March 9 , 2009 at 4:45 p.m.
Abromson Community
Education Center
Portland USM Campus
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This event is co-sponsored by
Is your child a spendthrift? A hoarder? Or maybe,
downright oblivious? Are there family money dramas you can do without? In RAISING FINANCIALLY FIT KIDS, Joline Godfrey, one of the country’s leading experts on kids, parents, and money, gives parents the secrets and knowledge she has gleaned from a decade of working with kids on financial literacy and business.
Designed for adults—parents, grandparents, mentors, advisors, and educators—concerned about raising children ages 5 to 18, RAISING FINANCIALLY FIT KIDS is centered around a developmental map covering ten specific money skills each child can master by the age of 18 to become a financially secure adult. This map gives parents a step-by-step approach to helping their kids become habitual savers, smart money mangers, and responsible decision makers. More than just a money book, RAISING FINANCIALLY FIT KIDS will help parents send their children into the worlds as balanced individuals with financially stable lives as contributing members of both family and community.
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Since 1992, Joline Godfrey has been a pioneer in the movement to increase financial literacy and empowerment in young people. Developer of a unique developmental approach to financial education, Godfrey’s introduction of the financial apprenticeship stage of life has given parents and community leaders new tools for becoming better money mentors for kids.
In addition to being the CEO of Independent Means, Godfrey’s standing as an expert is buttressed by her research and writing on the subject. She is the author Our Wildest Dreams: Women Making Money, Having Fun, Doing Good; No More Frogs To Kiss: 99 Ways to Give Economic Power to Girls; and Twenty Secret$ to Money and Independence: The DollarDiva’s Guide to Life. Her newest book, Raising Financially Fit Kids is now available. She is also the DollarDiva for CosmoGirl’s Cash Page and is a contributor to a number of books and magazines.
Recognized in features for The Today Show, Oprah, Fortune, Business Week, The New York Times, etc., she is a frequent speaker worldwide. The subject of a popular Harvard Business School case, Godfrey has been widely recognized for her groundbreaking work in the field of financial literacy for the next generation. Among her awards is the Leavey Award for Excellence, and the Beta Gamma Honored with the prestigious Kellogg Fellowship, in 2001, she was the recipient of the SBA’s Advocate of the Year Award, as well as the Ernst and Young Advocate of the Year Award.
The colloquium is sponsored by the
L.L. Bean/Lee Surace Endowed Chair in Accounting
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USM Professor Jeffrey Gramlich was appointed the first L.L. Bean/Lee Surace Chair in Accounting in the USM School of Business in 2003. His appointment was made possible by a $1 million gift from L.L. Bean, Inc., its board chair, Leon Gorman, his wife Lisa, Jim and Maureen Gorman, and Tom Gorman, who established the chair in memory of L.L. Bean CFO Lee Surace '73, '81, who died in March of 2001. Surace was chair of the USM School of Business' Advisory Council and was a frequent guest lecturer.
The USM School of Business is accredited by the prestigious AACSB International. For students seeking the finest education and companies seeking the highest caliber talent, partnership, and educational opportunities, AACSB International accreditation is one of the most important affirmations of sustained quality in the word. For more information about School of Business programs, call 780-4020.
