Payday Lending Forums, Lexington, KY & Covington, KY - Attempt at legislation on Payday Lending - Specialist serves on the Attorney General's Consumer Advisory Council, 2010

FCS Core Team Staff meeting _ UK

Attorney General's Consumer Advisory Council

Interviews for Community Development candidates, 2010

Sons of Issacar, an after school program for troubled youth – Canaan Community Development Corp., Louisville, KY, 2010

Conference call with representative of Nolo Press to discuss collaboration with Legally Secure Your Financial Future, 2010

JCEP (Joint Council of Extension Professionals) Leadership Meeting – San Antonio, TX, 2011

MITT (Managing in Tough Times) committee – UK

LifeSmarts Competition – Consumer Quiz game sponsored by the Atty. General's office and other organizations - KSU is a sponsor and host, 2003 - 2012

Met with Wayne Long, Ag agent in Louisville to discuss Louisville's report for PILD meeting of elected officials in Washington, DC, 2011

Center for Creative Leadership (Leadership Dev. Workshop), San Diego, CA, 1996

Kentucky State Extension Conference or regional conferences 2002-

Black Family Conference, Louisville, KY each year

Southern Region Policy and Leadership (PLN) Conferences each year

National Technology Conference (Penn State), 2002

Epsilon Sigma Phi, Lexington, KY, 2002

Delegate to the National Summit on Retirement Savings, Nominated by Congresswoman Anne Northrup, and sponsored by the US Dept. of Labor, US Congress, & The US President George Bush

Federal Long Term Care Insurance workshop, Louisville

Women in Ag. – Lexington, KY

Money Smarts Educational Program – Train-the-Trainer Workshop, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Chicago, IL, 2003

Kentucky Commission on Women Economic Summit, Panelist, 2005

KY Economic Long Term Policy Conference – Louisville, KY

Eastern Region Family Economics and Resource Management Conference, Tampa, FL 2004, Knoxville, TN, 2006 – Presented paper

Truth in Advertising Workshop-by the Better Business Bureau, Bellarmine U. -Louisville, KY

Immigration and Health Forum, Lexington, KY

Appliance and Home Furnishings Educational Tour (also included Kitchen and Bath Industry Show) - Milwaukee, WI and Chicago, IL 2004. Sponsored by the University of Kentucky

1890 Extension Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2005, also 2003