Free Women’s Financial Fitness Day in Houston

Money Week Houston

Free financial workshop coming to Houston on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Women’s financial fitness day provided by Money Week Houston (www.moneyweekhouston.org) will encompass three broad topics about Credit and Debt Management, Investments and Wealth Building, and Retirement Planning.

Our event will be held at University of Houston, Downtown Campus. One Main Street, Houston, TX 77002 in the The Wilhelmina Cullen Robertson Auditorium. Visit the college website for more information www.uhd.edu or call them directly at 713-221-8000. For parking information please call 713-221-8127.

A sampling of our panelists include: Dayna Steele, LaTanya Flix, Alverna D. Austin, Irene Walker, Tammy Flemming, Elisea Frishberg, Rosalind Wilkins Haith, Nancy Granovsky, and Laury Adams. Our moderators includes Beverly Lyle, Starr Shephard, and Nola Lusk.

Our Mistress of Ceremonies is Beverly Lyle. Beverly Beavers-Lyle is the Regional Administrator for the Women’s Bureau with the U. S. Department of Labor where she serves as the Field Operations Manager of the ten regional offices, as well as the Regional Administrator for Region VI, which includes Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and New Mexico.

Our Key Note Speaker is Muriel Seibert. Muriel “Mickie” Siebert is the founder and president of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) brokerage firm that bears her name, Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc. She established the firm in 1967 when she became the first woman member of the NYSE and transformed it into a discount brokerage house on May 1, 1975, the first day that NYSE members were permitted to negotiate commissions. Muriel Siebert and Co. is the only woman-owned NYSE brokerage firm with a national presence. Ms. Siebert continues to oversee the firm’s day to day operations at its seven branches. The firm’s Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. municipal affiliate is ranked in the top 20 public finance firms in the country.

Event will open at 8am for light refreshments and meeting with our speakers and partners. Our panels will run for 45 minutes starting at 9am, 10am, and 11am. Our Key Note Speaker will be from 12pm-12:30pm.

This event is made possible in part by: Money Week Houston, University of Houston Downtown, A’LON Group, Inc., Women’s Bureau, US Department of Labor, Women Business Owners, Biz Radio, Women’s Council of HREA, The Women’s Resource of Greater Houston, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Austin Properties Unlimited, Micro Enterprise Lending, Adams’ Mediation & Financial Resource Center, and Houston Area Urban League.

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