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2020 Bank On Washington Forum Speakers

Darren Liddell Propel

Darren Liddell has been working in the financial empowerment field
for over 10 years and currently serves on the government and
nonprofit partnerships team at Propel. In this role, he focuses on
partnering with organizations to positively impact families receiving
SNAP.

Darren is passionate about empowering community members to
achieve their financial goals and previously, Darren served at The
Financial Clinic as Director of Program Innovation where he
oversaw the financial coaching, tax preparation, data and policy
teams, while providing innovative direction to the organizations
local and national programs. Darren currently serves as a member
on Prosperity Now’s Taxpayer Opportunity Network Steering
Committee and AFCPE’s Government Affairs Task Force and is an
Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC®) through AFCPE.
Previously, he managed Miami-Dade County's VITA Tax
Collaborative of 40 tax sites, coordinated the Miami portion of the
first RCT study of financial coaching, and has years of experience
as a financial coach and a VITA program manager.

Outside of work, he is an Eagle Scout and he enjoys learning new
culture through food. Darren is a proud tax nerd and a racial wealth
equity advocate. He is always aiming to learn more about
opportunities to address the racial wealth divide through policy,
financial coaching, fintech, and at tax-time.