Complex sentence: Hoffmire started working on setting the groundwork for the center in 2004 and established a national advisory board with regional boards in Milwaukee, Boston, California and Washington D.C. The idea was to use trained volunteers from the college to counsel workers on financial matters.
Split into simpler sentences: Hoffmire started working on setting the groundwork for the center in 2004 and established a national advisory board. The original idea was to use trained volunteers from the university to counsel workers on financial matters.