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Carlos
Viera, Vice Chair, is a Vice President for Ameriprise
Financial, responsible for and overseeing the company's independent
franchise channel in the Washington DC /Baltimore metropolitan markets.
His duties include growing Ameriprise Financial's market share and
overall "share of wallet" in the area, as well as growing
the number of Ameriprise Financial Advisor Franchises – primarily
through competitive recruiting.
Prior to his current position,
Mr. Viera was responsible for American Express' relations with millions
of credit card merchants in the Southeast United States as the Regional
Vice President and General Manger of the Southern Region, headquartered
in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
He is currently a member
of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) Capital Area Chapter
and also sits on several philanthropic boards within the Ameriprise
Financial Services family of business units. He is a past Chairman
of the Miami-Dade Academy of Travel Tourism board as well a past
executive board member of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitor
and Bureau.
He graduated from Florida
International University in Miami Florida with a degree in marketing.
Peter
Jones, Vice Chair, is president of Franklin Templeton Distributors,
Inc. overseeing the U.S. retail sales division and is also a member
of the Franklin Templeton Global Product Development Committee,
the Global Sourcing Governance Committee, the Planning Committee
and the Executive Compliance Steering Committee.
Prior to his current position,
Mr. Jones was the executive vice president and director of sales
for the Independent & Bank Division. Mr. Jones started with
Templeton in 1989 as the company's first retail wholesaler. Before
joining Templeton, he was president of IDEX Distributors from 1984
to 1988 and was responsible for overseeing the initial formation
of the IDEX Group of Funds. Mr. Jones also spent seven years with
Price Waterhouse as a CPA and tax manager.
Mr. Jones earned his B.S.
in accounting from Florida State University in 1977. He is a member
of the Investment Company Institute's Sales and Marketing Committee
and serves on the Board of the Foundation for Financial Planning.
Larry
W. Johnson, CFP®, Immediate Past Chair, is president
of Sterling Financial Advisory Services, Inc. and managing partner
of Sterling Financial Group in Itasca, Illinois. He offers financial
planning and investment advisory services to high income/net worth
physicians and business owners. Mr. Johnson served on the National
Board of Directors for the Financial Planning Association, formerly
the International Association for Financial Planning (IAFP) from
1994 - 2001, and was a Vice President on the Executive Committee
when the IAFP merged with the Institute of Certified Financial Planners
in 1999. He served in the same capacity in the inaugural year of
the newly formed Financial Planning Association. He served as chairman
of the IAFP's Chapter Advisory Council and on the executive board
of the Greater Chicago Chapter of the IAFP for eight years. He is
also a charter member of the Advanced Planners Study Group. Mr.
Johnson was elected to the Board of Trustees for the Foundation
for Financial Planning.
Mr. Johnson studied business
administration at Ball State University. He lectures on various
financial planning topics and writes articles for local and national
publications. He has been quoted by such national media as CNN Moneyline,
TIME Magazine and USA Today. Mr. Johnson lives in St. Charles, Illinois
with his wife of over 20 years, Libby, and two daughters, Danielle
and Katelyn.
Alexandra
Armstrong, CFP® -- Ms. Armstrong is chairman
of the Washington, DC-based financial planning/investment advisory
firm of Armstrong, Fleming & Moore, Inc., and has served the
profession in several capacities over the years, including a term
as a board member of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners
(1983), chairman of the International Association for Financial
Planning in 1986-1987, vice chairman of the NASD District 10 Business
Conduct Committee in 1989, and as a member of the Certified Financial
Planner Board of Standards from 1994-1995. Ms. Armstrong was very
active in the Foundation 's initial fundraising campaign that created
its Endowment Fund. In addition to her work with the Foundation
for Financial Planning, having served on the Board for seven years
and as chairman 1999-2000, this community leader is currently serving
on the boards of the Boy Scouts National Capital Area Council, including
as chairman in 2000, as treasurer of the national board of Reading
is Fundamental, Inc. from 2000-2003, and the IWF Leadership Foundation.
Ms. Armstrong writes a monthly column for Better Investing, and
her book, On Your Own: A Widow's Passage to Emotional and Financial
Well-Being, was published in paperback August 2000. The third edition
of her book was published in paperback in 2000. Ms. Armstrong was
also recognized for her contributions to the profession and her
community as the recipient of the Financial Planning Association's
P. Kemp Fain, Jr. Award in September 2004.
Elaine
Bedel, CFP®, is president of Bedel Financial
Consulting, Inc., in Indianapolis, IN. Bedel Financial Consulting,
Inc., is a fee-only wealth management firm providing financial planning
and investment management services. In addition to directing the
firm, Elaine is an active financial planner and meets directly with
clients.
Ms. Bedel has been a member
of the international Financial Planning Standards Board since 2003
and serves as chair in 2006. She has also served on the CFP Board
from 1998 – 2003, serving as chair in 2002; the Board of Practice
Standards, a sub-board of CFP Board, from 1995 - 1999, serving as
chair in 1998 and 1999; and the IAFP Board from 1987 – 1991.
She is a member of FPA and NAPFA.
She views the work of
the Foundation as a key element in continuing the growth of financial
planning as a profession. She believes the purpose of the Foundation
is to support the profession by providing funding for specific services
and for outreach projects that would not occur if not for this source.
John
Cammack, CFP®, is Head of Third Party Distribution,
a member of the firm's Operational Steering Committee, Institutional
Marketing Steering Committee and Compliance Oversight Committee.
His duties include management of the firm's Third Party Distribution
division and 529 College Savings Programs. Before joining T. Rowe
Price in 1991, John was a Vice President with Alexandra Armstrong
Advisers, a financial planning boutique, located in Washington ,
DC . John is a Phi Beta Kappa with honors from Denison University
and holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University . John is a past member
of the Investment Committee of the Phi Beta Kappa Foundation and
the Certified Financial Planners Board of Governors. He is currently
a board member of the Foundation for Financial Planning, Mutual
Fund Education Alliance, Leaders for Tomorrow and the United Way
of Central Maryland . In addition, John is a member of the Alpha
Group and the Tiburon Strategic Advisors CEO Summit Planning Committee.
Bill
E. Carter, CFP®, CLU, ChFC,
is president of Carter Financial Management and chairman of Carter
Advisory Services, Inc. in Dallas. Mr. Carter and his team offer
financial planning services and provide investment management and
research to national and international clients.
He served as chairman
of the board of the International Association of Financial Planning
(1984-85) and the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Board of Standards
(1993). A 1969 agricultural economics graduate of Texas A&M
University, he was president of the Association of Former Students
in 1992, and is a former chairman of the board of trustees of the
Texas A&M Foundation. In 2000, Mr. Carter received Texas A&M's
top honor, the prestigious Distinguished Alumni Award, for professional
achievement, contributions to society, leadership and stature. A
frequent speaker at industry-related gatherings and events, Mr.
Carter was named in 1999- for the fourth consecutive year- as one
of the Worth magazine's Top 250 Financial Advisors. Mr. Carter is
also a past chair of the Foundation for Financial Planning.
Kevin
G. Clifford is President and Chief Executive Officer of
American Funds Distributors. He is a member of the American Funds
Distributors' Board of Directors, and the Capital Research and Management
Company Management Committee. He oined American Funds in 1981 and
spent 11 years as a mutual fund wholesaler before moving to Los
Angeles in 1992 to become National Sales Manager. He assumed his
current responsibilities in 1998.
Mr. Clifford is a member
of the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, Wabash College in Indiana,
and the Board of Regents of Loyola High School in Los Angeles. He
also serves on the Tulane University Parents Advisory Council.
He is a registered principal
with the NASD, a member of the Board of Directors of the Forum for
Investor Advice, and a member of the Financial Planning Association.
He resides in South Pasadena, California with his wife, Jan and
their three children.
Barry
M. Freedman, CFP®
, is Founder and Chairman of Freedman Financial
Associates Inc., a MA Registered Investment Advisor, and has been
a practicing financial planner since 1968. He received his CFP designation
in 1983. His practice focuses on the pre and post retirement issues
faced by individuals, families and small business owners on the
North Shore Area of Greater Boston. His Investment advisory services
are provided through LPL Financial Services (Member NASD/SIPC) and
are offered primarily on a fee basis; utilizing their Strategic
Asset Management (SAM) program. Insurance commissions may be earned
for Life, Health, Disability & Lon g Term Care products which
are placed through any number of carriers since he has no proprietary
affiliation.
He has served as chairman
& president of both the Greater Boston Chapter of the International
Association for Financial Planning (IAFP) and the Greater Boston
Society of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners (ICFP),
The organizations were combined to form The FPA (Financial Planning
Association in 1999) He served on the Institute's National Board,
as Chairman of the Annual Conference Committee, the Practice Mgt.
Conference and chaired the Annual Retreat in the years 1998 &
2002.
Barry was a member of
the CFP Board of Professional review in 1999-2000 and since 1991,
has served the securities industry as an arbitrator for the NASD
and the NYSE.
He is a frequent speaker
at industry meetings, and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal,
Financial Planning Magazine, Changing Times, Money, The Boston Globe,
The Boston Herald, Investment Advisor Magazine and several other
National & Local Publications.
Since 1987 he has trained
hundreds of financial planning professionals and financial service
companies on their development of presentation skills and seminar
marketing material.
He received his BSBA from
Babson College , Wellesley , MA in 1964. He is married to the former
Phyllis Ross of Everett , MA , and is the father of three sons,
ages 37, 34, & 32. His oldest son Marc, joined the firm in 1991,
received his CFP ® designation in 1994, served on the National
Board of the FPA, and is President of Freedman Financial Associates
Inc.
Charles
G. Goldman is Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer of Schwab Institutional and a member of the firm's
Executive Committee. He is responsible for running day-to-day operations
serving 5,000 Independent Investment Advisor clients. Prior to joining
Schwab Institutional, Mr. Goldman was EVP of Strategy & Corporate
Development where he was responsible for strategic planning, corporate
reengineering, acquisitions and divestitures, and capital investments.
Prior to joining Schwab,
he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Paramount Farms,
Inc. and Paramount Citrus Association. Paramount Farms is one of
the world's largest vertically integrated growers, processors and
marketers of pistachios and almonds. Paramount Citrus is the largest
citrus grower and packer in the Sunkist cooperative. Mr. Goldman
was also a member of the Sunkist Board of Directors. He was with
Paramount from 1986 through 2000.
Prior to joining Paramount
Farms, Mr. Goldman was with the Los Angeles office of The Boston
Consulting Group. At The Boston Consulting Group, he assisted clients
in a wide range of industries in strategic development, operational
improvement and organization design. Prior to The Boston Consulting
Group, Mr. Goldman was with the Bankers Trust in New York.
Mr. Goldman holds an MBA
from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he was elected
to Beta Gamma Sigma honors society, and a BS in Finance from the
University of Southern California, where he graduated Magna Cum
Laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa honors society.
Mr. Goldman is married
and has two children.
Joseph
B. (Joby) Gruber is President and CEO of FSC Securities
Corporation (FSC), Advantage Capital
Corporation (ACC), Financial Service Corporation and Executive Vice President of AIG Advisor Group, Inc. Advantage Capital Corporation and FSC Securities
Corporation are member broker-dealers of AIG Advisor Group, the
largest independent broker-dealer network in the United States with
nearly 9,000 independent financial professionals. Mr. Gruber is
responsible for group-wide product and investment management services
including AIG Advisor Group's Elite Partner Program, which includes
alliances with many of the nation's top providers of mutual funds,
variable annuities and alternative investments. AIG Advisor Group
is the marketing name for the broker-dealer subsidiaries of American
International Group, Inc. (AIG), the world's leading U.S.-based
insurance and financial services organization.
With more than 22 years
of financial services industry experience, Mr. Gruber has held a
variety of senior management positions at FSC since 1984 including
strategic planning, financial management, marketing and operations
support. His previous responsibilities included strategic alliance
development, field automation and the integration of target marketing
within the ACC and FSC distribution systems. Mr. Gruber has in-depth
knowledge and experience in marketing advisory services, annuities,
general securities and mutual funds and maintains active business
relationships with many of the country's most successful asset and
portfolio managers.
Mr. Gruber earned his
BBA in Finance from the University of Georgia and his MBA in Finance
from Georgia State University. He holds registered principal and
registered representative licenses with FSC Securities Corporation
and Advantage Capital Corporation. He lives in Atlanta with his
wife Terry and their three children, Sarah, Sam and Eli.
Deena
B. Katz , CFP®, was one of the first advisors
named as Financial Planning Magazine 's "Movers and Shakers"
for 2001, as well as one of Accounting Today 's Top Ten
Names to Know in Financial Planning, in 2001 and 2002. She has been
included on the Worth Magazine 's List of top financial
advisers numerous times. She is frequently quoted by major national
news media, and has made various television appearances on local
and national network programs for CBS, ABC, and PBS.
She is a nationally recognized
speaker in the United States . She has also been called upon by
global financial services organizations to speak at international
financial forums held in various locations including Australia ,
Canada , Japan , England , India , Ireland , Singapore , New Zealand
, Malaysia , and South Africa .
Ms. Katz was the first
woman member of Rotary/One, Chicago , as well as the first woman
to serve as a director of a United States Rotary Club. She received
her Bachelors degree from Adrian College and was the 1993 recipient
of the college's Young Alumni Achievement Award. Ms. Katz has been
a trustee of Adrian College and received a Doctorate of Humane Letters
(LHD) from the College in 2001.
Glenn
G. Kautt, CFP®, EA, has been in the financial
services industry for 24 years. He was admitted to the Registry
of Financial Planning Practitioners in 1988. He is an Enrolled Agent,
licensed to practice before the Internal Revenue Service. Mr. Kautt
is a President's Distinguished Scholar graduate of Purdue University
and received his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.
He is a member of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the
National Association of Enrolled Agents.
Mr. Kautt is a former
Chairman of the FPA of the National Capital Area, and also served
at the national level. He served on the Editorial Advisory Board
of the Journal of Financial Planning, where four of his professional
contributions on advanced planning topics have been published. He
is a regular columnist for Financial Planning Magazine. Mr. Kautt
wrote the book Stochastic Modeling: The New way to Predict Your
Financial Future, co-authored The Invincibility Shield for Investors,
and contributed to Secrets of the Wealth Makers by Michael F. Lane.
He is currently writing a book for business owners on transitioning
out of their companies.
In addition to his selection
as one of the 150 Best Financial Advisors by Medical Economics,
Mr. Kautt has been repeatedly chosen as one of Worth Magazine's
and Mutual Funds Magazine's top advisors. Bloomberg Wealth Manager
has listed his firm as a top wealth management firm for the past
four years. He has also appeared as a featured speaker for the FPA
and dozens of other organizations for over 20 years. He appears
on radio, and local and national television, as is regularly quoted
in the Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, Newsweek,
the LA Times and numerous industry publications.
Mr. Kautt is Chairman
and Chief Investment Officer of The Monitor Group, Inc., a fee-only
wealth management firm in McLean, VA. Prior to The Monitor Group,
he was president or principal in a number of other financial planning
firms. Before entering the financial planning industry, he was a
strategic management consultant. He was also a Lieutenant in the
United States Navy.
Mr. Kautt is Chairman
of the Washington Latin School, a public charter school in Washington,
DC. In his spare time, he flies a Cessna Chancellor, is a mixed-gas
scuba diver and recreational boater, and is a solo vocalist at his
church.
S.
Timothy Kochis, JD, MBA, CFP®, is president,
Kochis Fitz Wealth Management. He was National Director of Personal
Financial Planning for both Deloitte & Touche (1985 - 1991)
and, before that, for Bank of America (1981 - 1985). He currently
serves as a Director (Hon.) of the Japanese Academic Society for
Financial Planning. He is the Past Chairman of the International
CFP (Certified Financial Planner) Council. He is a Immediate Past
President of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards
and Past Chairman of its Board of Examiners. In addition, he was
a Co-Founder, Chairman of the Advisory Board, and instructor of
the U.C. Berkeley Personal Financial Planning Program. He is a member
of the Board of Directors of the Financial Planning Standards Board
and serves as past chairman.
Mr. Kochis earned his
MBA from the University of Chicago in 1979. Previously, he received
his law degree (JD) from the University of Michigan (1973). He earned
his undergraduate degree (AB) from Marquette University in 1968.
Judith
W. Lau, CFP®, Principal of Lau Associates LLC,
is a certified financial planner with more than 20 years of experience
in personal financial planning. She founded Lau Associates as a
financial planning firm in 1985 and today serves as president of
the multi-family office firm with financial planning, investment,
and tax professionals. Judy's experience includes personal financial
planning, inherited wealth issues, the psychology of money, developing
human capital, facilitating family meetings, and estate planning.
Judy has been active on
the national level in the financial planning field. From 1991 to
1998, she served on the National Board of Directors for the Institute
of Certified Financial Planners, a 13,000 member financial planning
organization, finishing as Chairman of the Board in December 1998.
She currently serves as a Trustee of the inancial Planning Foundation.
Judy is a valued resource
for the press and has been quoted in publications such as the Wall
Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post,
New York Times, Forbes, Money magazine,
Time magazine, and Journal for Financial Planning.
Judy has worked on programs for National Public Radio and has been
featured on NBC's “Today Show” and several CNBC financial
programs. She regularly is recognized as one of the nation's top
financial advisors by such magazines as Worth, Bloomberg
Wealth Manager, and Medical Economics.
James
E. Stueve, CFP®, CIMA, is former Executive Vice President
Executive
Vice President, Director of Retail Sales for AIM Investments.
He
has over 20 years experience in investment securities sales, over
10 years in sales management where he has created and executed complex
sales campaign projects. He has marketed and sold investment product
and services to financial advisors as a Wholesaler with PLM Securities,
as a M arketing Representative with VMS Realty, and as a Product
Marketing Manager with FSC Securities. He also was a ield Underwriter
, selling life insurance and investment products with MONY Financial
Services, Inc .
During this time he has d irected recruitment and retention of management
team and staff of 214 employees; was lead distributor representative
on Rep Segmentation project; was lead distributor representative
on Customer Relationship Model (CRM) project; served as a member
of Internal Compliance and Control Committee; and, a member
of Distribution IT steering committee
Stueve received a B.S.B.A. from Valparaiso University with concentration
in Finance and Economics. He has been a Certified Financial Planner,
CFP ® since 1990 and received his Certified
Investment Management Analyst, CIMA in 2005. He holds NASD Registrations
for Series 6,7,26, 24, 63
He is Past President and Trustee if the West
University Elementary School Foundation in Houston , and is also
a member of the Corporate Resource Council of the Financial Planning
Association.
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