Founder headshot — high resolution
Patrick Washington (1200×1200)
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Press
Information for journalists.
The Institute of FAME welcomes inquiries from journalists writing about household finances, fraud and scams, older adults' financial security, financial education, FinTech policy, and the institute's policy positions. This page provides the institutional fact sheet, founder media bio, downloadable assets, and contact information.
Media contact
Email is the fastest way to reach the institute for press inquiries.
We aim to respond to journalist inquiries within one business day. For deadline-sensitive requests, please indicate the deadline in your subject line.
What we're available to discuss
- Household financial stability. Including emergency savings, available cash and banking access.
- Fraud and scam losses. Including who loses money to scams and which protections reduce losses.
- Older adults' financial security. Including late-life financial fragility and exposure to fraud.
- Financial education. Including state personal-finance requirements and how teachers are prepared.
- FinTech regulation and regulatory sandboxes. Including comparative analysis of the UK FCA, U.S.-state, and proposed federal sandbox programs.
- Central bank digital currencies and digital monetary instruments. Including consumer-adoption questions for the digital euro and other digital money.
- Behavioral measurement in personal-finance education. Including how people make everyday financial decisions and broader curriculum-evaluation questions.
- FinTech consumer protection. Including BNPL, alternative credit data, and small-business credit policy.
Chair and CEO — media bio
Higher-resolution version available — see Downloadable assets below.
Short bio (~80 words — for op-ed bylines and panel programs)
Patrick B. Washington, PhD, is Chair and CEO of the Institute of FAME, Inc., a national 501(c)(3) public charity that researches how households make financial decisions and turns that evidence into practical guidance for educators, policymakers and the public. He holds a Finance PhD from the University of Alabama. He joined the Morehouse College faculty in 2012 and was promoted to Associate Professor of Finance in 2017, with classes that regularly enrolled cross-registered Spelman and Clark Atlanta students through the Atlanta University Center consortium.
Long bio (~170 words — for press releases and feature pieces)
Dr. Patrick Bernard Washington is Chair and CEO of the Institute of FAME, Inc., a national 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 81-4374785) that researches how households make financial decisions and turns that evidence into practical guidance for educators, policymakers and the public. He founded the institute in 2016. Dr. Washington holds a Finance PhD (2016) and M.S. Finance (2009) from the University of Alabama and a B.A. in Business Administration (magna cum laude) from Morehouse College (2003). He has authored or co-authored 14 publications with 1,208 citations, an h-index of 11, and an i10-index of 11 (Google Scholar, November 2026). His FAME-funded research has appeared in Economies and the Journal of Risk and Financial Management.
Dr. Washington joined the Morehouse College faculty in 2012; he was promoted to Associate Professor of Finance in 2017, and built the Bloomberg-terminal program. His Morehouse courses regularly enrolled cross-registered students from Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University through the Atlanta University Center consortium.
Dr. Washington is available for interviews, conference panels, and policy briefings on the issue areas listed above. For scheduling, contact media@institutefame.org.
Institutional fact sheet
- Legal name
- Institute of FAME, Inc.
- Tax classification
- 501(c)(3) public charity · IRS 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)
- EIN
- 81-4374785
- Founded
- November 9, 2016
- Headquarters
- 541 10th Street NW, Suite 177, Atlanta, GA 30318
- Active issue areas
- 8 (Household Financial Stability; Fraud and Scam Losses; Older Adults' Financial Security; Financial Education; Behavioral Measurement in Personal-Finance Education; FinTech Regulatory Frameworks; FinTech Consumer Protection; Digital Monetary Instrument Adoption)
- FAME-funded peer-reviewed papers
- 2 published
- Founder publication record
- 14 publications · 1,208 citations · h-index 11 · i10-index 11 (Google Scholar); OpenAlex confirms 961 / h-index 10 from the formal-database subset. November 2026.
Downloadable assets
Press-quality images and short reference materials. For a higher-resolution institutional logo, fact sheet PDF, or specific assets you need for a piece, email media@institutefame.org.
Founder headshot — web
Patrick Washington (600×600)
JPEG, 600×600 pixels, ≈50 KB. Suitable for web embedding, LinkedIn, blog posts.
Related pages
- Published papers — FAME-funded research and the founder's broader academic record.
- Issue areas — the eight policy questions the institute researches and translates.
- Positions — institutional positions on specific policy questions.
- Newsroom — briefs and op-eds, newest first.
- About — institutional history, board, and governance.
For inquiries that aren't press-related, use info@institutefame.org.