Updated: February 2013

National Consumer Empowerment Conference (2012)

3rd Annual National Consumer Empowerment Conference

Consumer Action’s 3rd Annual National Consumer Empowerment Conference will be held on Nov. 14-15 near Chicago. The annual conference takes community outreach and consumer literacy training to the next level by providing up to 75 of our most effective community group partners—from cooperative extension offices and social service agencies to veterans advocates and credit and housing counselors—with the rare opportunity to learn from some of the country’s top community educators and subject matter experts and to network with other adult consumer literacy education providers. During this two-day event, educators, consumer advocates, regulatory and industry representatives and other key stakeholders address critical consumer issues and share best practices in community-based consumer education and empowerment.

2012 conference sponsors

Underwriters

      

Leadership Circle

AT&T | Bank of America | Housing Information Project
Managing Money Project | VantageScore Solutions

Benefactor

Citi

Sponsor

RushCard

Conference highlights

The conference agenda consists of presentations, panel discussions and interactive sessions. The 2012 agenda includes:

• Thin credit files and alternative reporting—Sarah Davies, Senior Vice President of Analytics, Product Management and Research, VantageScore
• Asset development and accumulation resources for LMI consumers—Me’Shae Brooks-Rolling, Founder/President, Just The Basics Financial Literacy and author of How To Save Money & Organize Your Finances
• CFPB update on complaints—Scott Pluta, Assistant Director, Consumer Complaints Division, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
• Mobile banking—Panel
• Student loans—Rich Williams, Higher Education Advocate, U.S. Public Interest Research Group
• Insurance discrimination in the LMI community—Doug Heller, Executive Director, Consumer Watchdog
• Prepaid cards—Romy Parzick, Manager, Innovation and Research, Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) and Ruth Susswein, Deputy Director, National Priorities, Consumer Action
• Evaluating financial education programs—Dr. Billy J. Hensley, Director of Education, National Endowment for Financial Education

Download the conference schedule.

Conference details

Conference attendance is by invitation only. The conference will be held at Sheraton Chicago O'Hare Airport, 6501 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont, Illinois, near Chicago. For more information, contact: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), 800-999-7981.

Become a sponsor

The budget for this year’s National Consumer Empowerment Conference is $150,000, which will enable us to enroll 75 CBO leaders from dozens of states. Because many of the non-profits that we support with free materials and training operate on a shoestring, Consumer Action does not charge participants to attend the conference. In addition, we provide travel stipends to cover much of participants’ travel expenses. Our sponsorship levels include:

• Underwriter ($35,000)–provides the opportunity to make conference welcoming remarks; includes special recognition from the podium, acknowledgement on all materials, a full-page ad in the conference program and logo display on the conference webpage
• Leadership Circle ($10,000)–provides the opportunity to make welcoming remarks at the reception; includes acknowledgement on all materials, a half-page ad in the conference program and special recognition on the conference webpage
• Benefactor ($5,000)–includes acknowledgement on all materials, a quarter-page ad in the conference program and listing on the conference webpage
• Sponsor ($2,500)–includes acknowledgement on all materials and listing on the conference webpage

Underwriter, Leadership Circle and Benefactor levels enable the sponsor to attend the conference and display educational materials.

Of course, we welcome and appreciate contributions at any level. All donors will be listed in the printed and online conference program.

Consumer Action is a non-profit 501(c)3 non-profit education organization. All contributions are tax-deductible charitable donations.

To make a donation or to learn more about donor opportunities, please .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call 415-777-9648, or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call her at 202-544-3088. If you prefer, you can mail a check payable to: Consumer Action, 221 Main Street, Suite 480, San Francisco, CA 94105. (Please indicate that your donation is in support of the National Consumer Empowerment Conference.)