Staff
Members of the newly formed National Steering Committee on Financial Literacy were announced yesterday in Toronto:
- Camille Beaudoin, Autorité des marchés financiers
- Leslie Byrnes, Canadian Life & Health Insurance Association
- Laurie Campbell, Credit Canada Debt Solutions
- Terry Campbell, Canadian Bankers Association
- Shelley Clayton, University of New Brunswick Financial Aid Office
- Mary Condon, Ontario Securities Commission
- Pat Foran, CTV News
- Suzanne Gendron, Mouvement Desjardins
- Terry Goodtrack, Aboriginal Financial Officers Association of Canada
- Kelley Keehn, Financial author
- Cary List, Financial Planning Standards Council
- Elizabeth Mulholland, Prosper Canada
- Andrew Nicholson, Financial and Consumer Services Commission of New Brunswick
- Gary Rabbior, Canadian Foundation for Economic Education
- Cairine Wilson, Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada
Their responsibilities include:
- providing advice and insight on issues related to financial literacy to the financial literacy leader
- acting as champions by promoting a national strategy to stakeholders and encouraging participation in its development
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- facilitating coordination and collaboration to initiate financial literacy programs and activities that align with the national strategy’s goals and priorities, and securing commitments from organizations within their sectors
- participating actively by implementing projects or activities within their organizations that contribute to the goals of the national strategy, and
- monitoring progress and reporting to the leader on the progress of their respective sectors in moving the national strategy forward.
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