Overview
The President’s Advisory Council
on Financial Literacy (the Council) was
created on January 22, 2008. 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. Some of
the Council activities include working
with the public and private sector to help
increase financial education efforts for
youth in school and for adults in the workplace,
increasing access to financial services,
establishing measures of national financial
literacy, conducting research on financial
knowledge and helping strengthen public
and private sector financial education
programs.
INITIATIVES
National Financial Literacy Challenge
National Financial Capability Survey
MoneyMath: Lessons for Life
Community Financial Access Pilot
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.
- Mr. Charles Schwab , Charles Schwab Corporation (Chairman)
President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy - Reference Materials
THE COUNCIL’S MEETINGS
Previous Meetings
Last Updated:
December 15, 2009
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