FALL/WINTER 2015

Newsletter2016 FPA Events

Chapter MeetingsJanuary 29

March 15

June 7

June 14 - Fort Worth

September 6

October 18 - Fort Worth

November 1

2016 Career DayJanuary 29

14th Annual FPA DFW Ballpark EventApril 4

FPA DFW Financial PlanningSymposium - Westin GalleriaMay 17-18

FPA Honors Dinner & Financial Planning Week Events October 2016

FPA National Events April 25-28FPA Retreat - Phoenix AZ

September 14-16FPA Annual ConferenceBE BALTIMORE 2016

FPA Dallas/Fort Worth

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

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.

2016 FPA DALLAS/FORT WORTH BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ChairmanDennis Moore, CFP®, MBAQuest Capital Management

PresidentRett Dean, CFP®, EARiverchase Financial Planning, LLC

President ElectBrandon Ratzlaff, CFP®Carter Financial Management

SecretaryDallas McKee, CFP®Lifeway Financial Corporation

TreasurerCrystal Billing, CFP®CFO4Life, LP

Membership DirectorBill Dendy, CFP®Elite Financial Management

Education/Programs DirectorTyler Russell, CFP®Carter Financial Management

Symposium DirectorJarrod Upton, CFP®, MBA, MSUnited Capital

Corporate Partnership DirectorJoel Berg, CFP®Carter Financial Management

Technology DirectorMichael Domingo, CFP®, AIF, CLU, MBACadence Financial Advisors, LLC

Pro Bono DirectorJaime Boyles, CFP®Lee Financial Corporation

Career Development & NexGen DirectorJennifer Calvi, CFP®Quest Capital Management

Allied Professionals DirectorTaylor Steele, CFP®, CLU, AIF, EACadent Capital, LLC

Public Relations DirectorThomas Murphy, CFP®Murphy & Sylvest

Advocacy DirectorPhilip Floyd, CFP®BKD Wealth Advisors

2016 FPA DFW Board Elected

FPA DFW Financial Planning SymposiumWestin 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 education-

al sessions will be available, most of which qual-

ify for Continuing Education credit.

This premier Conference has a national reputa-

tion 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 pro-

fessionals and visit with over 30 event exhibi-

tors.

FPA 2016 Highlights

Top speakers in the nation! Industry

expert keynote and breakout presenta-

tions on financial planning topics across

all areas

Over 30 companies in the exhibit hall

displaying the latest products and re-

sources 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!

2016 Symposium…A tradition like no other

In Memory

Pamela YipDallas Morning News Personal Finance Columnist

For the last 16 years, Pamela Mary Yip helped Dallas Morning News readers navigate the obstacles of personal fi-nance. 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 bach-elor’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 Interna-tional, USA Today and the Houston Chronicle before she joined The News as a business columnist in 1999. Her previ-ous 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 report-ing 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 indi-viduals 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 hon-ors dinner Thursday in her memory. The money will go to the Pamela Yip Scholarship Fund for CFA students. Memori-als may made to the Pamela Yip Fund, FPA DFW, P.O. Box 261750, Plano, Texas 75026.

FPA DFW Past President’s Annual Meeting

Every October a group of FPA DFW past president’s meetings to discuss the direction and future of our chapter. The DFW contin-ues to grow and has had tremendous success over the years and we thank all of these individuals for their leadership of our chap-ter. A special gratitude also goes out to all of the past presidents of the IAFP and ICFP, prior to the FPA.

FPA DFW Past Presidents, since 2000:

2000 Tom McIntire, CFP®

2001 Dennis Carpenter, CFP®

2002 Bryan Lee, CFP®, MBA

2003 Michael Busch, CFP®, CPA

2004 Viktor Szucs, CFP®

2005 Bryan Clintsman, CFP®

2006 Trudy Turner, CFP®, CPA

2007 Kevin Grant, CFP®, CLU, ChFC

2008 Mario Yngerto, CFP®

2009 Mark McClanahan, CFP®

2010 Tara Scottino, CFP®

2011 Monte Ferguson, CFP®, ChFC

2012 Cliff Layfield, CIC, ARM

2013 Dan Mauck, CFP®

2014 Jonathan Meaney, CFP®

2015 Dennis Moore, CFP®

Future FPA DFW Presidents

2016 Rett Dean, CFP®

2017 Brandon Ratzlaff, CFP®

Shannon J. Pike, CFP® Voted

2016 President-Elect of the Fi-

nancial Planning Association

DENVER - The Financial Planning

Association® (FPA®) today an-

nounced that the Board of Direc-

tors has elected Shannon J. Pike,

CFP® as the 2016 FPA President-

Elect for a one-year term. Pike's

term will begin on January 1, 2016, succeeding incoming

2016 FPA President Pamela Sandy, CFP®

With more than 20 years of experience in the financial

services industry, Pike is Vice President and Senior Fi-

nancial Advisor at Asset Management Advisors in Hous-

ton, TX, a firm specializing in tax-efficient wealth

management for individuals, families, trusts and founda-

tions.

Pike was a member of the board of directors with FPA of

Houston for six years, which included stints as the chap-

ter's membership director, president and chair. Additional-

ly, Pike has served on several FPA national task forces

including the Leadership Advisory Council, Practitioner

Advisory Council, the Heart of Financial Planning Task

Force, and chaired the former FPA Chapter Leadership

Advisory Council (CLAC) in 2011.

nois in Consumer Economics with a concentration in fi-

nancial planning, and a banking degree from the

American Institute of Banking. He earned the Certified

Financial Planner™ (CFP®) marks in 2002 after complet-

ing 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 constitu-

ents.

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

Michael Becker

Matt Bennett, CFP®

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

Matt Fitzsimmons

Carey Fraser, CFP®

Jean Freeman, CFP®

Ronald Garner

Michelle Gass

John Gesek

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®

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FPA Member Bring a Guest Program

Introduce a colleague to FPA!

Invite someone you do know to experience with you the pre-miere education, networking and continuing education pro-gram 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 rein-vigorate 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!

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.

PresidentDennis Moore, CFP®, MBA

Chairman/Past PresidentJonathan Meaney, CFP®

President ElectRett Dean, CFP®, EA TreasurerCrystal Billing, CFP®

SecretaryDallas McKee, CFP®

Public Relations DirectorThomas Murphy, CFP®

Membership DirectorWilliam (Bill) Dendy, CFP®

Education DirectorBrandon Ratzlaff, CFP®

Corporate Partnership DirectorJoel Berg, CFP®

Advocacy DirectorSarah Henze, CFP®

Pro-Bono DirectorJaime Boyles, CFP®

Career Development /NexGen Dir.Jennifer Calvi, CFP®

Special Events DirectorJarrod Upton, CFP®, MBA, MS

Technology DirectorMichael Domingo, CFP®, AIF, CLU, MBA

Allied Professionals DirectorTaylor Steele, CFP®, CLU, AIF

Executive DirectorMelisa HallStrategic Association Management

Finance ManagerVicki Stone

Office StaffDebbie Rynas

FPA Member AnniversariesCongratulations to the following Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter members who

are celebrating significant FPA Membership Anniversaries in...

OCTOBER l NOVEMBER l DECEMBER

25 Years

Robert Stevens, CFP®Stevens Financial Services

15 Years

Douglas Bartol, CFP®, CLU, ChFCMoney Matters

Mark Bueter, CFP®Nationwide Financial

T. Michael Chockley, CFP®TMC Financial Management, Inc.

J. Kay Crofford, CFP®JMA Financial Advisors, Inc.

Gregory Gardner, CFP®The Gardner Group

Amy Ng, CFP®, CLU, ChFCMetLife

Walter Virden, CFP®, CPA/PFSVirden, 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/PFSAnderson & Associates Financial, LLC

Ginnie Baker, CFP®, MSTolleson Wealth Management

Zachary Beckerly, CFP®Botsford Financial Group

Kathryn Diduch, CFP®East Texas Wealth Planning Advisors, Inc.

Ryan Fuchs, CFP®, J.D., LLMIfrah Financial Services, Inc.

Nancy Gatens, CFP®Lee Financial Corporation

James Higgins, CFP®

Mick Koffend, MBA, RFGAccountable Aging Care Management

Jeremy Newton, CFP®LPL Financial

Mark SteffeFirst Command Financial Services

John Williams, CFP®Williams FP

SAVE THE DATE!

Events

April 4

14th Annual FPA DFW Ballpark Event

Texas Rangers vs SeattleGlobe Life Park — Arlington TX

HYUNDAI CLUB!!!

Space is extremely limited and this event will sell out quickly. Registration and ticket sales start SOON!

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!

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!

D Magazine - Best Financial Planners 2015Congratulations to all of the FPA DFW members who were included in the November issue of D Magazine as Best Finan-cial Planners 2015.

D Magazine: How We Did It: We asked every Certified Financial Planner in the Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter of the Fi-nancial Planning Association to cast an online ballot. Outside-firm votes counted more than inside-firm votes. Self-nomi-nations 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. NolanSteve Blankenship Nic Gibson Ken PainterKalita Beck Blessing Alan Goldfarb Jeffrey PaladiniJessica Boghetich Damon Gonzalez Ashley ParksJaime Boyles Ricky Grunden, Sr. Bill PerrymanMelissa Brennan Patty Hammond Jimmy PerrymanKatie Brewer Jeremy Hudson Dana PingenotLarry Burgess Ryan Huey Brandon RatzlaffMike Busch Joanna Jadlow J. Tyler RussellBill Carter Diana L. Jenkins Steven SchlegelTravis D. Carter Richard Joyner Scott SchlegelDerek D. Childs Sean Kelleher Tara ScottinoBryan Clintsman Carl J. Kunhardt Shashin G. ShahRobert Cox John Kvale Roger ShakeCraig Cowles Brian H. Langford Sue SpellmanRandall Crimmings Bryan Lee Taylor SteeleGuy Cumbie Richard Lee, Jr. Helen StephensChristopher Currin Ken Link Paul StreiberBryce Danley Brent Little Darrell TateRett Dean John Loyd Jan G. ValeckaDavid Diesslin Lynne Luby Neal VassoMichael A. Domingo Dan Mauck Kane VinesPatrick Dougherty Mark McClanahan Steve WachsTerry D. Doyle Lynn McIntire Dusty WallaceDavid Dryden Tom McIntire Christie WilliamsMary H. Durie Jonathan Meaney Chris S. YoungChandler Ferguson Jim Middlebrook

2015 FPA DFW Sponsor of the YearCongratulations 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 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 congratu-late and recognize the 2015 Honors Award Recipients. The awards were presented at the Honors Dinner on October 8, at the W Hotel in Dallas.

Congratulations to this year’s Award recipients

Honors Award Dan Mauck, CFP®

Clintsman Financial Planning

Chairman’s Award Dr. Bill Gustafson, CFP®

Senior DirectorTexas Tech University Personal

Financial Planning

Young Guns Award Hannah Moore, CFP®

Guiding Wealth Management

Young Guns Award Tyler Russell, CFP®

Carter Financial Management

Welcome!

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.

FPA DFW wishes you a

joyous Thanksgiving and a

Happy Holiday Season!

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.

"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 alum-nus 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 inte-grate 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 in-vestment 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.

Mascot Scrappy and UNT faculty join TD Ameri-trade Institutional President Tom Nally in the New York Stock Exchange board room ahead of the clos-ing 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.

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 19SMU Certificate Program in Financial Planning cohort begins Intensive 11 month program that meets Tuesday evenings and select Saturdays on SMU’s Plano campus. This pro-gram teaches you to really DO financial planning. Discount available for FPA members. Smu.edu/cpfp

April 4SMU Certificate Program in Financial Planning beginsClasses 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 objec-tives of the Financial Planning Association. To enhance our efforts, the FPA-PAC was cre-ated 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 politi-cal 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.

Thank You to our 2015

FPA DFW Corporate Partners

Platinum Level Partners

Gold Level Partners

Silver Level Partners

Double Platinum PartnerPURE Insurance