2022 Financial Wellbeing Symposium

10:30 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.     Introduction

• Lori Lucas, President and CEO, EBRI

10:35 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.     Americans’ Financial Wellness

• Shai Akabas, Director of Economic Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center
  
• Kendra Isaacson, Senate HELP Committee

10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.     2022 Financial Wellness Survey: Employer Perspectives

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In its fifth year, EBRI’s Financial Wellbeing Employer Survey explores how employers are adapting their financial wellness solutions to their employees’ evolving needs — and their own new budgeting constraints. Learn how employers are gauging and measuring the success of their financial wellness initiatives. Also, this year, the survey included a special focus on mental health and financial wellbeing. Panelists will then explain what they are hearing from employers on the ground and how they are seeing mental health and financial wellbeing being linked.

• Craig Copeland, Director of Wealth Research, EBRI
• Lisa Margeson, Managing Director, External Affairs, Retirement Research & Insights, Bank of America
• Josh Newmister, HR/Benefits Leader, Meta
  
• Andréa Potts, Vice President, Product/Financial Wellness, Prudential (Moderator)

CLOSED SESSION: FINANCIAL WELLBEING RESEARCH CENTER MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS ONLY

11:40 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.     How Various Generations of Workers Address Financial Security

In this session, we’ll hear from a panel of individuals working toward the goal of personal financial wellbeing — a young Millennial, an older Millennial, and a Gen Xer — on how they are handling their journey. What are the different challenges they face? How do their attitudes toward financial security differ? What are the different tools and resources they are using to help them achieve financial security? What are their varying expectations, and experiences, when it comes to their employer’s role in helping them secure financial stability?

• Julie Everett,  Financial Planner, Financial Finesse (Moderator)
• Younger Millennial Employee from New York
• Older Millennial Employee from Tennessee
• Baby Boomer from Michigan

12:25 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.     Networking Lunch

1:10 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.       How Are Benefits Retaining Your Top Talent?

In this session, we’ll hear from employers about how their financial wellness efforts feed into their broader employee engagement and retention strategies. How do emergency savings help, debt assistance, financial counseling and coaching, and other efforts not only create a more financially secure work force, but a more satisfied and connected one? How do these strategies address the needs of a diverse work force? And how are these strategies evolving over time?

• Sarah Kaney, Kraken Digital Asset Exchange, Sourcing Manager/Talent Attraction
• Michael Anzalone, CEBS, Benefits Director, Well-being, Ally
  
• Karen Sicignano, Director of Global Benefits Planning, McKinsey & Company
• Tia Padia, Senior Vice President, Head of Marketing, HealthEquity (Moderator)
  

1:55 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.       Wrap-Up and Adjourn