President
Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER)
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Cindy Hounsell is the President and Founder of the Washington D.C. based Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER) a nonprofit founded in 1996 to improve opportunities for women to secure retirement income and to educate the public about the inequities that disadvantage women in retirement. As an attorney and retirement expert, Ms. Hounsell has been widely quoted in various media and publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes/PBS Next Avenue, Barrons, U.S. News and World Report, ABC, CNN, CNBC MarketWatch, Yahoo Finance and NPR’s 1A, All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Marketplace. Ms. Hounsell is also Director of the National Resource Center on Women and Retirement in partnership with the U.S. Administration on Community Living’s U.S. Administration on Aging. Through the Center’s work, Ms. Hounsell provides technical assistance to national aging organizations, trains leaders and grassroots advocates. Ms. Hounsell has testified before Congress and attended as a delegate for several White House summits and conferences. She has authored many chapters, columns, articles, op-eds, papers, guides and booklets focused on women’s retirement issues. Awards include a lifetime achievement award by the Plan Sponsor Council of America, an Influencer in Aging award by PBS-Next Avenue, Money magazine's 40 Money Heroes, the National Adult Protective Services Association and the MANA Award from MANA, A National Latina Organization. Most recently, the American Society on Aging honored Ms. Hounsell & WISER with the 2023 Advancing Economic Security for Older Adults Award.
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Policy Series: A Secure Retirement for Older Women
Thursday, November 9, 2023
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET