TN Council on Economic and Free Enterprise Ed.

During Financial Literacy Month, director Maria Edlin King worked with Michael “Bootcamp” Thomas and the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center to provide a financial literacy program tailored to the needs of veterans and their dependents.

The council continued its role on the board of directors for Tennessee JumpStart Coalition. King represented Tennessee at the national JumpStart board meeting in Washington, D.C. King also has served as director of the Tennessee Stock Market Game for the last 45 years and, in that capacity, oversees the invitational national Capitol Hill Challenge.

In 2023, that role included traveling to Memphis to meet with U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen while he visited Whitehaven High School.

The MTSU-based Tennessee Council on Economic and Free Enterprise Education provided professional development workshops to 743 teachers—a potential touchpoint for over 140,000 K–12 students during the academic year. These offerings included two national presentations, two state conferences, three county in-service sessions, and 15 webinars.