Did you miss us?! We took a small break to enjoy graduation season with family and friends. While we’ve been reflecting about our own educational achievements and how we might encourage and support our loved ones in the pursuit of their dreams, there’s been *so much* going on in the world of retirement security! You will not want to miss:

• Putting experience to work across critical areas of technology, financials and user experiences with experts Peg Creonte and Scott Parry.

• State metrics – we’ve got the latest as May figures are rolling in!

• Updates from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

• Joel Metlen’s experience on shaking the status quo by addressing systemic inequities.

Addressing systemic inequities is so incredibly hard. You’re essentially fighting the status quo, and the status quo will reassert itself at every turn. Whenever you’re pushing for change to such ingrained problems, you can of course expect a certain amount of overt resistance, but the more challenging part can be the passive resistance. When people have the status quo on their side, doing nothing is actually a very effective method of killing the change. So how do you combat that?

What has Ascenus learned over five+ years in the State Auto IRA world, and what are they up to next? We chat with Government Savings head Peg Creonte and SVP Scott Parry about their perspectives, lessons learned, and next generation thinking.