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46 Certified Financial Planner™ Professionals Named in Barron’s Top 100 Wealth Advisors

October 13, 2011

Washington, DC, October 14, 2011 – CFP Board is proud to announce that 46 CFP® professionals were named in “Barron’s List of Top 100 Independent Wealth Advisors of 2011.”

“I want to extend my sincere congratulations to the 46 CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM professionals named to Barron’s Top 100 Independent Wealth Advisors of 2011,” said CEO of CFP Board Kevin Keller, noting that Robert Glovsky, CFP® – a former Chair of CFP Board’s Board of Directors – appears again on this esteemed list. “This is a great honor that highlights their dedication to clients, their individual practices and to the financial planning profession.”

Barron’s generates this list based upon the volume of assets overseen by the advisors and their teams, revenues generated for the firms and the quality of the advisors’ practices.

For Barron’s full list, visit http://online.barrons.com/report/top-financial-advisors/independent.

“It is rewarding to see CFP® professionals take their practices above and beyond what is expected of them,” said current Board Chair Charles Moran, CFP®. “As CFP® professionals, we are held to high standards of practice and ethics by CFP Board. Barron’s recognition of these dedicated CFP® professionals reflects well on the standards of excellence that more than 63,000 CFP® professionals maintain on a daily basis.”

Name Practice Name Location
Robert A. Clarfeld, CFP® Clarfeld Financial Advisors, Inc. Tarrytown, New York
Ron Carson, CFP® Carson Wealth Management Group Omaha, Nebraska
Peter Mallouk, CFP® Creative Planning, Inc. Leawood, Kansas
Debra Wetherby, CFP® Wetherby Asset Management San Francisco, California
Jon Waldron, CFP® Waldron Wealth Management Bridgeville, Pennsylvania
Tom Tracy, CFP® Aspiriant San Francisco, California
Brian Holmes, CFP® Signature Estate & Investment Advisors, LLC Los Angeles, California
Steven Weinstein, CFP® Altair Advisers LLC Chicago, Illinois
John Lesser, CFP® Plante Moran Financial Advisors Auburn Hills, Michigan
Michael Yoshikami, CFP® YCMNET Advisors Walnut Creek, California
Andy Berg, CFP® Homrich & Berg Inc Atlanta, Georgia
Timothy Grimes, CFP® Grimes & Company, Inc. Westborough, Massachusetts
Dale Yahnke, CFP® Dowling & Yahnke, LLC San Diego, California
Charles Zhang, CFP® Zhang Financial Portage, Michigan
Susan Kaplan, CFP® Kaplan Financial Services Newton, Massachusetts
Grant Rawdin, CFP® Wescott Financial Advisory Group LLC Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Christopher Cordaro, CFP® RegentAtlantic Capital Morristown, New Jersey
Scott Tiras, CFP® Ameriprise Financial Services Houston, Texas
Mark Dixon, CFP® Plante Moran Financial Advisors Southfield, Michigan
Thomas Myers, CFP® Brownson, Rehmus & Foxworth, Inc. Menlo Park, California
David Bugen, CFP® RegentAtlantic Capital Morristown, New Jersey
Scott T. Henson, CFP® Hanson McClain Advisors Sacramento, California
Brent Brodeski, CFP® Savant Capital Management, Inc Rockford, Illinois
Gregg Fisher, CFP® Gerstein Fisher & Associates Inc New York, New York
Andrew McMorrow, CFP® Ballentine Partners, LLC Waltham, Massachusetts
Thomas B. Gau, CFP® Retirement Planning Specialists, Inc. Ashland, Oregon
Charles Brighton, CFP® Brighton Jones, LLC Seattle, Washington
Stephan Cassaday, CFP® Cassaday & Company Inc McLean, Virginia
Joel Isaacson, CFP® Joel Isaacson & Co., LLC New York, New York
Claudia Shilo, CFP® Ballentine Partners, LLC Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
Greg Sullivan, CFP® Harris SBSB McLean, Virginia
Jeffrey Lancaster, CFP® Bingham Osborn & Scarborough LLC San Francisco, California
Kevin Myeroff, CFP® NCA Financial Planners Mayfield Heights, Ohio
Don DeWaay, CFP® DeWaay Capital Management Clive, Iowa
Frederick Paulman, CFP® RMB Capital Management Chicago, Illinois
John Adams Vaccaro, CFP® Westport Resources Management Westport, Connecticut
Gerard Klingman, CFP® Klingman and Associates, LLC New York, New York
Malcolm Makin, CFP® Professional Planning Group Westerly, Rhode Island
Charles Thoele, CFP® Robertson Griege & Thoele Dallas, Texas
Michael Chasnoff, CFP® Truepoint Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio
Randall Linde, CFP® Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Renton, Washington
Ronald Weiner, CFP® Retirement Design & Management, Inc. Westport, Connecticut
Robert Glovsky, CFP® Mintz Levin Financial Advisors Boston, Massachusetts
Lewis Altfest, CFP® L.J. Altfest & Company Inc. New York, New York
Robert Fragasso, CFP® Fragasso Financial Advisors Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rick Van Benschoten, CFP® Lenox Advisors Inc New York, New York


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