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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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