Regulators, financial industry lobbyists, educators, and others, were named to the National Steering Committee on Financial Literacy on Wednesday.

The 15-member committee, which is charged with implementing a national strategy on financial literacy, was unveiled in Toronto by recently-appointed Financial Literacy Leader, Jane Rooney, and Kevin Sorenson, Minister of State (Finance).

From the regulatory community, the committee includes Mary Condon, former vice chair of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), who recently returned to academia and remains a part-time commissioner at the OSC; Camille Beaudoin, director of financial education at the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF); and, Andrew Nicholson, director of education and communications at New Brunswick’s Financial and Consumer Services Commission. It also features Leslie Byrnes, vice president Canadian Life & Health Insurance Association (CLHIA); Terry Campbell, president of the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA); and, Cary List, president and CEO of the Financial Planning Standards Council (FPSC).

The committee’s other members include Laurie Campbell, Credit Canada Debt Solutions’ CEO; Shelley Clayton, director of the University of New Brunswick’s financial aid office; Pat Foran, CTV News; Suzanne Gendron, managing vice president of Mouvement Desjardins; Terry Goodtrack, president and CEO of the Aboriginal Financial Officers Association of Canada; Kelley Keehn, author; Elizabeth Mulholland, CEO of Prosper Canada; Gary Rabbior, president of the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education; and, Cairine Wilson, vice president of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada).

The Finance department reports that the committee’s members were selected from over 100 applicants to an open, online application process. They were selected given their experience and achievements, it says, adding that preference was given to candidates who had financial education experience with important groups such as seniors, aboriginal Canadians, immigrants, youth and low-income Canadians.

They will serve a two-year term, and will be charged with providing advice and insight on issues related to financial literacy to Rooney; promoting a national strategy; helping coordinate the adoption of financial literacy programs; and reporting on the progress of their respective sectors; among other things.