog. The blog has been published continuously for more than two decades. He is a weekly guest host on Experian’s #CreditChat on X (formerly known as Twitter) and on Experian’s CreditChat Podcast.

Griffin is an active advocate for financial education and financial inclusion. He currently represents Experian on the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy Board of Directors, serving as Secretary and Treasurer, and previously served on the LifeSmarts Corporate Advisory Board, which he chaired in 2016.

In addition, he was named one of BadCredit.org’s 10 Most Influential Credit Score Experts for 2024. In 2016 the Institute for Financial Literacy recognized him at its Educator of the Year. He is a co-author of “Credit Repair Kit for Dummies – 5th edition” from Wylie Publishing.

Griffin holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas, earned a Fair Credit Reporting Act certification from the Consumer Data Industry Association and received accreditation as a Center for Financial Certifications Certified Financial Counselor.

-- Rod Griffin

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When I speak to people about credit reports and credit scores one of the things I always do is ask the audience members to raise their hands if they’ve requested their free annual credit report. Sadly, on a good night only about half the people in the audience raise their hands. A new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) confirm

Published: December 14, 2012 by Rod Griffin

As 2014 nears an end it’s a good time for us all to start thinking about what we are going to do to keep our finances in good shape and moving along into 2015. At Experian, we are here to help you. During the coming weeks and months we will be providing more educational blogs, videos and Twitter #creditchats that will help you proactively manage, build and improve your credit. So let’s get started with one of the most common questions people ask me: How do I dispute information that I believe is being reported inaccurately?

Published: July 25, 2012 by Rod Griffin

I opened a few of my daily newspapers this morning (yes, the print kind!), and pondered some seemingly conflicting messages. In the Wall Street Journal, I saw the headline “Economic Reports Fan Fears.” In the New York Times, the top business story read “In a Shift, Debt Levels are Falling,” noting that American consumers are reducing their debt.

Published: April 24, 2012 by Rod Griffin

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