
Collins, National Taxpayer Advocate, known as the “voice of the taxpayer” within the IRS and before Congress Deborah Owens, founder and CEO of WealthyU, financial expert and author and Steve Conary, a volunteer with AARP Foundation Tax-Aide. We’ll also be joined later in the program by Erin M. We’ll also be joined by AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins, who will share how AARP is supporting older adults and providing resources during the global coronavirus pandemic.

We’re very pleased to welcome Suze Orman, the world’s leading personal finance expert and host of the Women & Money (and the Men Smart Enough to Listen) podcast, who will share savings, retirement planning and debt advice, and steps you can take toward financial empowerment. Tonight, we are joined by some very special guests who will address these issues and more. These issues, plus an extremely complex tax season, are creating anxiety and confusion for many Americans.

Some have been forced to use retirement savings just to pay their bills and are now struggling with debt. Many have experienced unemployment for the first time and may have lost loved ones because of the pandemic.

Over the course of the last year, COVID-19 has disrupted peoples’ lives and finances in unprecedented ways. Today is a noteworthy day, since it was a year ago exactly that the pandemic was officially declared. In the face of the global coronavirus pandemic, AARP is providing information and resources to help older adults and those caring for them.

AARP, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with a membership has been working to promote the health and well-being of older Americans for more than 60 years. Before we begin, if you would like to hear this tele-town hall in Spanish, press *0 on your keypad. I am AARP Vice President and Editor-in-Chief Margi Mannix, and I want to welcome you to this very important discussion about the coronavirus.
