| 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? |
| |
Ravae Shaeffer
Education Specialist
Education Service Center, Region 20 |
| 10:45
a.m. |
Break |
| 11:00
a.m. |
Breakout Sessions |
| |
Having Enough Money
for Investments
Timothy
L. Shaunty
President
Texas Council on Economic Education |
| Noon |
Lunch |
| 1:00
p.m. |
Understanding Taxes:
Just a Point and Click Away
Martha
B. Matthews
Senior Tax Specialist Stakeholder Partnerships,
Education and Communication (SPEC)
Internal Revenue Service |
| 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
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.
Martha B. Matthews
Senior Tax Specialist
Stakeholder Partnerships, Education and Communication
(SPEC)
Internal Revenue Service
Matthews has been a
civil servant for 30 years, mostly with the IRS.
She has been a taxpayer service specialist for
San Antonio/Bexar County’s Taxpayer Assistance
Center. She has also served as tax specialist
with the San Antonio Coalition for Family Economic
Progress Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program
(VITA). Matthews joined Stakeholder Partnerships,
Education and Communication in 2001. She 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. Matthews has a B.A.
from St. Mary’s University.
Ravae Shaeffer
Education Specialist, Social Studies
Education Service Center, Region 20
Shaeffer began her
teaching career in 1997 at Shepard Middle School
in the South San Antonio Independent School District.
From 1999 to 2006, she taught many subjects for
Northside ISD at O’Connor High School. In
January 2006, she joined the Education Service
Center, Region 20 as a social studies education
specialist. Shaeffer holds a B.A. in political
science from Texas A&M University and an M.A.
in education, curriculum and instruction from
the University of Texas at San Antonio.
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. |
