Congratulations to winners of the Outstanding Symposium Practitioners' Forum Award!
2018: Lucia Reed & George Reuter, Compass Working Capital
For the past 25 years, the Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program has been one of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's best kept secrets. The program encourages families receiving federal housing assistance to increase their earned income and then enable families to build savings through the process of paying rent. Despite being the federal government's largest wealth-building program for families with low incomes, it has been underutilized and under-optimized for decades. Compass Working Capital, a Boston-based financial services nonprofit, has spent over eight years unpacking the program's potential by combining this powerful savings incentive with high-quality financial counseling and coaching.
Lucia Reed joined Compass in September 2015. In her role as Financial Services Manager, Lucia works to embed client feedback into all of Compass' services, coordinates and delivers professional development to coaches, and manages and develops Compass'. She is an Accredited Financial Counselor.
George Reuter joined Compass Working Capital in April 2016. He leads the development of actionable learning that supports Compass'.
2017: Carmina Lass, Credit Builders Alliance.
2016: Barbara O'Neill.