Update from Washington with Michael Townsend
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Michael Townsend will provide an update from Washington that is pertinent to investors, financial planners, estate planners, and tax professionals along with a 2022 midterm election preview.
As Managing Director of the Office of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Michael Townsend is Charles Schwab’s Washington-based political analyst. He speaks regularly at events around the country on how policy and politics affect investors and since 2019 has been the host of Schwab’s popular podcast, WashingtonWise, which is available on major podcast apps or at www.schwab.com/washingtonwise. Townsend brings more than 28 years of Washington experience as he analyzes legislative and regulatory proposals to determine how they would affect individual investors, retirement plan participants and investment advisers. As an advocate for individual investors, he then develops and executes strategies to communicate their interests to lawmakers, the media, employees and clients. Townsend is a featured speaker at dozens of employee, client, adviser and industry events each year, where he discusses the impact of the political and policy environment in Washington on investors and the capital markets. He also contributes political analysis articles to a variety of company publications, including regular updates to the “Washington Watch” section of Insights & Ideas on Schwab’s public website at www.schwab.com/insights. Mike also shares his thoughts on Twitter: @MikeTownsendCS He joined Schwab in April 2000 after nearly three years at Powell Tate, Inc., a Washington, D.C., public affairs firm, where he headed the Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Issues group. He previously served as press secretary and legislative assistant to Senator Susan M. Collins (R-Maine), and was Collins’ spokesperson during her successful 1996 campaign for the Senate. From 1993-1996, Townsend was an aide to Senator William S. Cohen (R-Maine), serving as assistant press secretary and later as press secretary to the Senate Special Committee on Aging, which Cohen chaired. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and a Master of Arts degree in English from George Mason University. He lives in Falls Church, Virginia, with his wife and three children.
Topic: SBEPC Meeting - February 22nd
Time: Feb 22, 2022 04:45 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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