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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#44546A">We are delighted to announce that the Management and Economics Association at A&M-Commerce will be hosting Mr. Richard Bowen, CPA as a guest speaker on
<b>April 27<sup>th</sup> at 5pm at our new Dallas location </b>(8750 North Central Expressway, Dallas, TX). Mr. Bowen is known best as the Citigroup Whistleblower and is a nationally recognized speaker. His presentation is titled
<i>“Ethics in the Last and Next Financial Crisis”</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#44546A">Faculty, staff and students can attend at no cost. The event will be live-streamed but we would love to have a nice crowd in person as well. Please register at the link below to secure your
spot. COB Career Services is providing a shuttle from Commerce to Dallas for students needing transportation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:white">Richard Bowen, CPA, CGMA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:white">APRIL 27<sup>TH</sup></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:white">6 pm – 7:30 pm: Presentation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:white">Location: TAMUC @ DALLAS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:white">Address: 8750 N. Central Expressway</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:white">Note: the event will be streamed online for out of town guests and students.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Ethics in the Last and Next Financial Crisis</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">Richard Bowen was a business chief underwriter at Citigroup who discovered that billions of dollars annually of defective mortgages were being
sold to investors in securitizations as quality mortgages. He warned management repeatedly for 18 months about possible unrecognized financial losses. Richard then warned Citi’s board of directors and requested an outside investigation, resulting in his being
placed on administrative leave and instructed not to return to the bank.</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black;background:white"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">He provided evidence of the massive fraud to the SEC three months before the bank bailouts and gave nationally televised testimony before
the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, where he witnessed coordinated efforts to hide key parts of his testimony from the American public. His story was featured in the</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color:black;background:white"> </span></i></span><i><u><span style="color:black;background:white">60
Minutes</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black;background:white"> </span></span></i><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">story “</span></em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXXN_7bItPI" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXXN_7bItPI"><span style="background:white">Prosecuting
Wall Street</span></a><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">,” which aired December 4, 2011 with an audience of 12 million viewers and has since been re-aired on CBS and CNBC eight times. Richard
recently retired as a professor of accounting at the University of Texas at Dallas and is a well-known speaker on ethical leadership and the financial crisis. </span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color:black;background:white"> </span></i></span><a href="http://www.richardmbowen.com/" title="http://www.richardmbowen.com/"><b><i><span style="color:#000066;background:white">www.richardmbowen.com</span></i></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597">Dr. Jared Pickens, CFP<sup>®</sup>
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Director, B.S. Applied Economics</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597">Assistant Professional Track Professor, Mentor, and Advisor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597">PHONE: (972) 546-0059<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:jared.pickens@tamuc.edu">jared.pickens@tamuc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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