Speaker Bio:  Gail Hillebrand serves as Associate Director of Consumer Education and Engagement.  She oversees several offices, including Financial Empowerment, Consumer Engagement, Servicemember Affairs, Financial Education, Older Americans, and Students. Hillebrand formerly worked as a Senior Attorney at Consumers Union's West Coast Office, where she managed the credit and finance advocacy team and led the organization's financial services campaign. She is the former founding chair and board member of the California Reinvestment Committee, a statewide coalition working to encourage financial institutions to serve low-income consumers and neighborhoods. Hillebrand has served on the Consumer Advisory Council to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and on the Council of the American Law Institute. She began her career as a law clerk to Judge Robert Boochever of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She practiced law with the San Francisco firm of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown and Enersen (now Bingham McCutchen). She is a graduate of the University of California at San Diego and received her J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.

For questions on the program, please contact Suzanne Garwood: (202) 344-8046 or sgarwood@venable.com. Please call the WHF office with any other questions.

Cost: Not a member of Women in Housing and Finance? Call WHF at 703-683-4742 and we would be happy to assist in getting you signed up for membership.

RSVP: Please RSVP no later than Monday, April 23, 2012 at 5:00 pm.  Payment made after this date and onsite registrations will be charged an additional fee of $10. Onsite registrations will be accommodated on a space-available basis only. Cancellation will not be accepted after 5:00 pm, Monday, April 23, 2012. No shows will be charged. Call 703-683-4742 with questions.