John Lanza is the Chief Mammal of Snigglezoo Entertainment and creator of the highly acclaimed Money Mammals Series, featuring the Dr. Toy award-winning Joe the Monkey Saves for a Goal and recent Joe the Monkey Learns to Share illustrated picture books, DVD, and "The Money Mammals Saving Money is Fun Kids Club," found at credit unions across the country. John leveraged his more than 14 years of management, marketing, and sales experience in entertainment and media (and parenting) to create and produce the series. During this time, he produced the Emmy® Award-Winning hit children's television show "Life With Louie," the pilot for the Disney Channel hit TV show, "The Proud Family," as well as the DVD Premiere Award-nominated animated feature, "The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina" for Miramax. John has been recognized nationally as a thought-leader in the youth financial literacy arena, having been featured in/on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Detroit News, KCAL-TV, KNBC-TV and a number of other national and regional print, broadcast and online outlets.