Teaching Learning Leading K-12

Kevin Benson & Danny Kofke - Southern Education Retirement Consortium: Financial Planning for Retirement. This is episode 697 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Kevin Benson serves as Executive Director for Cooperative Purchasing Agency (CPA) and the Southern Education Retirement Consortium (SERC). In his CPA role, Kevin oversees a warehouse that provides office supplies, janitorial supplies, furniture, and USDA commodities, directly to 35 school systems in North Georgia.  Kevin also provides all school systems in Georgia access to national contracts through the Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies (AEPA).  Most recently, Kevin created the Southern Education Retirement Consortium (SERC).  In this role, Kevin strives to provide school systems and their employees, regardless of size, with unprecedented pricing, oversite, and control in the 403b and 457 markets. Kevin has been an educator for over 25 years as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, and safety director. Kevin