The second session of the D.C. Financial Fitness Cohort: Investing Young for an Empowered Life is on February 11th! This is the second of five sessions tackling complicated financial concepts with expert speakers, informative content, and lessons you’ll take with you for the rest of your life.

In this session, Libby Snyder, one of the co-chairs of this program and local financial advisor, will discuss different types of investments, savings vehicles such as IRA’s, ROTH, 401K, HSA, and how to balance competing financial priorities. She will also discuss the importance of investing early in life, and how to approach it in a way that isn’t intimidating.

This session is only available to those who are a part of the D.C. Financial Fitness Cohort.

This program is proudly presented by JWI and The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.

Libby Snyder is a Financial Advisor with the Ruben Group at Merrill in Bethesda, Maryland. She works with a select group of affluent families, executives, successful business owners, and accomplished professionals to craft tailored wealth management strategies. Her mission is to provide personalized guidance to help her clients meet their financial goals and objectives, simplify and organize their financial lives, and provide a high level of confidence throughout the process. Libby is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™practitioner and a Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor. Previously, she served in Teach for America as a high school math teacher in Chicago, trying to combat educational inequality, where she earned her Masters in Special Education. Her goal as a teacher was to ensure all students built the necessary knowledge and skills to not only face academic and social challenges in and out of the classroom, but throughout their lives. Libby graduated from the University of Michigan and currently lives in Logan Circle.