For Your Benefit

Host Bob Leins and co-host Tammy Flanagan, Senior Benefits Director at NITP, welcome back Paula S. Jakub, RHU; CEO of The American Foreign Service Protective Association, sponsor of the Foreign Service Benefit Plan, to talk Population Health and Wellness in the FEHB Program.

Host, Bob Leins welcomes David De Jong and Steve Widdes, tax and estate attorneys with Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC, to discuss uncertainties and opportunities related to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Host Bob Leins welcomes Mike Causey of Federal News Radio. Federal Employees are anxious about the four proposals that the Office of Personnel Management recently sent to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), but were nowhere to be found in the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which lawmakers passed Thursday morning with a 351-66 vote, as reported by Federal News Radio.

Host Bob Leins welcomes Kristina E. M. Sturgis, CFP® CDFA™ APMA™ Financial Advisor, NITP Seminar Presenter and Certified Financial Planner™ with Analytics Wealth Advisors, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Host Bob Leins welcomes David Santana from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to the studio.

Join hosts, Bob Leins and Karen Schaeffer, CFP®, as they welcome Ravi Deo, Executive Director, and Kim Weaver, Director of External Affairs of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to the studio.

Host Bob Leins, and co-host John Elliott, welcome Lester Austin, Retired Senior Public Affairs Specialist with the Social Security Administration, to talk about how social security coordinates with financial awareness, planning and opportunities.

Host Bob Leins, and co-host John Elliott, welcome Lester Austin, Retired Senior Public Affairs Specialist with the Social Security Administration, to talk about how social security coordinates with financial awareness, planning and opportunities.

Host Bob Leins welcomes Joe Sullender, CFP®, Managing Director/Investments for the Financial Strategies Group of Wells Fargo Advisors to talk about making the most out of meeting with your financial advisor.

Host Bob Leins welcomes Karen Schaeffer, Certified Financial Planner®. In honor of Financial Literacy Month, Karen will talk about small changes that make a big difference in financial planning.