Leadership

Behind every great organization is exceptional leadership.

NEFE is governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees and led by president and CEO Ted Beck. A staff of fewer than 25 individuals guides NEFE’s public-service work at its headquarters in Denver, Colorado.

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Board of Trustees -

2013 CHAIR: 2013 VICE CHAIR:

John R. Woerner
Chief Strategy Officer and
President of Insurance
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN

Alexander Gonzalez, Ph.D.
President
California State University
Sacramento, CA
2013 NEFE BOARD OF TRUSTEES:

Mary (Merrell) Bailey
Managing Partner
Bailey Zobel Pilcher
Maitland, FL

Ted Beck
President and CEO
National Endowment for Financial Education
Denver, CO

Michael A. Bedke
Partner
DLA Piper, LLP
Tampa, FL

Dorothy J. Bridges
President and CEO
City First Bank of DC
Washington, DC

Pip Coburn
Principal
Coburn Ventures
Pleasantville, NY

Denise (Denny) Voigt Crawford
Speaker and Former Securities Commissioner
Texas State Securities Board
Austin, TX

Martin Jaffe, CFP®
Vice-Chair and Co-Founder
Silvercrest Asset Management Group, LLC
New York, NY

Michael D. Jones
Chief Operating Officer
PBS
Arlington, VA

Dr. James Kooler
Administrator
California Friday Night Live Partnership and the 
CA Center for Youth Development and Health Promotion
Visalia, CA

Sara M. McHugh
Chief Operating Officer
Oregon Catholic Press
Portland, OR

David G. Strege, CFP®, CFA
Partner and Senior Financial Planner
Syverson Strege and Company
West Des Moines, IA

Karen Vahouny
Communications Consulting and Adjunct Professor
Marymount University
Washington, DC

Staff Contacts -

Please contact the individual(s) listed below with specific inquiries about:

CashCourse
Amy B. Hartenstine, Director, abb@nefe.org

Financial Workshop Kits website
Mary "Jeannette" Schultz, Manager, jeh@nefe.org

Research Funding
Greta Holtz, Manager of Grants, gnz@nefe.org

NEFE High School Financial Planning Program® (HSFPP)
HSFPP General Inquiries, HSFPP@nefe.org

Linking and Copyright
Clair Diones, Director of Marketing, marcom@nefe.org

Media Relations
Paul Golden, Manager of Marketing and Communications, pdg@nefe.org

My Retirement Paycheck website
Mary Hoch, Manager of Strategic Programs and Alliances, meh@nefe.org

NEFE Digest
Lauren Burke, Marketing and Communications Manager, llb@nefe.org

NEFE Financial Education Evaluation Toolkit
Billy J. Hensley, Ph.D., Director of Education, bjh@nefe.org

Partnerships
Brent Neiser, Senior Director of Strategic Programs and Alliances, ban@nefe.org

Public Policy
Brent Neiser, Senior Director of Strategic Programs and Alliances, ban@nefe.org

Research
Billy J. Hensley, Ph.D., Director of Education, bjh@nefe.org

Smart About Money website
Clair Diones, Director of Marketing, cdd@nefe.org

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