Kentucky State Treasurer Alison Ball has been appointed Chair of the Financial Education and Empowerment Committee for the National Association of State Treasurers. Treasurer Ball said she is honored for the opportunity to lead financial literacy efforts of state treasurers nationally. The appointment follows Treasurer Ball’s recent announcement of her support of HB 139, which would create a financial Literacy Commission. The commission would be tasked with developing and implementing a plan for improving financial literacy for all Kentuckians and would operate at no cost to taxpayers thanks for Ball’s work to secure private funding for the initiative from the Kentucky Credit Union League and Kentucky credit unions. The National Association of State Treasurers is a bipartisan group comprised of state treasurers and financial officers from across the United States, its commonwealths, territories, and the District of Columbia.