Events
Schaeffer Financial in the Community
Karen is a regular lecturer at various government agencies including:
- Census Bureau
- Defense Logistics Agency
- Defense Security Systems
- Dept of Defense
- Dept of Energy
- Dept of Health and Human Services
- Dept of Justice
- Dept of Treasury
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Federal Drug Administration
- Federal Highway Administration
- Government Accountability Office
- MD Society of Accountants
- NASA
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Security Administration
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
- Tricare
- US Air Force
- US Army
- US Navy
- US Bankruptcy Court Judges
- US Magistrates Judges
- US Marshall's Service
- US Postal Service - Office of the Inspector General
- US Secret Service
- Washington Headquarters Services
- Western Area Power Administration
Karen is regularly requested as a speaker
- Institute for Financial Planning Conference – Newport, Wales – September 2010
- Financial Planning Association Annual Conference – Denver, CO – October 2010
- Academy of the Holy Cross – Kensington, MD - November 2010
- FPA National Capital Area Winter Symposium – Washington, DC – January 2011
- FPA National Capital Area Spring Symposium – Washington, DC – May 2011
- Academy of the Holy Cross – Kensington, MD – March 2011
- Institute for Financial Planning Conference – Southeast, England – June 2011
- Financial Planning Institute Annual Conference - Johannesburg, South Africa – June 2011
- Financial Planning Association Annual Conference – San Diego, CA – September 2011
- College for Financial Planning Annual Conference – Las Vegas, NV – April 2012
- Financial Planning Association Annual Conference – San Antonio, TX – September 2012
Schaeffer Financial in the News
- Retirement counselors: Growth curve steepens – Washington Business Journal by Deborah Durham-Vichr – 5/1/00
- CFP Board moving out of Denver HQ – Denver Business Journal – 4/11/07
- Where to Find A Decent Return – Washington Post by Heather Landy – 12/28/08
- On the Brink of Losing the House -- and the Down Payment – Washington Post by Nancy Trejos – 11/9/08
- It's a House, Not a Retirement Fund – Washington Post by Elizabeth Razzi – 9/30/07
- Wanna Talk Money? – Washington Post by Nancy Trejos – 3/2/08
- It's More Than a Mortgage – Washington Post by Mary Ellen Slayter – 9/6/08
- A year when savings trumps investing – Christian Science Monitor, Vol 101 Issue 65 by Kathleen Connell – 3/2/09
- Grim diagnosis isn't a license to splurge – USA Today – 10/19/07
- TEN TO-DOS BEFORE YOU RETIRE – Secrets of Successful Retirement (book) by Beth Brophy – 2004
- Financial facts for expats – Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine by Ronaleen R. Roha – Feb 1996
- “Ask the Expert” – The Washington Post – 3/23/08 and 5/18/08