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Global Conference 2025

Innovative Developments in Early Wealth-Building (Invite only)

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Join us as we consider early wealth-building models and innovative programs that go to the heart of ensuring that our children and youth can live financially secure lives. The financial industry is moving towards early savings models with new projects developing that provide a framework for parents to set up children’s savings and investing accounts. Wealth-building models are also arising that focus on—community-based financial literacy for families that help parents pass financial knowledge on to children, creating smart money programs for children and young adults, credit, and debt management training, and more. And other programs focus on helping teens and college-age students prepare for the workforce and career success. The discussion of this burgeoning area of financial security will focus on what’s making an impact now and what’s ahead. 

    Moderator

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    Cheryl Evans

    Director, Milken Institute Finance

    Speakers

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    Lisa Gevelber

    Founder, Grow With Google; Chief Marketing Officer, Americas Region, Google
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    Darrick Hamilton

    Founding Director, Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy, The New School
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    Melanie Mortimer

    President, SIFMA Foundation
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    Erick Russell

    Treasurer, State of Connecticut
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    Robert J Shapiro

    Chairman, Sonecon, LLC; Senior Fellow, Georgetown University School of Business