Taking Control of Your Financial Future in Tough Times

Jeanne Hogarth is a program manager for the Federal Reserve Board in Consumer Education and Research, specializing in consumer finance. She will discuss ways people can become more financially competent in today's financial markets, with a special focus on access and affordability of higher education and student loan debt loads. Hogarth has authored articles on electronic banking, patterns of financial behavior, and connections between knowledge and behavior in household financial management. She also prepares consumer information materials with a focus on information that is clear and understandable. Hogarth is on the staff of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. She worked previously with the Cooperative Extension System and has taught at the university and high school levels. She holds a doctorate in family and consumer economics from The Ohio State University. The Helen LeBaron Hilton Chair in Human Sciences Lecture.