October 18, 2005
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Treasury Officials to Join Bankers in Schools Across the Nation
to Promote the Wise Use of Credit

Treasury is teaming up with the American Bankers Association Education Foundation on Thursday for the third annual Get Smart About Credit Day.  Treasury officials will join bankers across the nation to visit high schools, universities and youth groups to teach students how to budget, use credit cards and build a positive payment history. 

Media interest should contact Melissa Jones with ABA for press registration at (202) 663-5442. 

The following events are open to the press:

Emil Henry, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
7601 Hanover Parkway
Greenbelt, MD 
8:15 a.m. EDT

Harold Damelin, Inspector General
T.C. Williams H.S.
3330 King Street
Alexandria, VA
8:30 a.m. EDT

D. Scott Parsons, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Critical Infrastructure Protection
Myers Park High School
2400 Colony Rd
Charlotte, NC
9:00 a.m. EDT

Dan Iannicola, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Education
University of Rhode Island
Quinn Hall, RM 211
Kingston, RI
9:30 a.m. EDT
 
West Warwick High School
Webster Knight Drive
West Warwick, RI
12:45 p.m. EDT

James Carroll, Jr., Deputy General Counsel
T.C. Williams H.S.
3330 King Street
Alexandria, VA
9:40 a.m. EDT

Anna Escobedo Cabral, United States Treasurer
Manhattan Center for Math and Science
280 Pleasant Ave
New York, NY
10:00 a.m. EDT

Troy Stang, Community Development Financial Institutions
Cleveland High School
5950 Delridge Way, SW
Seattle, WA
11:00 a.m. PDT

Kimberly Reed, Senior Advisor to the Secretary
Boys and Girls Clubs Thornberry Unit
3831 E. 43rd Street
Kansas City, MO
4:15 p.m. CDT