INTERVIEW – RIC EDELMAN – the host of a weekly personal finance talk radio show called The Ric Edelman Show on WMAL.

• The Smart Money Retirement Expo ( https://smartmoneyretirementexpo.com/ ) is  the largest personal finance event ever in the Washington, DC, metro area. The event is being sponsored by the non-profit Funding Our Future Coalition, and Edelman Financial Engines, the largest independent financial planning and investment management firm in the region. The event is Saturday, November 23 at the Sheraton Tysons Hotel in Tysons Corner, VA. The $10 admission fee is being donated to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The Smart Money Retirement Expo features 26 seminars on topics of interest to those approaching and newly in retirement. Experts in retirement planning and public policy will show hardworking Americans how to make smart decisions as they plan for life in retirement. More than 3,000 people are expected to attend, and everyone can choose the morning or afternoon program. Both will feature the same keynote presentations and educational seminars on topics such as Saving for Retirement, Maximizing Social Security, Avoiding the Costs of Long-Term Care, Investment Management, Wills & Trusts and much more. Attendees must pre-register for the sessions they wish to attend. Mr. Edelman’s keynote presentation, based on his best-selling book, “The Truth About Your Future,” will reveal how to plan for retirement when people are living longer than ever before. He is one of the nation’s top financial advisors as recognized by Forbes and Barron’s, and hosts WMAL’s longest-running radio program, The Ric Edelman Show. George Vradenburg, Chairman and Co-Founder of UsAgainstAlzheimer’s and Kim Callinan, CEO of Compassion & Cares, will keynote a panel on “End of Life Planning: the Difficult but Vital Discussion” that Mr. Edelman will moderate. A third keynote session features economist Monique Morrissey of the Economic Policy Institute and Jason Fichtner, Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center. They will explore “Funding Our Future: Retirement Security Challenges and Solutions.”