Meet Bankrate’s editorial team

Introducing our team of award-winning editors and reporters, focused on delivering valuable financial insights. We take our responsibility to provide accurate and unbiased information seriously, and place our readers' trust above all else.

Key Principles

We connect people to trusted ways to save, borrow and thrive.

Accuracy

We take seriously our responsibility to provide you with accurate information.

Independence

We follow strict guidelines to ensure that our content is not influenced by advertisers.

Authority

We only feature credible internal and external experts from reputable sources.

Editorial Leadership

Bankrate's editorial leaders are committed to building and maintaining a team with deep expertise, experience and reputation in finance.

John Puterbaugh

Editor-in-Chief

John Puterbaugh is the Editor-in-Chief of Bankrate, where he serves as the company’s senior editorial leader and helps set the vision, strategy, and standards for Bankrate’s consumer finance journalism.
Amy Sims

Deputy Editor

Amy Sims is the Deputy Editor for Bankrate, leading a team responsible for helping people find the right information they need to make informed financial decisions.

Editors

The editors at Bankrate are integral to the writing process, meticulously fact-checking content for accuracy and leveraging their expertise in every piece.

Alice Holbrook

Editor, Home lending

Alice has covered personal finance topics, from the perspective of a writer and an editor, for almost 13 years, and she has spent the past five years focusing on the homebuying, homeownership and mortgage rate trends.
Katie Lowery, CFHC

Senior Editor: Home Lending

Katie Lowery is a Bankrate Senior Editor and content strategist on the Home Lending team, where she shapes content to help people navigate decisions around borrowing money, personal finance and overall financial health.
Kellye Guinan

Editor, Personal Loans and Auto Loans

Kellye Guinan, CFEI®, is a Bankrate editor and writer with over eight years of experience in personal finance.
Madison Hoehn, CFEI

Editor, Credit Cards

Madison Hoehn is a Certified Financial Education Instructor℠ and editor at Bankrate. She brings over seven years of editorial expertise to her work and is passionate about making readers feel seen and meeting them where they are in their financial journey.
Rhys Subitch

Editor, Deposits

Rhys Subitch is a Bankrate editor who supports an editorial team dedicated to developing educational content about personal banking products for every part of life.

Writers

Bankrate's writers, with diverse backgrounds, expertise and experiences, offer information to help you foster a healthier relationship with money.

Alex Gailey

Data Reporter & Analyst, Personal Finance

As a data reporter and analyst at Bankrate, Alex Gailey writes about the numbers behind consumer finance and economic trends.
Ana Staples

Principal Analyst and Credit Cards Expert

Ana Staples is a principal analyst at Bankrate and a certified credit counselor. She writes about consumer lending, personal finance and debt management. Besides Bankrate, Ana has written for Experian, CNBC Select, WSJ Commerce and CNET.
Andrew Pentis

Watchdog Reporter and Consumer Lending Analyst

Before joining Bankrate in 2025, Andrew worked as a service journalism writer and editor for various companies, most recently at CNN Underscored Money. He has bylines in nearly 50 publications and has been interviewed about consumer debt by dozens of media outlets, including NBC News, FOX Business and USA Today.
Jeff Ostrowski

Writer and Housing Market Analyst

Jeff Ostrowski covers mortgages and the housing market. Before joining Bankrate in 2020, he spent more than 20 years writing about real estate, business, the economy and politics.
Karen Bennett

Consumer Banking Reporter

Karen Bennett is a senior consumer banking reporter at Bankrate where she uses her years of banking and personal finance experience to help inform readers about money-related decisions. She’s been a reporter at Bankrate since 2021.
Katie Kelton, CCC

Lead Community Reporter

Katie Kelton is the lead writer on Bankrate’s community team and Certified Credit Counselor™, helping everyday people solve problems and make good money decisions.
Linda Bell

Lead Writer & Home Lending Expert, Certified HELOC Specialist

Linda Bell is a Bankrate lead insights analyst, producing content on home equity, homeownership, home affordability, mortgages, and more.
Natalie Todoroff

Community Reporter

Natalie Todoroff is a Community Reporter at Bankrate, where she bridges the gap between complex financial data and the lived human experience. She lives in San Francisco.

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