| 8:45
a.m. |
Welcome |
| 9:00
a.m. |
Credit Reports and
Credit Scores:
What You Need to Know but Won’t Hear
Anywhere Else
Rod
Griffin
Manager, Public Education
Experian |
| 10:00
a.m. |
Mandates for Personal
Finance: What’s Happening? |
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Debbie Behling
Education Specialist
Region IV Education Service Center |
| 10:45
a.m. |
Break |
| 11:00
a.m. |
Breakout Sessions |
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Having Enough Money
for Investments
Timothy
L. Shaunty
President
Texas Council on Economic Education |
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Understanding Taxes:
Just a Point and Click Away
Janet Bradford
Senior Tax Specialist
Stakeholder Partnerships,
Education and Communication (SPEC)
Internal Revenue Service |
| Noon |
Lunch |
| 1:00
p.m. |
Breakout Sessions
Reversed |
| 2:00
p.m. |
Hands-On Banking:
Money Skills You Will Need for Life
Timothy
L. Shaunty |
| 3:00
p.m. |
Wrap-up |
| 3:15
p.m. |
Adjourn |
Speakers
Wilda Appiagyei
Senior Tax Specialist
Stakeholder Partnerships, Education and Communication
(SPEC)
Internal Revenue Service
Appiagyei is responsible
for establishing and managing relationships with
members of volunteer, community, faith-based and
government organizations, businesses, and financial
and educational institutions to cosponsor free
tax preparation sites, tax credits awareness and
financial literacy outreach. Before she joined
SPEC 22 years ago, Appiagyei was IRS earned income
tax credit coordinator for the North Texas area,
where she promoted the availability of EITC to
low-income workers and rural communities. She
was also an IRS instructor and trainer. She received
a bachelor’s degree in secondary education
from Lamar University.
Rod Griffin
Manager, Public Education
Experian
Griffin is responsible
for Experian’s national consumer education
program and for supporting the company’s
government affairs and public relations activities.
He produces Experian’s consumer education
materials and coauthors Ask Max, an online
consumer credit advice column. Griffin collaborates
with consumer organizations, including Call For
Action, the National Consumers League and the
National Foundation for Credit Counseling, to
provide individuals with financial information.
He also works closely with government agencies
to address consumer concerns and responds to inquiries
from the media, consumer credit counselors and
educators about consumer credit and credit reporting.
Griffin holds a B.S. in journalism from the University
of Kansas.
Dana Kelley
Secondary Social Studies Consultant
Region 10 Education Service Center
Kelley is a certified
teacher in Texas and New Jersey and has 10 years
of experience as an American history educator,
curriculum developer and professional development
trainer for Dallas Independent School District,
Region 10 Education Service Center and private
corporations. She coordinates the regional Mock
Trial Competition and Citizen Bee and serves as
an officer on the board of Law Focused Education,
Inc. Kelley received a B.A. in humanities from
Rosemont College and an M.A. in education from
Georgian Court University.
Timothy L. Shaunty
President
Texas Council on Economic Education
Shaunty served as director
of the Center for Economic Education at the University
of Houston–Clear Lake before becoming president
of the Texas Council on Economic Education in
2001. During a 30-year career in higher education,
he held a variety of positions, including research
economist and director of governmental relations.
After retirement, he taught government and economics
in the public school system. Shaunty has earned
multiple degrees in agricultural economics, sociology,
business administration and architecture.
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