SAVE THE DATE - The 2010 Visionary Awards

Honoring Champions of Economic Empowerment

On Thursday, October 28th, 2010, the Council for Economic Education will hold its fifth-annual Visionary Awards dinner at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City.

The dinner brings together leaders in business, media, public service, and education to honor champions of economic empowerment in all of its many forms - from those who have raised awareness about the need for economic and financial literacy, to those who, having succeeded in their chosen field by using sound economic decision-making, have turned that success into good public works.

The Visionary Awards dinner helps us to support great teachers like Ken Mengani, the 2009 McGraw-Hill Teaching Champion Award winner, as seen in this video clip of his acceptance speech.

Honorees to date for the evening include:

Joan Holmes

Founding President of The Hunger Project, which she built into an influential strategic organization that aims to end world hunger by mobilizing grassroots people, empowering women and forging partnerships with local governments;

Lawrence Kudlow

Host of CNBC’s primetime “The Kudlow Report”, co-host of CNBC’s “The Call”, and host of WABC Radio’s “The Larry Kudlow Show”;

Arkadi R. Kuhlmann

The “CEO of Savings,” is the Chairman and President of ING DIRECT USA, the nation’s largest online savings bank, Founder and Chairman of the ING DIRECT Kids Foundation, and author of The Orange Code book;

Riza Laudin

High School Economics Teacher at Herricks Public Schools in New Hyde Park, New York, receiving the 2010 McGraw-Hill Teaching Champion Award.

Please click here for an electronic version of the invitation to the 2010 Visionary Awards dinner.

Past Visionary Awards Honorees include:

• John Bogle, Founder of the Vanguard Group, prolific author, creator of the world’s first index fund;
• James J. Cramer, Co-Founder, TheStreet.com; Host of CNBC’s Mad Money with Jim Cramer;
• Bill Donaldson, 27th Chairman of the Securities Exchange Commission, Founder of Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette;
• Stephen Dubner, co-author of the bestseller, Freakonomics;
• Kathleen Kelley of Kingdon Capital and co-founder of High Water Women;
• Harold McGraw III, Chairman, President and CEO of The McGraw-Hill Companies;
• John Whitehead, Chairman of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation;
• John W. Rogers, Jr., Founder, Chairman, CEO & Chief Investment Officer of Ariel Investments;
• Mary L. Schapiro, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission;
• Julie Stav, Co-Founder of Tu Dinero magazine, financial advisor and media personality;
• Roger Ferguson, President and Chief Executive Officer of TIAA-CREF;
• Charles Schwab, Founder and Chairman of the Board of The Charles Schwab Corporation;
• Suze Orman, Two-Time Emmy Award-winning television host, author, magazine and online columnist, writer/producer, and one of the top motivational speakers in the world today;
• Gary Stern, former President and Chief Executive Officer of The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis;
• Kenneth Mengani, Economics teacher at the World Journalism Preparatory School in Flushing, NY, and recipient of the 2009 McGraw-Hill Teaching Champion Award.

For more event information, please contact Chip Parker at (212) 730-5659 or via email: cparker@councilforeconed.org.

Photos from the 2009 Visionary Awards