Overview
The President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy (the Council) was created on January 22, 2008 by President George W. Bush. The Council’s purpose is to help keep America competitive and assist the American people in understanding and addressing financial matters. Each member of the Council represents an industry involved with the delivery of financial education to American citizens. The President and the Secretary of the Treasury have tasked the Council to work with the public and private sector to help increase financial education efforts for youth in school and for adults in the workplace, increase access to financial services, establish measures of national financial literacy, conduct research on financial knowledge and to help strengthen public and private sector financial education programs.
President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy - Members
- Mr. Ted Beck
 , National Endowment for Financial Education
- Mr. John Bryant , Operation HOPE, Inc. (Vice Chairman)
- Mr. Theodore Daniels , Society for Financial Education and Professional Development
- Vice Admiral (retired) Cutler Dawson , Navy Federal Credit Union
- Dr. Robert Duvall , National Council on Economic Education
- Dr. Tahira Hira , Iowa State University
- Mr. Jack Kosakowski , Junior Achievement USA
- Ms. Sharon Lechter , Lechter Development Group
- Dr. Robert Lee , FreshMinistries, Inc.
- Ms. Laura Levine , Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
- Mr. David Mancl , Office of Financial Literacy of the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions
- Mr. Don McGrath , Bancwest Corporation
- Ms. Janet Parker , Society of Human Resource Management
- Mr. Ignacio Salazar , SER-Jobs for Progress National, Inc.
- Ms. Mary Schapiro , Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- Mr. Charles Schwab , Charles Schwab Corporation (Chairman)
President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy - Meetings
You are invited to join the second public meeting of the President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy. This meeting will be held by telephone. To find out how to RSVP for this meeting please click here .
President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy - Activities
The President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy, which convened its first meeting on Wednesday, February 13, 2008, hereby solicits public comments on the state of financial literacy in the United States and proposed solutions to improve it. The comments must be submitted by May 23, 2008. To find out more information on how to submit your comments please click here.
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Press Releases
Reference Materials
INITIATIVES
MoneyMath: Lessons for Life
National Financial Literacy Challenge
Community Financial Access Pilot
Last Updated:
May 5, 2008 |
