Good friends introduce you to good people. This week, we chat with Professor Keith Weigelt, thanks to an introduction from DCIIA’s Dominika Turkcan. Sometimes when you’re walking to work, you see something you can do something about. In this case, it involves money – and intergenerational wealth. Not all of us would start a financial empowerment program if we saw racial wealth inequality, but one man did. Here’s how it’s going.

In this edition, we dive into the latest innovations in retirement savings, including state retirement plan mandates and how they complement the private sector. Grab something cold and join us as we wrap up the spring conference season, celebrate OregonSaves crossing the $200 million milestone 🥂, share updates from key states, and explore how firms respond to state mandates with insights from new research. Plus, don’t miss Hot Sauce, cool finds, and Pix of the Week!

As the smell of freshly brewed coffee fills rooms and a chorus of chairs squeak and shuffle to find their places, discussions on retirement savings spring to life. Gathered in these rooms are a diverse set of minds - private sector innovators, state officials, Treasury officers, legislators, policy makers - each prepared to offer their piece to the puzzle that is the future of retirement security in the United States