Candura @Group - Financial Planning Association - National Capital
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Don Blandin, President and CEO, Investor Protection Trust (lPT)<br />
Don Blandin, president and CEO of the Investor Protection Trust<br />
(IPT) and the Investor Protection Institute (IPI), has worked in and<br />
with a wide variety .of sectors, including business and industry;<br />
nonprofit; academia and philanthropic foundations; and federal, state<br />
and local government, both in the U.S. and globally. Don has been<br />
building coalitions and partnerships for more than three decades.<br />
Don Blandin was appointed president and CEO of the Investor<br />
Protection Trust (IPT), a nonprofit organization devoted to investor<br />
education, in 2004. Founded in 1993, The Investor Protection Trust<br />
works both nationwide and on a grassroots level to provide<br />
independent objective investor education needed by all Americans to make informed investment<br />
decisions.<br />
As president of IPT, Don works frequently with state securities regulators on programs to help<br />
Americans of all ages become wise and safe investors. Don's achievements at IPT over the past<br />
six years include: sponsorship ofthe "Personal Finance Guide for Military Families;" the recent<br />
Elder Investment Fraud and <strong>Financial</strong> Exploitation Prevention Program, in partnership with<br />
North American Securities Administrators <strong>Association</strong> (NASAA) and the <strong>National</strong> Adult<br />
Protective Services <strong>Association</strong> (NAPSA); the Investor Education in Your Community®<br />
program; the national MoneyTrack public television series; The Campaign for Wise and Safe<br />
Investing® in partnership with the AARP Foundation, and "The Basics of Saving and Investing:<br />
Investor Education 2020."<br />
Recent awards bestowed -on Don include the 2011 BBB International Torch Award for<br />
Consumer Leadership from the Council of Better Business Bureaus and the 2010 Heart of<br />
<strong>Financial</strong> <strong>Planning</strong> Award from the <strong>Financial</strong> <strong>Planning</strong> <strong>Association</strong>.<br />
Prior to assuming his .current leadership role at IPT, Don was president of the American Savings<br />
Education Council (ASEC). While at ASEC from 1996 to 2004, he undertook multiple initiatives<br />
to raise public awareness regarding what it takes to instill long-term personal financial<br />
independence.<br />
Don was an appointed a delegate to both the 1998 and 2002 White House/Congressional<br />
<strong>National</strong> Summits on Retirement Savings, hosted by the President and Congressional leaders.<br />
Don is a founding member and the first national director of Pi Alpha Alpha, the national<br />
honorary society for public administration.<br />
Don Blandin holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from California State University, East<br />
Bay, and a Master of Public Administration degree from The American University in<br />
Washington, DC. Don and his wife, Nanette, reside in Washington, DC. They have a son,<br />
Devon, and daughter, Sara.<br />
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