Persistence pays off. It’s not always easy getting a new retirement savings program off the ground. It is, however, very rewarding to see the results once you’ve done it. This week we have the pleasure of chatting with Connecticut’s Comptroller, Natalie Braswell, and Executive Director of the MyCTSavings Program, Jessica Muirhead, on progress and priorities in the Nutmeg State.

Since 2017, CalSavers’ Katie Selenski has been in charge of what has quickly become – and is likely to remain -- the nation’s largest Auto IRA program. While the successes are wonderful, the challenges are also very real. What’s it like to launch a program that covers nearly 8 million workers?

This week we chat with Ida Rademacher, Vice President and Director of Aspen’s Financial Security Program, and Karen Andres, Director of Policy and Market Solutions for the Program. We’re hitting four hot topics: the power of automatic enrollment. What happens when we re-imagine retirement? Innovation among our financial services providers. And maybe most importantly, the call for a national strategy on financial inclusion.