The Office on Women's Policy and Initiatives in partnership with the Business and Professional Women’s/ District of Columbia Federation, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Xi Omega Chapter's Connection Committee & Edward Jones invite you and a friend to the last WWE Economic Event of the Year... Featuring Speaker: CINDY HOUNSELL President of Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement Cindy Hounsell is the President of WISER, the Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement, a nonprofit organization that seeks to improve the opportunities for women to secure retirement income and to educate the public about the inequities that disadvantage women in retirement. An experienced pension attorney, she has been widely quoted in the: New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, U.S.A Today, Newsweek, Barrons, Investors Business Daily, Congressional Quarterly, Ms., Working Mother, Associated Press, Knight Ridder and Reuters. She has appeared on ABC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, Fox Morning News & Financial News, and a Good Morning America interview with Diane Sawyer. The PBS program, To The Contrary, filmed a two-part award winning series on women and retirement that featured WISER. Radio interviews include several syndicated shows including National Public Radio's All Things Considered and Marketplace. Ms. Hounsell has testified before Congress, served as a delegate for a number of White House Summits and conferences including the last two White House Conferences on Aging, the White House Social Security Conference and each of the National Retirement Saver Summits. She has written several chapters, columns, articles, op-eds, papers and booklets on women and retirement. One of her essays appeared recently in 50 Ways to Improve Women's Lives, and she has co-authored two booklets: What Every WOMAN Needs to Know About MONEY And RETIREMENT: A Simple Guide and What Everyone Needs to Know About Money and Retirement. The booklets appeared as inserts in Good Housekeeping magazine, to a readership of over 26 million readers. Ms. Hounsell provides technical assistance to several national organizations as well as training to leaders and grassroots advocates around the country as part of her role as director of the National Education and Resource Center on Women and Retirement Planning, a national resource center funded by the Administration on Aging. In 2006, Women's ENews named her one of 21 Leaders for the 21st Century. Topic: Working Women Plan… Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 / 7 - 9 PM Opening speaker from Edward Jones Description: Working women have a lot to juggle...and planning your retirement shouldn’t be one thing that falls through the cracks. So come to this workshop and check our “retirement barometer." Every woman has a different retirement schedule - some want to work forever - others want to retire tomorrow. Through this workshop, we can plan the steps together to meet your retirement reality goals. Workbooks and tools to support budgeting and debt management. Location John A. Wilson Building Home to the Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC City Council 1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Room 527 Washington, DC 20004 Metro: Federal Triangle Parking: Street Parking and Ronald Reagan Building Near the Ronald Reagan building and on the corner at 14th and Penn Ave NW - take the D Street Entrance from the back of the building and take the elevators to the 5th floor and make a right 4 Ways to RSVP at www.wwe.eventbrite.com or at www.dcwomen.collectivex.com or call us at 202-724-1516 or email women@dc.gov Refreshments provided. Free/open to the public. Bring a friend. Part of the Washington Women Empowerment Initiative is an initiative of the Office on Women’s Policy and Initiatives part of the Executive Office of the Mayor, Washington, DC | WWE Economic Empowerment Series | www.owpi.dc.gov Want to speak or write about empowering women and their (nonprofit and private) organizations and families on economics, health, housing, environment and education? Let us know at women@dc.gov.

John A Wilson BUilding
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Room 527
Washington, DC 20004

Tuesday, November 20, 2007 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (ET)

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Office on Women's Policy and Initiatives

The newly legislated Office on Women's Policy and Initaitives, part of the Executive Office of the Mayor, is committed to enhancing the quality of life for all women and their families within the District of Columbia. OWPI, working in conjunction with the D.C. Commission for Women, is in a unique position to serve as a liaison between the public and private sectors and the Executive Office of the Mayor. The Office tracks local women's issues, concerns and proposals and presents these ideas to the Mayor and officials in the Fenty Administration. Learn more at www.owpi.dc.gov