• 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

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES – 2002-AND BEYOND

  • 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

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