| 2009-2011 |
Current – Chair, Financial Literacy Advisory Council of NYSE Euronext |
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| 2008-2009 |
President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy, appointed by the The 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush |
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| 2008 |
The 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush, appointed Tahira K. Hira to serve a two-year term on the President’s Council on Financial Literacy, created that day by Executive Order at a ceremony at the White House (January 22nd). |
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| 2004 |
Distinguished Alumni Award, Alumni Association, University of Missouri, Columbia |
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| 2004 |
“The Best of 25 years”, by the Journal of Financial Planning, October 1st Hira, T. K., H. Van Auken, and D. Norris. A look behind the scene: A survey of how CFPs work. Journal of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners 7 (2,): 69–85. This article was selected and re-printed (October, pp 76-88) |
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| 2004 |
Award-winning paper—Effects of Financial Education on Self-directed Financial Learning and Career Satisfaction of Lower-level, White-collar Workers, National Endowment for Financial Education Think Tank “Motivating Americans to Develop Constructive Financial Behaviors.” Denver, May. $1,000 Award |
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| 1998 |
Expert witness for the United States Senate Committee on Judiciary–revision of Consumer Bankruptcy Code, March 11, Washington, D.C. |
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| 1995–1998 |
Member of National Expert Bank: American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences for family resource management subject matter |
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| 1996 |
Distinguished Fellows Award, the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education (AFCPE) |
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| 1996 |
Selected to participate in a 20-member national “Welfare Reform Think Tank,” The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia |
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| 1995–1997 |
Appointed to a three-member National Advisory Committee for AT&T’s Partners in Education Program |
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| 1995 |
Invited to participate in a nine-member national retirement saving expert focus group by Putnam Investment and the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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| 1993 |
Selected as one of the 21 delegates by the American Home Economics Association to participate in a national conference, “Positioning the Profession for 21st Century.” Scottsdale, Arizona |
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| 1991–1992 |
USDA State Agricultural Experiment Station Leadership development program, class 1 scholarship awarded by the Association of Administrators in Home Economics (AAHE) |
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| 1987 |
Expert witness for the U.S. Senate Banking Committee—policies on disclosure of interest rates on saving; need for information and consumer education, Washington, D.C. |
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