RSVP for Financial Education 101: Managing Credit and Building Wealth

Financial Education 101: Managing Credit and Building Wealth January 21, 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center 1165 Angelina St., Austin, Texas Sponsors: Texas NAACP, Austin NAACP Cosponsors: National Association of Black Accountants Austin Cen-Tex Chapter, Texas Mezzanine Fund Media Sponsors: KAZI 88.7 FM, Economic Perspectives Free Giveaways Raffle for an iPad Copies of the new book “The Big Retirement Risk” Copies of the new book “The JoMar Credit Repair Guide Book 2012” RSVP: hopeton@econpers.com
Sessions	Speakers
8:30 a.m. – Registration
9 a.m.  Welcome and Introductions	Hopeton Hay, Texas NAACP; Nelson Linder, Austin NAACP, Roger Davis, National Association of Black Accountants
9:15 a.m. – Budgeting and Paying For College	Bonita Peebles, Assistant Director, Pre College Success, Texas Guaranty Student Loan Corporation
9:45 a.m. – Building and Repairing Credit	Leslie Green, Owner, JoMar Credit Repair
10:15 a.m. – Investing, Saving, and Retirement	Juanita Stephens, Investment Advisor, Austin Wealth Builders
10:45 – Break
11:00 .a.m. – Obtaining a Mortgage in Today’s Marketplace	Sandy Battise, Mortgage Banker, Primary Residential Mortgage
11:30 a.m. – Foreclosure Prevention	Joyce McDonald, Executive Director, Frameworks CDC
12:00 p.m.  – Wealth Building Through Entrepreneurship	Emerson Hall, Community Affairs Specialist, FDIC;Raquel Valdez, Director of Corporate Strategies, BCL of Texas; Joah Spearman, Co-Founder and Executive Producer, Style XCloteal Haynes, Managing Partner, Haynes-Eaglin-Waters
1 p.m. – Lunch

Listen to Interview on Growing Your Small Business with Jeannette Peten

Jeannette Peten, president of Texas Tree Tamers and a One Page Business Plan Consultant shared her expertise on how to grow a small business on the January 1 edition of Economic Perspectives. Peten has over 20 years training, counseling, and managing small businesses. Most recently she has grown Texas Tree Tamers from to nearly $500,000 in sales in less than 3 years in business. To listen to the interview with Jeannette Peten click here: Jeannette Peten Interview.