A Foundation for the Future of Our Industry

By NAIFA CEO Kevin Mayeux, CAE

We announced the launch of the NAIFA Foundation for Financial Security at this year’s 7th Annual Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Symposium on May 23 prior to the kick-off of Congressional Conference. The tagline for the Foundation is “Building the Base for Financial Security” and features a logo mark that is a blue square symbolizing the base of the financial pyramid. The Foundation’s purpose is to raise awareness of financial services as a career choice to bring more people into the industry. The Foundation was announced at the DEI Symposium because the first scholarship program available is to college students or recent college graduates who associate themselves with under-represented populations in the ranks of financial services professionals. Helping to build a more diverse financial services workforce will allow NAIFA to better serve Main Street Americans and better represent them in every statehouse and on Capitol Hill. The second scholarship program that is in the works focuses on military veterans as they transition out of active duty or are considering a career change to financial services. The Foundation’s scholarships will be featured in NAIFA’s Future Leaders program which offers a free virtual program, – featuring NAIFA Young Advisor Team members – to university and college students. You can read more about the Foundation at foundation.naifa.org and the Future Leaders program, which is housed under the Talent Development Center, at tdc.naifa.org/futureleaders. Both the Foundation and the Future Leaders program are part of NAIFA’s 2025 Strategic Plan, which can be reviewed at belong.naifa.org/2025.