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What Others Say About iOme
“
I am honored to be involved
in iOme where you see students
taking hold of their financial
future and offer sound ideas for
our country to move forward in
economic prosperity. The most
important thing we can do is
empower this next generation
of leaders and that
empowerment is exactly what
iOme proudly provides!
”
Laura Schwartz
The White House Director
of Events & Special
Assistant to the President,
Clinton Administration
“
Entering the iOme Challenge
is a great way for Millennials to
understand and engage with one
of the most challenging policy
questions facing our nation:
how to ensure their generation’s
economic security in retirement.
If Millennials, who have the
most to lose, aren’t part of this
societal discussion, they will lose
the most.
”
James Choi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
of Finance
Yale University
“
I am involved with iOme because I want
to help young people to better understand
how to provide for their own futures. College
students face perhaps the most difficult
financial environment in generations, and
most of the pressures they feel are quite
immediate - paying for college, finding a job,
buying a car, looking toward starting a family.
Lifelong financial security to many seems to
be just a dream. But there are things that
young people can do right now that will have
profoundly positive impacts that will last into
retirement. It’s important for those of us with
more life experience and financial knowledge
to help them see a better path.
”
Kevin Quinn, Ph. D.
Board Member, iOme
Founding Dean,
Donald J. Schneider School of
Business & Economics
St. Norbert College
Martin Merzer
The Pulitzer Prize
Winner and Retired
Senior Writer at
The Miami Herald
“
It’s no secret that we’re all dealing with a variety
of economic challenges, but no group faces more
daunting economic trials -- or will be confronting
these issues for longer periods -- than members
of what has come to be known as the millennial
generation. Surveys find that they’re already deeply
concerned about the nation’s financial situation and
about their own current economic situations. But,
given the inevitability of changes that will lower the
safety nets provided by Social Security and other
government-sponsored retirement programs, it is
absolutely essential that millennials begin thinking
about retirement planning much earlier than was
the case for other generations. That’s why iOme
is so important, so valuable. And that’s why I’m so
pleased to be associated with it.
”