October - Financial Planning Association of Dallas/Fort Worth

FPA
Dallas/Fort Worth
FALL/WINTER 2015
Newsletter
2016 FPA DFW Board Elected
The slate of candidates proposed to serve as the officers and directors of the Financial Planning
Association of DFW for 2016 was recently elected by the chapter members as follows. FPA DFW
2016 FPA Events
wishes to thank each of these individuals for their willingness to serve our organization and wish
them well as they assume their roles in 2016.
Chapter Meetings
January 29
March 15
June 7
2016 FPA DALLAS/FORT WORTH BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chairman
Dennis Moore, CFP®, MBA
Quest Capital Management
President
Rett Dean, CFP®, EA
Riverchase Financial Planning, LLC
President Elect
Brandon Ratzlaff, CFP®
Carter Financial Management
Secretary
Dallas McKee, CFP®
Lifeway Financial Corporation
Treasurer
Crystal Billing, CFP®
CFO4Life, LP
Membership Director
Bill Dendy, CFP®
Elite Financial Management
Education/Programs Director
Tyler Russell, CFP®
Carter Financial Management
Symposium Director
Jarrod Upton, CFP®, MBA, MS
United Capital
Corporate Partnership Director
Joel Berg, CFP®
Carter Financial Management
Technology Director
Michael Domingo, CFP®, AIF, CLU, MBA
Cadence Financial Advisors, LLC
Pro Bono Director
Jaime Boyles, CFP®
Lee Financial Corporation
June 14 - Fort Worth
September 6
October 18 - Fort Worth
November 1
2016 Career Day
January 29
14th Annual FPA DFW
Ballpark Event
April 4
FPA DFW Financial Planning
Symposium - Westin Galleria
May 17-18
FPA Honors Dinner &
Financial Planning Week Events
October 2016
FPA National Events
April 25-28
FPA Retreat - Phoenix AZ
September 14-16
FPA Annual Conference
Career Development & NexGen Director
Jennifer Calvi, CFP®
Quest Capital Management
Allied Professionals Director
Taylor Steele, CFP®, CLU, AIF, EA
Cadent Capital, LLC
Public Relations Director
Thomas Murphy, CFP®
Murphy & Sylvest
Advocacy Director
Philip Floyd, CFP®
BKD Wealth Advisors
BE BALTIMORE 2016
FPA DFW Financial Planning Symposium
Westin Galleria Dallas l May 17-18, 2016 l Dallas, Texas
The FPA Dallas/Fort Worth Financial Planning
Symposium is designed for all financial planning
industry professionals. More than 20 educational sessions will be available, most of which qualify for Continuing Education credit.
This premier Conference has a national reputation for providing knowledgeable inspiring
speakers and excellent networking opportunities
for the more than 300 financial professionals
who attend. Attendees will have the opportunity
to meet face-to-face with leading industry professionals and visit with over 30 event exhibitors.
FPA 2016 Highlights
Top speakers in the nation! Industry
2016 Symposium…
A tradition like no other
expert keynote and breakout presentations on financial planning topics across
all areas
Over 30 companies in the exhibit hall
displaying the latest products and resources to support your practice
A flexible schedule that allows you to
customize your learning experience
based on your needs and schedule
Regarded as one of the best financial
conferences in the country….and it’s
right in your own backyard
Tons of continuing education, including
ETHICS!
Networking with top financial planners
and industry vendors for new friendships
and partnerships!
In Memory
Pamela Yip
Dallas Morning News Personal Finance Columnist
For the last 16 years, Pamela Mary Yip helped Dallas Morning News readers navigate the obstacles of personal finance. Her columns covered all of life’s economic stages, including planning for college expenses and saving for
retirement. And she handled all of the topics with professional care and a personal touch. Pamela was a great
friend of the FPA of Dallas/Fort Worth and did many things to assist our chapter in the Public Relations area and she
will be truly missed.
Born in Hong Kong, Yip was 2 when she emigrated from communist China to California with her parents. The family
lived in San Francisco for five years before moving to Sacramento, where Yip grew up. In 1979, she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a concentration in economics from California State University-Sacramento. Later, she
received a personal financial planning certificate from the University of Houston. Yip worked for United Press International, USA Today and the Houston Chronicle before she joined The News as a business columnist in 1999. Her previous work included covering the 1997 handover of Hong Kong by Great Britain to China. She had been a member of
the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ board of governors since 2007. In 2010, Yip was part of a reporting team that won a SABEW award for a series of articles about the high cost of health care. She served as co-chair
of the society’s 48th annual national conference in Dallas in 2011.
Pamela helped promote the highest standards of business journalism and made lasting friendships with many individuals in the journalism industry, as well as the FPA and financial planning community.
Peter Johnson, assistant business editor at The News and Yip’s editor, said she was “a good reporter and an even
better person.” “She really loved helping people, and I think that’s what made her such a good personal finance
reporter,” he said. He noted that Yip’s death came the same day The News conducted its annual financial planning
hotline for readers, a service she started about 15 years ago.
On Sunday, Thomas E. Murphy, a close friend of Yip’s and a member of the Financial Planning Association, was busy
answering calls and live chat queries from the public as part of the annual hotline. Yip and Murphy met through the
hotline, which enlists FPA members to offer pro bono financial advice to callers. Murphy said that Yip was always
pushing to find new ways to explain financial concepts to her readers and that she “felt very compelled to help
people understand personal finance.”
The Financial Planning Association of Dallas-Fort Worth is honoring Yip by donating the proceeds from its annual honors dinner Thursday in her memory. The money will go to the Pamela Yip Scholarship Fund for CFA students. Memorials may made to the Pamela Yip Fund, FPA DFW, P.O. Box 261750, Plano, Texas 75026.
FPA DFW Past President’s Annual Meeting
Shannon J. Pike, CFP® Voted
Every October a group of FPA DFW past president’s meetings to
discuss the direction and future of our chapter. The DFW continues to grow and has had tremendous success over the years and
we thank all of these individuals for their leadership of our chapter. A special gratitude also goes out to all of the past presidents
of the IAFP and ICFP, prior to the FPA.
2016 President-Elect of the Financial Planning Association
DENVER - The Financial Planning
FPA DFW Past Presidents, since 2000:
Association® (FPA®) today an-
2000
Tom McIntire, CFP®
nounced that the Board of Direc-
2001
Dennis Carpenter, CFP®
2002
Bryan Lee, CFP®, MBA
2003
Michael Busch, CFP®, CPA
term will begin on January 1, 2016, succeeding incoming
2004
Viktor Szucs, CFP®
2016 FPA President Pamela Sandy, CFP®
2005
Bryan Clintsman, CFP®
2006
Trudy Turner, CFP®, CPA
With more than 20 years of experience in the financial
2007
Kevin Grant, CFP®, CLU, ChFC
services industry, Pike is Vice President and Senior Fi-
2008
Mario Yngerto, CFP®
2009
Mark McClanahan, CFP®
2010
Tara Scottino, CFP®
tions.
2011
Monte Ferguson, CFP®, ChFC
Pike was a member of the board of directors with FPA of
2012
Cliff Layfield, CIC, ARM
Houston for six years, which included stints as the chap-
2013
Dan Mauck, CFP®
ter's membership director, president and chair. Additional-
2014
Jonathan Meaney, CFP®
ly, Pike has served on several FPA national task forces
2015
Dennis Moore, CFP®
tors has elected Shannon J. Pike,
CFP® as the 2016 FPA PresidentElect for a one-year term. Pike's
nancial Advisor at Asset Management Advisors in Houston, TX, a firm specializing in tax-efficient wealth
management for individuals, families, trusts and founda-
including the Leadership Advisory Council, Practitioner
Advisory Council, the Heart of Financial Planning Task
Future FPA DFW Presidents
2016
Rett Dean, CFP®
2017
Brandon Ratzlaff, CFP®
Force, and chaired the former FPA Chapter Leadership
Advisory Council (CLAC) in 2011.
nois in Consumer Economics with a concentration in financial planning, and a banking degree from the
American Institute of Banking. He earned the Certified
Financial Planner™ (CFP®) marks in 2002 after completing studies at the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the
University of Houston.
The FPA Board of Directors is responsible for setting the
vision and strategic direction for the association, using
FPA's core beliefs as the key filters for making decisions
in a fiduciary capacity on behalf of members and constituents.
The 2016 Board will be comprised of 15 total members,
which includes the three newly elected members and FPA
Executive Director/CEO Lauren M. Schadle, CAE.
Membership
FPA Member Bring a Guest Program
Introduce a colleague to FPA!
Michael Becker
Matt Bennett, CFP®
Welcome New Members
George Benter
Kristen Black
Ralph Boeckmann
Erik Bruce
Antonia Buban, CFP®
Niels Buksik, CFP®
Christian Calderon
Alexa Celis
Joe Chairez, CFP®
Johnathan Cherry, CFP®
Michael Coletta
Charles Dixon
Carolyn Ell
Invite someone you do know to experience with you the premiere education, networking and continuing education program in the Metroplex for those people who are serious
about financial planning. The Dallas Ft Worth chapter of the
FPA is all about enabling financial professionals to become
better at what they do and have some fun at the same time.
Take some time out of your busy schedule to refuel and reinvigorate your practice.
To show how serious we take engaging serious planners we
are offering a way for you to bring your friend or co worker to experience the FPA
. We are starting a new program this year which allows each member to invite
an individual to experience for free one of our regular program lunches. Each
free guest attendee may only utilize this program once during the year.
Dallas Ft Worth chapter of the FPA has not pulled back or shrunk in size but is
looking to engage more financial planning professionals in an ongoing dialogue.
So much has happened and continues to impact us a profession. Stay current
where it matters. Find ways to be better at what you do and make a difference
for your clients. Come grow with us this year. Complete details online!
Matt Fitzsimmons
Carey Fraser, CFP®
Jean Freeman, CFP®
Ronald Garner
Michelle Gass
John Gesek
2015 FPA DFW Sponsor of the Year
Randall Horton
Bryan Jackson, CFP®
Earl Jefferson, CFP®
Kendall King, CFP®
Harold Lankford, CFP®
Steven Lauder, CFP®
Victoria Leslie
Harold Levinson
Daniel Malone
Wilbert Presley
William Saplicki
Robert Smith, CFP®
Randy Smith, CFP®
Steven Walton
Harry Ward, CFP®
Congratulations to Hub International
Personal Insurance for being selected
by the FPA membership as our 2015
Sponsor of the Year. We look forward
to our partnership with you for many
years to come and we appreciate your
support of the DFW chapter.
FPA Member Anniversaries
Congratulations to the following Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter members who
President
Dennis Moore, CFP®, MBA
are celebrating significant FPA Membership Anniversaries in...
OCTOBER l NOVEMBER l DECEMBER
Chairman/Past President
Jonathan Meaney, CFP®
President Elect
Rett Dean, CFP®, EA
Treasurer
Crystal Billing, CFP®
Secretary
Dallas McKee, CFP®
Public Relations Director
Thomas Murphy, CFP®
Membership Director
William (Bill) Dendy, CFP®
Education Director
Brandon Ratzlaff, CFP®
25 Years
Robert Stevens, CFP®
Stevens Financial Services
15 Years
Douglas Bartol, CFP®, CLU, ChFC
Money Matters
Mark Bueter, CFP®
Nationwide Financial
T. Michael Chockley, CFP®
TMC Financial Management, Inc.
Corporate Partnership Director
Joel Berg, CFP®
J. Kay Crofford, CFP®
JMA Financial Advisors, Inc.
Advocacy Director
Sarah Henze, CFP®
Gregory Gardner, CFP®
The Gardner Group
Pro-Bono Director
Jaime Boyles, CFP®
Amy Ng, CFP®, CLU, ChFC
MetLife
Career Development /NexGen Dir.
Jennifer Calvi, CFP®
Special Events Director
Jarrod Upton, CFP®, MBA, MS
Technology Director
Michael Domingo, CFP®, AIF, CLU,
MBA
Allied Professionals Director
Taylor Steele, CFP®, CLU, AIF
Executive Director
Melisa Hall
Strategic Association Management
Finance Manager
Vicki Stone
Office Staff
Debbie Rynas
Walter Virden, CFP®, CPA/PFS
Virden, Chapman & Virden
10 Years
Dawna Richter, CFP®
Wells Fargo
Michael Staley, CFP®
Conveyance, Inc.
Jan Valecka, CFP®
Valecka Wealthl Management
5 Years
Sandra Anderson, CFP®, CPA/PFS
Anderson & Associates Financial, LLC
Ginnie Baker, CFP®, MS
Tolleson Wealth Management
Zachary Beckerly, CFP®
Botsford Financial Group
Kathryn Diduch, CFP®
East Texas Wealth Planning Advisors, Inc.
Ryan Fuchs, CFP®, J.D., LLM
Ifrah Financial Services, Inc.
Nancy Gatens, CFP®
Lee Financial Corporation
James Higgins, CFP®
Mick Koffend, MBA, RFG
Accountable Aging Care Management
Jeremy Newton, CFP®
LPL Financial
Mark Steffe
First Command Financial Services
John Williams, CFP®
Williams FP
Events
SAVE THE DATE!
FPA DFW CAREER DAY - JANUARY 29, 2016
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
(The Chapter Meeting Will Be Held From 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.)
Crowne Plaza Hotel 14315 Midway Road, Addison, TX 75001
FPA Career Day is designed to simplify the hiring and interviewing process! Career Day brings together established financial
planning professionals and those newer to the profession with a day of speakers, workshops, discussions and interviews. Join
us!
FPA DFW CHAPTER MEETING - JANUARY 29, 2016
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
The first FPA DFW chapter meeting for 2015 will be on Friday, January 29, in conjunction with the FPA Career Day. Details
are online at www.fpadfw.org. This is always one of our largest and most popular events each year….plan to join us for a full
day of education and networking. This is an event you will not want to miss!
14th Annual FPA DFW Ballpark Event
Texas Rangers vs Seattle
Globe Life Park — Arlington TX
HYUNDAI CLUB!!!
Space is extremely limited and this event will sell out quickly.
Registration and ticket sales start SOON!
April 4
An great educational topic will start the day off. The afternoon will be filled with a
great view of the pre-game activities and a full lunch buffet followed by great
Texas Rangers baseball in the HYUNDAI CLUB! Opening pitch is at 1:05 pm
Save the date and join us on April 4 to watch the Rangers play on opening
day of the 2016 season!
D Magazine - Best Financial Planners 2015
Congratulations to all of the FPA DFW members who were included in the November issue of D Magazine as Best Financial Planners 2015.
D Magazine: How We Did It: We asked every Certified Financial Planner in the Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter of the Financial Planning Association to cast an online ballot. Outside-firm votes counted more than inside-firm votes. Self-nominations were tossed out. A panel of esteemed local financial planners reviewed the list. Only CFPs made the list.
View the full list/article @
http://directory.dmagazine.com/financial-services/?awards_mv=Best+Financial+Planners+2015
Kay Allen
Tiffany Finney-Johnson
Michael Mills
Lance Alston
Frances Gardner
Cyndy Montgomery
Todd Amacher
JoAnne Galbraith
Hannah Moore
Krista Anderson
Jaime Galvan
Greg P. Moore
Michael Anderson
Greg Gardner
Kathy Muldoon
Jenny Armstrong
Victor H. Garza
Thomas Murphy
Bob Berg
John Gay
Luisa Nemati
Crystal Billing
Allison Geiger
Joseph P. Nolan
Steve Blankenship
Nic Gibson
Ken Painter
Kalita Beck Blessing
Alan Goldfarb
Jeffrey Paladini
Jessica Boghetich
Damon Gonzalez
Ashley Parks
Jaime Boyles
Ricky Grunden, Sr.
Bill Perryman
Melissa Brennan
Patty Hammond
Jimmy Perryman
Katie Brewer
Jeremy Hudson
Dana Pingenot
Larry Burgess
Ryan Huey
Brandon Ratzlaff
Mike Busch
Joanna Jadlow
J. Tyler Russell
Bill Carter
Diana L. Jenkins
Steven Schlegel
Travis D. Carter
Richard Joyner
Scott Schlegel
Derek D. Childs
Sean Kelleher
Tara Scottino
Bryan Clintsman
Carl J. Kunhardt
Shashin G. Shah
Robert Cox
John Kvale
Roger Shake
Craig Cowles
Brian H. Langford
Sue Spellman
Randall Crimmings
Bryan Lee
Taylor Steele
Guy Cumbie
Richard Lee, Jr.
Helen Stephens
Christopher Currin
Ken Link
Paul Streiber
Bryce Danley
Brent Little
Darrell Tate
Rett Dean
John Loyd
Jan G. Valecka
David Diesslin
Lynne Luby
Neal Vasso
Michael A. Domingo
Dan Mauck
Kane Vines
Patrick Dougherty
Mark McClanahan
Steve Wachs
Terry D. Doyle
Lynn McIntire
Dusty Wallace
David Dryden
Tom McIntire
Christie Williams
Mary H. Durie
Jonathan Meaney
Chris S. Young
Chandler Ferguson
Jim Middlebrook
Welcome!
FPA Dallas/Fort Worth Annual Honors Award Dinner
Financial Planning week is the time of year when we take the opportunity
to recognize Financial Planners in our communities who have a lifelong
commitment to the financial planning profession and to the Financial
Planning Association of Dallas/Fort Worth. Each year it becomes more
and more difficult to narrow down the awards to just one person. To us,
this means that we have several individuals that are consistently going
above and beyond the call of duty. FPA DFW would like to congratulate and recognize the 2015 Honors Award Recipients. The awards were
presented at the Honors Dinner on October 8, at the W Hotel in Dallas.
FPA DFW would like extend a warm
welcome the 24 new members from
the SMU CFP Program to the Financial
Planning Association. We hope you
find value in being a FPA member
and we look forward to having you
involved.
Congratulations to this year’s Award recipients
Chairman’s Award
Dr. Bill Gustafson, CFP®
Honors Award
Dan Mauck, CFP®
Clintsman Financial Planning
Senior Director
Texas Tech University Personal
Financial Planning
FPA DFW wishes you a
joyous Thanksgiving and a
Happy Holiday Season!
Young Guns Award
Hannah Moore, CFP®
Guiding Wealth Management
Young Guns Award
Tyler Russell, CFP®
Carter Financial Management
2015 FPA DFW Sponsor of the Year
Congratulations to Hub International Personal Insurance for
being selected by the FPA membership as our 2015 Sponsor of
the Year. We look forward to our partnership with you for
many years to come and we appreciate your support of the
DFW chapter.
TD Ameritrade awards UNT $50,000, Mascot Scrappy and faculty to help ring NYSE
DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- The University of North Texas Financial Services Program
will be awarded a $50,000 grant from TD Ameritrade Institutional as part of its NextGen
Financial Planning Initiative. To celebrate the honor, TD Ameritrade Institutional will fly
two UNT representatives to the New York Stock Exchange to accept the award July 22
(Wednesday), where they'll be joined by UNT's mascot, Scrappy, to help ring the closing bell.
Two grants and 14 scholarships were awarded by TD Ameritrade Institutional as part of
an ongoing effort by the company to bring more young talent to financial planning careers
at a time when the investment advice industry is facing a critical shortage.
"Registered investment advisors as a group are aging: roughly half are 55 years or older,
and many of them will be looking to retire over the next decade," said Tom Nally, president
of TD Ameritrade Institutional, in an April 14 press release. "Add that with the fact that fewer
than eight percent of advisors are under 35, and it's clear our industry needs more young
professionals to join us and help families better manage their finances."
In addition, predictions from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2014 show that by 2022,
jobs for personal financial advisors will grow by 27 percent. That's three times faster than
the national average for other careers.
Mascot Scrappy and UNT faculty join TD Ameritrade Institutional President Tom Nally in the New
York Stock Exchange board room ahead of the closing bell ceremony, in celebration of a $50,000
awarded by TD Ameritrade Institutional to the UNT
finance program. Pictured: Tom Nally, president of
TD Ameritrade Institutional, Marcia Staff, chair of
the department of finance, insurance, real estate and
law, Scrappy, UNT's mascot and Dave Ragan, grant
writer and adjunct faculty member.
"There is a huge need for financial planners," said Dave Ragan, adjunct faculty member in
UNT's Department of Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. Ragan, along with Marcia
Staff, chair of the department, will represent UNT at the closing bell ceremony.
"Financial planning isn't just selling a mutual fund, though that is the perception some still hold," said Ragan, who is also an alumnus of the UNT department and senior financial planning specialist at Grunden Financial Advisory, Inc. "It touches on a variety of
topics, including cash flow management; home, auto, life and long-term care insurance; investments; and retirement, estate and
college planning. Financial planning is about securing one's financial future."
Ragan said the UNT program plans to use the funds to create a TD Ameritrade Internship Program at the UNT Student Money
Management Center, boost recruitment for the program, reimburse UNT students who complete financial literacy courses and integrate business case studies into classes – all to provide more real-world experience to future graduates and to expose more youth
to financial advising.
"We are thrilled at the opportunities that we will be able to afford students as a result of the grant," said Staff. "Our partnership with
UNT's Student Money Management Center and providing financial literacy training will allow us to reach students that we could not
otherwise."
In addition to providing the award to UNT, TD Ameritrade Institutional gave a second, $25,000 emerging-program grant to Temple
University and a total of 14 scholarships to undergraduates across the country pursuing financial planning degrees.
This marks UNT's second prestigious award from TD Ameritrade. Last fall, three UNT students won its nationwide virtual stock
trading competition, the thinkorswim Challenge, after growing their group portfolio by 213.04 percent to over $1.5 million.
About TD Ameritrade Institutional
TD Ameritrade Institutional is a leading provider of comprehensive brokerage and custody services to more than 5,000 fee-based,
independent registered investment advisors and their clients. Our advanced technology platform, coupled with personal support
from our dedicated service teams, allows investment advisors to run their practices more efficiently and effectively while optimizing
time with clients. TD Ameritrade Institutional is a division of TD Ameritrade, Inc., a brokerage subsidiary of TD Ameritrade Holding
Corporation. Brokerage services provided by TD Ameritrade, Inc., member FINRA /SIPC.
About Grunden Financial Advisory, Inc.
Grunden Financial Advisory, Inc. is an investment and wealth management firm with services tailored to successful families. Our
mission is to deeply understand our clients and then provide the leadership to develop and execute well thought out personal investment and wealth management strategies that deliver complex financial solutions in a simple, understandable way. Grunden
serves more than 130 clients and manages assets of $137 million.
SMU Financial Planning Certificate Program
Now Accepting Applications for Spring
The SMU Financial Planning Certificate Program combines expert instructors,
CFP®-Board registered curriculum and flexible course schedules to provide the
premier financial planning educational program in North Texas.
Applications are now being accepted for the two spring start dates: January 19 and April 4.
Ask about FPA member discounts!
Visit smu.edu/cpfp to view an online info session and for application details.
January 19
SMU Certificate Program in Financial Planning cohort begins
Intensive 11 month program that meets Tuesday evenings and select Saturdays on SMU’s Plano campus. This program teaches you to really DO financial planning. Discount available for FPA members. Smu.edu/cpfp
April 4
SMU Certificate Program in Financial Planning begins
Classes meet one or two evenings per week on the Dallas Campus. This program teaches you to really DO financial
planning. Discount available for FPA members. Smu.edu/cpfp
Representing financial planners and issues affecting planner practices are primary objectives of the Financial Planning Association. To enhance our efforts, the FPA-PAC was created as the federally registered political action committee of FPA, the only registered
PAC on Capitol Hill representing the interests of the financial planning profession.
By contributing to the FPA-PAC fund, you're helping support candidates for the United
States Senate and House of Representatives — primarily incumbents, regardless of political party — who have demonstrated previous support of issues FPA believes critical to
advancing the profession.
To contribute to FPA-PAC visit: www.fpanet.org/member/govt_relation/fpa_pac.cfm
If you have any questions or need some guidance, please do not hesitate to contact
Jennifer Rudolph, the FPA grassroots manager at Jennifer.Rudolph@fpanet.org.
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Thank You to our 2015
FPA DFW Corporate Partners