Speaker: Suzanne McGovern, Senior Advisor, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

How to you handle your investments close to and during retirement? How do you protect your hard-earned money? Learn the different things you should be thinking about such as monitoring your accounts, adding a trusted contact, doing background checks on your investment firm professional, and how to avoid investment fraud in this high-tech environment.

Join us to hear Suzanne McGovern from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission discuss these and other things to know about as you plan for and protect your financial future.  

Suzanne McGovern has been at the Securities and Exchange Commission for 15 years.  Prior to her current position in the Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, she most recently was an Assistant Director of the Broker-Dealer Exam Program in the Office of Compliance, Inspections and Examinations, responsible for examining broker dealers, investment advisers and creating an exam program for Municipal Advisors. She is also responsible for initiatives to protect Senior Investors, focusing on Anti-money laundering issues and the ETF market.  Suzanne graduated from Denison University with a B.A. in Economics and has been the recipient of several awards at the SEC, including the Law and Policy Award, Excellence in Leadership and two Chairman’s Award for Excellence.

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