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• Summer 2008 (NEW!)

State Coalition for Financial Education Elects Officers
(The Journal Record, July 29, 2008)

Pamela Gutel, public affairs director for the Oklahoma City Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, has been elected president of the Oklahoma Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy.

Other officers include Amy L. Welch, state communications director for the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants, vice president; Denise Morris, state adviser for Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, secretary; Laurie Burt, operations manager for the Oklahoma Council on Economic Education, treasurer; Kevin Shahan, executive coach in Tulsa, communications chair; Inger Giuffrida, financial literacy training and technical assistance consultant, education chair; Darius Jackson, business development representative for Tinker Federal Credit Union, membership chair; and Carol Davis, policy chair.

Jennifer Wallis, vice president for Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Central Oklahoma, is immediate past president.

New CCCS Program Assists Homeowners

Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS) of Central Oklahoma is offering free credit counseling to any homeowner currently behind or in danger of falling behind on their mortgage payment. Nationally-certified CCCS housing counselors can help homeowners complete required forms and negotiate with their mortgage company to resolve delinquency and avoid foreclosure. Homeowners may be able to bring the mortgage current, skip payments, lower payments and/or lower interest rates to make payments more manageable. Contact CCCS at (405)789-2227 or help@cccsok.org for more information, or visit their Web site at www.cccsok.org.