Align Executive Series

The Align Executive Series is a collaboration between the Rady Center for Executive Development and Challenger, Gray & Christmas, with the primary goal of facilitating communication between chief executives, board members and HR professionals within the San Diego corporate environment.

Series Topic: Preparing for Changes in the Economic Landscape

What do current and looming changes in the economic landscape mean to you and your employees?

Emmy Award Winner Jonathan Pond, “America’s Financial Planner” joins the Align Executive Series to provide timely and relevant financial advice. He will provide practical tools for you to:

• Emphasize the value of your company’s compensation package
• Make informed decisions about 401k or 403b fund management
• Help reduce employee stress by providing sound financial advice

Join us for discussion and suggestions for investing opportunities you can pass along to employees at all career stages. A strongly aligned team of chief executives, board members and HR professionals will lead their companies to greater success.

Program Outline

7:00am–7:45am	Breakfast and Networking
7:45am–9:00am	Jonathan Pond Presentation and Q&A

About Jonathan Pond

Jonathan Pond’s work in educating the public on financial matters has been far-reaching and widely recognized. His 16 prime time public television specials have been critically acclaimed for their effectiveness in providing useful and understandable financial guidance to people of all financial circumstances. Jonathan has been the pioneer in bringing low-cost, personalized money guidance to American households. His customized financial review reports are the most popular thank-you gift in public television history. He is widely sought as an objective and entertaining observer of the investing and personal financial planning scenes and has made regular national appearances on network and cable television stations, including regular segments on CNN and over 50 appearances on NBC’s Today Show. He is the recipient of many awards, including:

• The Malcolm Forbes Public Awareness Award for Excellence in Advancing Financial Understanding
• A Gold Medal at the Worldfest International Film Festival for a program on how individuals and families can benefit from the new tax rules
• A Silver Medal at the Houston International Film Festival for his program on achieving financial security
• An Emmy award for his contributions to a television series on financial planning in the 21st century

The American Society of Association Executives and the Newsletter Writers Association have recognized Jonathan as an outstanding author and over one million copies of his books have been sold. He was educated at the University of North Carolina, Emory University and the Harvard Business School.