CFP Board Hires University of Texas Program Director to Head Education Department.DENVER -- James E. Dobbs, adjunct instructor of financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against and the program director at The University of Texas at Austin “University of Texas” redirects here. For other system schools, see University of Texas System. The University of Texas at Austin (often referred to as The University of Texas, UT Austin, UT, or Texas , will be joining Certified Financial Planner Certified Financial Planner (CFP) A person who has passed examinations accredited by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, showing that the person is able to manage a client's banking, estate, insurance, investment, and tax affairs. Board of Standards, Inc., as Education Director Dec. 1, 2005. Dobbs developed and founded a similar program at Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University, at Dallas, Tex.; United Methodist; coeducational; chartered 1911. The school's facilities include laboratories for electron microscopy and stable isotopes, a museum of paleontology, and a graduate research center. . "Not only has Jim Dobbs founded and directed two educational programs in the past five years, but he has owned his own financial planning firm for several years," said Sarah Ball Teslik, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CFP 1. CFP - Constraint Functional Programming. 2. CFP - Communicating Functional Processes. 3. CFP - Call For Papers (for a conference). Board. "That experience gives Jim the type of perspective CFP Board needs in order to be forward thinking about how education can continue to meet the needs of this growing profession." Dobbs, who holds a bachelor's degree in financial planning from Baylor University, has been authorized to use the CFP(R) marks since 1996. Dobbs is in his 15th year as a financial planner and holds several securities and insurance licenses. When he has not been planning, developing and convincing university administrations in Texas to implement financial planning programs, Dobbs has operated a fee-based financial planning firm in Austin, Texas. 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. |
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