8:30 AM
Welcome and Introduction of Congressional Keynote
Introduction
Jack Gillis, Executive Director
Consumer Federation of America
Speaker
Congressman Gregory Meeks
U.S. House of Representative
9:00 AM
Voter Attitudes About the Economy and Financial Services (View Video)
Introduction
Richard Dubois, Executive Director
National Consumer Law Center
Panelists
Celinda Lake, President
Lake Research Partners
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Christine Matthews, President
Bellwether Research & Consulting
View Presentation
10:00 AM
Keynote: How Do We Break the Cycles of Poverty? (View Video)
Introduction
Jack Gillis, Executive Director
Consumer Federation of America
Speaker
Arne Duncan, Managing Partner
Emerson Collective & Former U.S. Secretary of Education
10:30 AM
Is Cashless Retailing Good for Consumers?
Moderator
Rion Dennis, Financial Reform Advocate
Americans for Financial Reform
Panelists
Jenn Jones, Chief of Membership and Policy
National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Tony Goodman, Chief of Staff
Office of DC Council Member David Grosso
Stephanie Martz, Senior VP and General Counsel
National Retail Federation
Brian Peters, Executive Director
Financial Innovation Now
11:30 AM
Life Cycle of Student Loan Debt: Toward Meaningful Consumer Protection (View Video)
Introduction & Moderator
Rachel Weintraub, Legislative Director and General Counsel
Consumer Federation of America
Speaker
Seth Frotman, Former Private Education Loan Ombudsman
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Panelists
Martha Fulford, Senior Counsel
National Student Legal Defense Network
Toby Merrill, Director, Harvard Legal Services Center Project on Predatory Student Lending
Harvard Law School
Anna Schwartz, General Counsel
Scratch
12:30 PM
Luncheon
1:30 PM
Luncheon Keynote
Introduction
Ed Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director and Senior Fellow
U.S. PIRG
Speaker
Deepak Gupta, Founding Principal
Gupta Wessler PLLC
Former Senior Counsel, Consumer Financial Protection
2:00 PM
Criminalizing Debt (View Video)
Moderator
Christopher Peterson, Director of Financial Services and Senior Fellow
Consumer Federation of America
Panelists
Robyn Dorsey, Policy Research & Reinvestment Manager
Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition
Quisha Mallette, Community Advocate
Reinvestment Partners
Stacey Tutt, Visiting Clinical Professor of Law
University of California, Irvine
2:00 PM
Retail Investor Disclosures: Making Them Work
Moderator
Barbara Roper, Director of Investor Protection
Consumer Federation of America
Panelists
Cristina Martin-Firvida, Director, Financial Security and Consumer Affairs
AARP
Jennifer Porter, Branch Chief, Division of Investment Management
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Kevin Carroll, Managing Director and Associate General Counsel
SIFMA
2:00 PM
America Saves: Innovations in the Workplace to Facilitate Emergency Savings
Moderator
Carolyn Pemberton, America Saves Senior Program Manager
Consumer Federation of America
Panelists
Amelia O’Rourke-Owens, America Saves Director of Youth Financial Capability
Consumer Federation of America
David John, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor
AARP Public Policy Institute
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Diana Rucci, Director – Product Development
Prudential Retirement Services
3:30 PM
Insurance Regulation in America: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Moderator
Marceline White, Executive Director
Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition
Panelists
Birny Birnbaum, Director
Center for Economic Justice
Daniel Schwarcz, Professor of Law
University of Minnesota
Sean Kevelighan, President and Chief Executive Officer
Insurance Information Institute
Ethan Sonnichsen, Managing Director of Government Relations
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
3:30 PM
FinTech and Traditional Banks – Preserving Consumer Protections in Our Financial Future
Moderator
Christopher Peterson, Director of Financial Services and Senior Fellow
Consumer Federation of America
Panelists
Cornelius Hurley, Executive Director
Online Lending Policy Institute
Christina Tetreault, Senior Staff Attorney
Consumer Reports Advocacy
Ramon Gomez, Executive Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
4:30 PM
