Rupured has been an active and contributing member of AFCPE for
more than a
decade, including serving as president of the organization in
2000. Previously
he served as secretary, vice president, board member, and
conference program
chair.

Those nominating Rupured used words such as “visionary leader,
role model,
respected, creative, dependable, trusted advisor, innovative and
gifted leader.”
According to information provided by AFCPE, Rupured has served in
leadership
roles through his association with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture and
several editorial boards.

Rupured has helped procure funding and establish the Consumer
Financial
Literacy Program, a grant-funded project in more than 20 Georgia
counties, to
improve the economic well-being of individuals and families
through financial
literacy education. CFLP is funded by the Georgia Governor’s
Office of
Consumer Affairs. The Consumer Financial Literacy Program
consists of four
main components to reach specific target audiences and the public
with timely
information related to the broad goal of improving economic
well-being
through financial literacy education.

He also helped establish a program called “Personal Financial
Choices,” a
three-hour workshop offered 12 times each month in the Atlanta
area, as well
as Newnan, Rome and Gainesville, for individuals in Chapter 13
bankruptcy.
The program is a partnership with the Standing U.S. Chapter 13
Trustee,
Northern District of Georgia; the Trustee Education Network; the
Cooperative
Extension Service; and the University of Georgia College of
Family and
Consumer Sciences and is designed to combat the high rate of
personal
bankruptcies filed by Georgians, a figure that currently rests at
1 out of nearly
40 citizens.