CFP Board Names Five to Disciplinary And Ethics Commission

WASHINGTON--(Business Wire)--
The Board of Directors of Certified Financial Planner Board of
Standards, Inc. (CFP Board), the certifying and standards-setting
organization that oversees more than 57,000 financial professionals
holding the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(TM) certification, has
announced the names of five new members to its Disciplinary and Ethics
Commission.

The nine-member Commission conducts disciplinary hearings three
times a year and is responsible for interpreting and applying CFP
Board's Standards of Professional Conduct and, when necessary,
imposing appropriate discipline in cases involving CFP(R)
certificants.

Named to serve as Commission Chair is Daniel B. Moisand, CFP(R).
He will serve as Chair for the remainder of 2008. Current Commission
member Jack Harmon, CFP(R), will be Commission Chair in 2009.

Others named to the Commission are: V. Raymond Ferrara, CFP(R),
James M. Knaus, CFP(R), Yvonne Dean, CFP(R), and Michael Ross CFP(R).
The five new Commission members join current Commission members Jack
Harmon, Patricia Coriden, CFP(R), Edward Mora, CFP(R) and Glenn
Parker, CFP(R).

"We're gratified to have such a strong slate of Commissioners to
volunteer their time and expertise for this vital role of ensuring
that the CFP(R) marks continue to be recognized as the standard of
excellence and ethical behavior for personal financial planning," said
David G. Strege, CFP(R), chair of the Board of Directors. "In
addition, we are fortunate to have as Commission Chair someone who is
as dedicated and widely respected in our community as Dan Moisand,"
Strege added.

Moisand is a principal with the Melbourne, Fla., firm Spraker
Fitzgerald Tamayo & Moisand. He served on CFP Board's Board of
Practice Standards from 1999 through 2001, helping to write the
standards that apply to CFP(R) certificants in the United States. He
recently completed five years of service on the Financial Planning
Association's Board of Directors. He was that board's President in
2006 and Chairman in 2007. He has been a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL
PLANNER(TM) certificant since 1994.

Dean is the Houston-based launch manager for the Texas Regional
Financial Office of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Dean previously
served as a volunteer on CFP Board's Council on Examinations and
Disciplinary and Ethics Commission. She also was a volunteer for CFP
Board's Financial Planning Clinic held in Boston in 2007. Dean has
been a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(TM) certificant since 2002.

Ferrara is president and CEO of ProVise Management Group of
Clearwater, Fla. Ferrara has served on the Boards of Directors for the
Financial Planning Association and the Institute of Certified
Financial Planners. Ferrara currently sits on FPA's Leadership
Development Committee, and served on that organization's National
Board from 2000 to 2003; FPA's Regulation Task Force from 2005 to
2006, Government Relations Committee from 2000 to 2001, and Finance
Committee from 2000 to 2003. He has been a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL
PLANNER(TM) certificant since 1990.

Knaus is co-founder of Global Wealth Advisors of Troy, Mich. Knaus
is a former member of CFP Board's Board of Governors (now the Board of
Directors) and CFP Board's Council on Examinations, serving as Chair
in 2001. He is Faculty Chair at the Oakland (Mich.) University
Personal Financial Planning Program. He has been a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL
PLANNER(TM) certificant since 1987.

Ross is founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Connection
Group of Plainview, N.Y. Ross has been a volunteer on CFP Board's
Disciplinary and Ethics Commission. He also has been a securities
arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
since 1995. He has been a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(TM) certificant
since 1996.

The mission of Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards,
Inc. is to benefit the public by granting the CFP(R) certification and
upholding it as the recognized standard of excellence for personal
financial planning. CFP Board owns the certification marks CFP(R),
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(TM) and federally registered CFP (with
flame design) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who
successfully complete CFP Board's initial and ongoing certification
requirements. CFP Board currently authorizes more than 57,000
individuals to use these marks in the United States. For more about
CFP Board, visit www.CFP.net.

CFP(R) - The Recognized Standard of Excellence in Personal
Financial Planning

Chris Wloszczyna, Director of Public Relations, CFP Board
202-379-2252
cwloszczyna@CFPBoard.org

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