Year: 2008
President’s Council on Financial Literacy will hold listening forum in Des Moines Nov. 11
AMES, Iowa — Members of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy will host “Financial Literacy in the Heartland” — a special listening forum with invited statewide leaders in financial …
Turning that Fear to Focus
On Thursday, October 30, Sharon appeared on ABC 15’s Sonoran Living to speak about turning fear to focus in this tough economic time. Below is the post from ABC 15 …
Afghan women learn, ‘My business is not my job’
Entrepreneurs who think of their business as their job have the wrong mindset and risk burnout, President’s Council member Sharon Lechter told a group of Afghan women entrepreneurs Oct. 16 …
Girl scouts tackle financial concepts
Scores of young girls in 10 different cities across the nation took the first step towards tackling their financial futures under the direction of millionaire women CEOs and entrepreneurs. The …
YOUTHpreneur team teaches teens free enterprise
The YOUTHpreneur team joined up with the Boys & Girls Club once again to teach teens how to be financially prepared for the future in an event the first weekend …
Sharon attends roundtable at Republican National Convention
On Tuesday, September 2, Sharon participated in a Financial Services Roundtable during the Republican National Convention as a representative of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy. This is one …
YOUTHpreneurs check up on their gumball machines
On Tuesday, July 15, the dozen children of the Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Phoenix enrolled in the first YOUTHpreneur class went out to check up on the status …
Boys & Girls club kids take steps to become youth entrepreneurs
PHOENIX (July 2, 2008) – On Tuesday, a dozen kids of the Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Phoenix took the first steps to becoming entrepreneurs when they placed their …
YOUTHpreneur launches in cooperation with Phoenix Boys & Girls Club
On Tuesday, June 24, 10 children from the Phoenix Metropolitan Boys & Girls club began the journey to becoming entrepreneurs. YOUTHpreneur classes began for the kids and will continue for …
Sharon Lechter to serve on new President’s Council Committee on the Under-Served
WASHINGTON, DC–(MARKET WIRE)–May 28, 2008 — At the inaugural meeting of the U.S. President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy, Committee on the Under-Served, now chaired by HOPE founder John Hope …
