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| About Us |
| University of Illinois Extension |
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University of Illinois Extension provides practical, research-based information
and programs to help individuals, families, farms, businesses and communities
in Illinois. Its mission is to help you put knowledge to work.
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| Financial Support |
The Plan Well, Retire Well Project was generously funded by the Lauritsen
Family Foundation.
The Plan Well, Retire Well website is funded in part by a grant from
the Investor Protection Trust (IPT). The IPT is a nonprofit organization devoted
to investor education. Since 1993 the IPT has worked with the States to provide
the independent, objective investor education needed by all Americans to make informed
investment decisions. www.investorprotection.org
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| Plan Well, Retire Well Project Team Authors |
Chair: Karen Chan, Extension Educator 2000-Current
Principal Investigator: Paul E. McNamara, Extension
Specialist, 2000-Current
Ellen Burton, Acting Regional Director, 2000-2003
Charlotte Crawford, Retired Extension Educator, 2000-2002
Mary Ann Fugate, Retired Extension Educator, 2000-2006
Pat Hildebrand, Extension Educator. 2000-2007
Jennifer Hunt, Extension Educator, 2000-Current
Angela Lyons, Extension Specialist, 2001-2003
Kathy Sweedler, Extension Assistant, 2000-Current
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| Awards |
National Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS) National Internet Education Technology Communications Award, 2006
Freddie Mac 2006 Successful Outreach and Marketing Efforts for Financial Education Award, finalist
NEAFCS National Marketing Package Award, 2006
University of Illinois Extension 2006 Outstanding or Innovative Program -- Team Award for Plan Well, Retirewell: Your how-to guide Website, 2006
Epsilon Sigma Phi - Alpha Nu Chapter (Illinois)'s Team Award, 2006
UIUC Webmasters "Cool Site" programming award, April 2004
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Content Reviewers
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Thank you to the following people who reviewed the content of the different
sections of the website:
Karen F. Folk, Ph.D., CFPTM
Earl L. Grinols, Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John Micetich, MBA, CFPTM
Aimee Prawitz, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Northern Illinois University
Susan Taylor, Extension Educator, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Barbara Wollan, Family Resource Management Field Specialist, Iowa State
University
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| Spanish Translation |
Thank you to the following people for translating the Choose Investments section into Spanish.
Dr. German Cutz, Extension Specialist in Spanish Language Programming, University of Illinois Extension
Liliana Nichamin and Adriana Martinez, Independent Contractors.
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Programmers
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Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois
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Clint Stearns, Research Programmer
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Clark Roberts, Manager of Systems Services
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John Taylor, Research Programmer
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Reggie Varnado, Research Programmer
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| Video Production |
Information Technology and Communications Services, University of Illinois
James B. Knoblauch, Extension Specialist Video, Photo/Video
John P. Tubbs, Media Communications Specialist, Web Management and Support
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| Thank You |
| This website was developed with the support and help of many, many people.
Feedback was gathered in a variety of ways including the initial storyboard
session, focus groups, usability and beta testing, and informal polling. Thank
you to each person who provided feedback. Your assistance was very important
and much appreciated. Thank you also to Dr. Vicki Fitzsimmons for her help to
begin this project.
Thank you to the following actors and participants in the video vignettes: Sarah Antrim-Cambium, Julie Claussen, Eduardo Garcia, Aaron Golden, Nichole Handy, Jon Hill, Jan Marken, Margaret McNamara, Deidre Ann Norris, Antonio Reyes, Shannon Richardson, Sari Sanchez, Trina H. Simpson, and Amy Young.
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| Plan Well, Retire Well: Your how-to guide is a part of the national
Cooperative Extension Initiative, Financial Security in Later Life. This
initiative aims to make responsibility for later life financial security a
priority for individuals. For more information, visit the website http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/economics/fsll/fsll.html.
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