David Nason of U.S. Treasury teaches a lesson on credit to high school students at Chariho H.S. in 2007.
Contact: Jim Hedemark
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RI Native Nominated by President Bush To High Post at US Treasury
David Nason of North Providence Nominated for
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Financial Institutions)
March 26, 2007 – On March 1, 2007, The White House Office of the Press Secretary posted that President George W. Bush intends to nominate David G. Nason to the post of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Financial Institutions).
Nason, a native of North Providence, RI attended Mt. St. Charles Academy in Woonsocket. His parents and other family still live in North Providence,
The RI Jump$tart Coalition was pleased to coordinate a Rhode Island visit for Nason on October 19th, 2006 as he promoted positive credit usage in a high school class at Warwick Veteran’s Memorial High School and led a policy discussion at Brown University’s Taubman Center for Public Policy & American Institutions.
RI Jump$tart Coalition Executive Director, Jim Hedemark states, “We at the Jump$tart Coalition are very pleased to learn of Mr. Nason’s pending promotion. We share in Ocean State pride as this native son has risen to be considered for such a high rank in the service of our nation. Mr. Nason’s love for his home state was abundantly evident to us last Fall, as he led one of our efforts to teach young people about wise personal financial decisions.”
In an excerpt from a statement released on March 1, 2007; Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, stated, “I am truly pleased with the President's intention to nominate David Nason to succeed Assistant Secretary Emil Henry. David has already shown great commitment to the President's economic agenda and to the Treasury Department as a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions.”
To view official statements regarding Mr. Nason’s pending nomination and Mr. Nason’s Treasury Department bio, see:
President George W. Bush’s Statement
Treasury Secretary Paulson’s Statement
Assistant Secretary, David G. Nason's bio
The Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition (founded in 2004) is an coalition of dozens of Ocean State and New England region businesses, community organizations, educational institutions, government agencies and officers. The coalition¹s mission is “to increase the financial literacy of individuals in Rhode Island.” The coalition¹s website is www.rijumpstart.org
In 2006, for the first time, Rhode Island high school seniors participated in the national Jump$tart Coalition personal financial literacy survey that measures teenagers¹ knowledge of personal financial literacy topics. Rhode Island high school seniors answered 48.8% of the questions correctly. The national average was 52.4%. For more details on the national survey, please click here.
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