Adrian Cortes — Adrian Cortes is identified as the Senate lead and champion for the legislation, with repeated references to him leading the effort on the Senate side. He then speaks directly, expressing excitement about leading the effort as a parent, teacher, and special education teacher.
Adrian Cortes — Senator Adrian Cortes is repeatedly referenced throughout a discussion of financial education policy: speakers thank him for his leadership, note his district and educator background, invite his input on the House-passed bill, and describe him as a key partner in efforts to advance the requirement and make the policy happen.
Vanessa Medina — Vanessa Medina is introduced as a teacher in the Vancouver School District.
Christy Johnson — Christy Johnson, board chair of the Washington Council for Economic and Financial Education, introduces herself as a small business owner, parent, and University of Washington educator, then explains that today’s financial system is increasingly complex and underscores the need for financial education.
Tracy Godat — Identified as being with the Financial Education Public Private Partnership.
Tracy Godat — Tracy Godat, executive director of the Financial Education Public-Private Partnership, introduced herself and thanked the Treasurer for partnering and advocating for financial education. She emphasized support for prioritizing financial education across K-12 and across the state, and noted that FEP has spent nearly two decades curating and reviewing free materials for educators and supporting teacher professional development.
Tracy Godat — The Treasurer says Tracy Godat, with the Financial Education Public-Private Partnership, has spent a decade creating modules and teaching and learning systems to address a wide range of financial education topics.
Joe Atomack — Identified as representing Washington State's credit unions.
Joe Atomack — Joe Atomack was handed the floor and introduced himself as representing Washington’s credit unions. He explained that credit unions see a real need for financial education, noted that schools already provide some instruction but there remains a large gap in reach relative to the number of public school students, and pointed to high school credit union branches as an example of students gaining both financial literacy and job skills. He concluded by thanking the Treasurer, Senator Cortez, and others for their leadership and support.
Vanessa Reilly Medina — Introduces herself as a public school educator at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Vancouver Public Schools and a parent.