Empowering Children to be Financially Savvy
Author and Former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair
Visits Rotary Club of Florence on
Monday, December 4, 2023
Written By: Tim Herrmann, Rotary Club of Florence
Join the Rotary Club of Florence, serving all of Boone County (@FlorenceRotary), on Monday, December 4, 2023 at noon as we hear from Sheila Bair (@SheilaBair2013), author of the Money Tales books and Former Chair of the FDIC. Ms. Bair will share how we can teach our kids to be financially savvy in fun ways which
they can understand.
In cooperation and coordination with the Kentucky Financial Empowerment Corporation (@KentuckyFEC), Ms Bair will be “touring” Northern Kentucky during the day – visiting several Boone County Schools (@Boone_County), speaking to the Rotary Club of Florence at lunch, the NKU Haile Women in Business group in the afternoon and then wrapping up in the evening with a Math and Money Night held at Stephens Elementary (@StephensElementaryKY) from 5:30 – 7 pm. The event is made possible by a Rotary District 6740 grant which the Rotary Club of Florence received. The grant supports a partnership with the Northern Kentucky Education Council’s (@NKYEC1) One to One Reading Coach program. The Rotary Club of Florence Foundation along with Fidelity Investments(@Fidelity) and FoolProof Foundation all of whom made a donation to support the purchase of books to be given to all children at the schools which Ms. Bair will be visiting.
Once named by Time Magazine as “the little guy’s protector in chief,” Ms. Bair is a passionate advocate for strong consumer protections in financial services and educating the public on financial basics, starting at an early age. She also practiced what she preaches in raising her own two children, who now, as adults, save regularly and live debt free. She is the author of Albert Whitman’s Money Tales picture book series, which includes Rock, Brock and the Savings Shock (2006), Isabel’s Car Wash (2008). Princess Persephone Loses the Castle (2021), Billy the Borrowing Blue-Footed Booby (2021) Shark Scam (2022), Princess 
Persephone’s Dragon Ride Stand (2022), Daisy Bubble (2023), and Money Wizards (2023). She also authored a book about the financial crisis for young adults, Bullies of Wall Street (Simon & Schuster, 2015). She has received awards from the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP), the Council on Economic Education (CEE), the JumpStart Coalition, and Institute for Financial Literacy for her educational writings.
Ms. Bair has had a long and distinguished career in government, academia, and finance. She is perhaps best known as Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) from 2006 to 2011, when she steered the agency through the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. For her leadership of the FDIC, she received the JFK Library’s Profiles in Courage Award and was twice named by Forbes Magazine as the second most powerful woman in the world. A former finance professor and college president, Ms. Bair has been nationally recognized for her innovative initiatives to make college more accessible and affordable. She is a frequent commentator and op-ed contributor on financial regulation and the student debt crisis, as well as author of Bull by the Horns (Simon & Schuster, 2012) her memoir of the financial crisis, which made the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post bestseller lists.
She is a trustee of Economists for Peace and Security, a group composed of some of the world’s most renowned economists and public servants dedicated to peace and world prosperity; a founding director of the Volcker Alliance, established by Former Federal Reserve Board Chair Paul Volcker to build trust in government, and the founding chair of the Systemic Risk Council, which monitors and advocates for reforms to promote financial stability. She also serves as a board member or advisor to a number of public companies.
Guests are always welcome to join, meet members and learn about the club. We are expecting a large crowd, so please RSVP to make sure we have enough tables, chairs and food.
Members – Please share this information via email and social media. Invite a friend!
Date: Monday, December 4, 2023
Meeting Hosts: Team #2
LOCATION: Northern Kentucky Area Development District (NKADD), 22 Spiral Drive, Florence, KY 41042
To help us plan for seating and food, so that we do not run out, please RSVP at: https://tinyurl.com/rcofky-rsvp.
Live Streamed on the club’s YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/@rotaryclubofflorenceky
11:45 am – Lunch Buffet $12/person
12:00 pm – Meeting Begins
Greeting, Prayer-Reflection-Inspiration, Pledge & 4-Way Test
12:15 pm – Program Begins
1:00 pm – Meeting Adjourned
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