CFP Board Hires Director of Certificants.

DENVER -- Keith J. Soressi will join Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc., on Dec. 1, 2005, as Director of Certificants. This is a new position for the nonprofit regulatory agency that oversees the CFP(R) trademark designation awarded to more than 49,000 financial planners nationwide.

"Keith has developed and managed a number of volunteer programs for a nonprofit during the past decade," said Sarah Ball Teslik, CEO of CFP Board. "That experience will serve him well here at CFP Board as he works with external initiatives and our professional review program."

Soressi, who has been a senior executive with the District of Columbia Bar for the past 11 years, holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science from University of California, Berkeley, and a law degree from University of San Francisco. Most recently, he has been charged with the task of revising the disciplinary procedures as well as practice standards for the Bar.

The mission of CFP Board, a nonprofit regulatory organization, is to foster professional standards in personal financial planning so that the public values, has access to and benefits from competent financial planning. CFP Board owns the certification marks CFP(R), CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(TM) and federally registered CFP (with flame logo) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board's initial and ongoing certification requirements. For more information about CFP Board, visit www.CFP.net.