Financial Planning Association of Silicon Valley

FPA Annual Conference 2019
2019-10-16 - 2019-10-18 | Minneapolis Convention Center, 1301 2nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
Overview:
TBA
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN
Registration: Register here

Ethics
2019-10-11 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Maggiano’s Little Italy (at Santana Row), 3055 Olin Ave #1000, San Jose, CA, 95128, United States
Overview:
This program fulfills the requirement for CFP Board-approved Ethics CE. It is designed to educate CFP® professionals on CFP Board’s new Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct, which is effective October 1, 2019. The goal of this program is to position the application of CFP Board’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct as the foundation for ethical financial planning.
TOPIC: Ethics
Speaker: Curt Weil, CFP®
About the Speaker:
Our presenter, Curt Weil, CFP®, is a long-time veteran of the profession, past President and frequent presenter in Ethics.
Cost:
Early Registration $40.00 members $60.00 non- members.
At the door $60.00 for FPA members, $75.00 non-members.
Registration: Click here

October 2019 Chapter Meeting
2019-10-11 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Little Italy (at Santana Row), 3055 Olin Ave #1000, San Jose, CA, 95128, United States
Overview:
Americans are facing a huge retirement savings shortfall and don’t appear to demonstrate the knowledge level needed to turn their savings into sustainable retirement income as only roughly 25% of Americans near retirement age can pass a basic retirement income literacy quiz. But, it is not just a lack of literacy holding Americans back. Behavioral biases and heuristics like narrow framing and loss aversion are also creating significant roadblocks. Learn how to incorporate best practices around behavioral finance techniques and technology to help achieve better evidence-based retirement outcomes for your clients. This presentation will show you how you can rewire the way your clients think about saving for retirement to spending in retirement.
1.5 hours CFP CE has been granted for this session by the CFP Board.
**Ethics for CFP® Professionals will be offered in a separate session at 2pm on October 11th. If you would like to also register for Ethics, it is $40 for members and $60 for non-members. Registration for both Chapter Meeting and Ethics can be done simultaneously.
Topic: Rewirement: Improving Retirement Income Client Outcomes By Embracing Behavioral Finance Best Practices.
Speaker: Jamie Hopkins, Esq., LLM, MBA, CFP®, RICP®
About The Speaker:
Jamie Hopkins, Esq., LLM, MBA, CFP®, RICP®, is the Director of Retirement Research at Carson Wealth and a Finance Professor of Practice at Creighton University’s Heider School of Business, a former professor of Taxation at The American College, where he helped co-create the Retirement Income Certified Professional® (RICP®) education program. Jamie is a Finance Professor of Practice at the Heider School of Business at Creighton University. Jamie strives to increase the retirement income security of Americans by delivering practical and trusted retirement research and education. His most recent book, Rewirement: Rewiring The Way You Think About Retirement, details the behavioral finance issues that hold people back from a more financially secure retirement.
He has been selected by InvestmentNews as one of the top 40 financial service professionals under the age of 40 and was also selected by The American Bar Association as one of the top 40 Young Attorneys in the country. In 2017, Trusts & Estates Journal awarded Professor Hopkins the Distinguished Author Award for his article on the Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule. He holds his LLM in Taxation from Temple University School of Law and his J.D. from Villanova University School of Law.
Featured Partner: Christina Gray, Stonecrest
Cost:
Early Registration $40.00 members $60.00 non- members.
At the door $60.00 for FPA members, $75.00 non-members.
Registration: Click here

NexGen Firm Tours
2019-09-26 16:30 - 18:00 | Main Street Financial Planning, 340 Lorton Avenue, Suite 215, Burlingame, CA, 94401, United States
FPA NexGen is a community for FPA members that focuses on the next generation of financial professionals. If registration has closed and you would like to attend, please email Susan Adams at execdirector@fpasv.org to be placed on a waitlist.
Overview:
Topic: Have you ever wondered…
What various roles are available within an RIA?
If there was another way to run your financial planning practice?
Whether you need to have a broker-dealer affiliation?
About the challenges of joining an ensemble firm versus starting your own?
If you’ve ever asked yourself any of these questions, the FPA Silicon Valley chapter NexGen group has scheduled a “Firm Tour” with two firms to help answer those questions plus any others you may have. We are opening this event to members and non-members.
Speaker: Ballast Point Financial Planning & Main Street Financial Planning.
Location: Main Street Financial Planning, 340 Lorton Ave, Suite 215, Burlingame, CA 94401
Date/Time: Thursday, September 26, 2019, 4:30 – 6:00 pm
Registration here

September 2019 Webinar
2019-09-20 12:00 - 13:00 | CA
Overview:
Topic: TBA
Location: Online Only
Speaker/Featured Partner: Rich Dayton, the Dayton Law Firm
Registration will open soon.

September 2019 Chapter Meeting
2019-09-13 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Little Italy (at Santana Row), 3055 Olin Ave #1000, San Jose, CA, 95128, United States
Overview:
Topic: Wealth Management Strategies Using 529 Education Plans
Why do advisors need to talk about investing in 529 plans? Because investing in education for family members is only 2nd to retirement savings. Learn the following from Mr. Stack’s presentation:

How to plan and prepare as college costs continue to rise and how financial aid may or may not help families pay for college.
What are some of the federal income and estate tax laws that may affect college planning?
Last, but not least, what are the options available to clients when the money is not used for a designated beneficiary’s college?

About the Speakers:
Chris Stack, Esq., managing consultant, Savingforcollege.com, is a nationally recognized 529 authority, experienced in educational finance. He has been an attorney for more than 25 years, licensed in New York and Pennsylvania, with experience in finance, investments and law relating to tax-advantaged products, including Section 529, since it became federal law in 1996.
As a partner at a major New York law firm, Mr. Stack advocated to his state clients the benefits of 529 programs and, beginning in 1997, served as the principal or participating author for several states’ legislation establishing 529 programs. He assisted several states in implementing their 529 saving programs.
Mr. Stack has been leading Savingforcollege.com LLC consulting and educational services since 2001. Currently, he advises and consults with states and investment companies and presents nationally to employers, financial advisors, accountants, attorneys and actual investors on 529 plans. He has participated in 529 programs for his two boys since 1997.
Featured Partner: Scott Pyes, Natixis
Cost:
Early Registration $40.00 members $60.00 non- members.
At the door $60.00 for FPA members, $75.00 non-members.
Registration: Click here

8th Annual Bocce Event
2019-08-22 17:30 - 20:00 | Campo di Bocce, 565 University Ave, Los Gatos, CA, 95032
Don’t miss this annual event! It’s a casual gathering where we split into groups to play bocce and socialize. No experience necessary. Registration includes food, two complimentary drinks and bocce. Location is Campo di Bocce in Los Gatos.
Register early to get the best price! Click here to register.
Through June 30th — $30 Member / $40 Non-Member
July 1st – July 31st — $35 Member / $45 Non-Member
After July 31st — $40 Member / $50 Non-Member
Schedule for the evening is below. After 6:00 pm, times are estimated. Heavy appetizers served throughout event beginning at 6:00 pm.**
•5:30 pm — Sign in, grab a drink and enjoy networking
•6:00 pm — How to Play and First Round Begins
•6:45 pm — Introduction of Team Captains/Sponsors
•7:00 pm — Second Round Begins
•7:45 pm — Winning Team Announced
•8:00 pm — Event ends, but you are welcome to stay and visit with other attendees.
Team Captain/Sponsor Opportunities Available: Click here for more information.

Thank you to our event sponsors and team captains:

Christina Gray, Stonecrest

Matt Beck, American Century investments

Michael Jones, TD Ameritrade Institutional

https://www.openinvest.co – Mark Dickinson, OpenInvest

August 2019 Far West Round Up
2019-08-08 - 2019-08-11 | UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, United States
Overview:
The Far West Roundup is an informal retreat for financial planning practitioners and those intending to enter the financial planning profession. It is held on the campus of UC Santa Cruz. We eat in the cafeteria and we sleep in the dorms. The campus is beautiful, the food is good (considering it’s cafeteria food), and the accommodations are a long shot from the Ritz. Needless to say, this retreat is wildly popular in spite of its downscale venue. The appeal is the informal setting where planning practitioners can exchange ideas and have fun.
Location: UC Santa Cruz; Save the dates.
Registration: http://fpafarwestroundup.org/

July 2019 NexGen Social
2019-07-25 17:30 - 19:30 | Antonio’s Nut House, 321 California Ave, Palo Alto, CA, 94306
FPA NexGen is a community for FPA members that focuses on the next generation of financial professionals. If registration has closed and you would like to attend, please email Susan Adams at execdirector@fpasv.org to be placed on a wait list.
Overview:
Join our NexGen group for a social.
Location: Antonio’s Nut House, 321 California St, Palo Alto. We will meet near the taqueria.
Date/Time: Thursday, July 25, 2019, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Register here

July 2019 Webinar
2019-07-19 12:00 - 13:00 | CA
Overview:
Please join Pete Klos of Natixis Investment Managers for a seminar designed to educate participants on the impact taxes can have on investments and the techniques that can be applied to maximize after-tax returns. The course also compares and contrasts the taxation of different investment vehicles, and looks at the effects of recent tax code changes.
Topic: Managing Taxable Investments: Techniques for Mitigating Tax Costs in Investing
Location: Online Only
Speaker: Pete Klos
Peter Klos is a Portfolio Manager and Senior Vice President at Managed Portfolio Advisors®, a division of Natixis Advisors, L.P. His areas of focus include manager due diligence, tax management, and trade implementation. Mr. Klos started with the company in 2004. Prior to joining Natixis, Mr. Klos worked at UBS in multiple roles within their managed account and private client groups. He has more than 16 years of investment management experience. Mr. Klos received his MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and a BS in finance from Villanova University. Mr. Klos is also a CFA® charterholder and member of the CFA Society of San Francisco.
Featured Partner: Scott Pyes, Natixis
Register here

July 2019 Chapter Meeting
2019-07-12 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Little Italy (at Santana Row), 3055 Olin Ave #1000, San Jose, CA, 95128, United States
Overview:
TOPIC: Business Planning Beyond the Numbers
SPEAKER: Teresa Riccobuono
Attendees will learn what it takes to prepare a comprehensive business plan, including the foundational pieces, client service aspects, client acquisition strategies, as well as how to create a staff development plan. Then turn it all into an implementation plan, including a list of actionable items assigned to team members with due dates.
1.5 hours CE available pending approval by the CFP Board
Featured Partner: Mike Ryan, Michael Ryan & Associates
About the Speaker:
Teresa started her career in 1997 as a financial advisor. Her career has evolved into a practice management and recruiting specialist for the industry. Teresa is a frequent contributor to Advisor Perspectives and an occasional contributor for Michael Kitces. She’s the Public Relations chair for our East Bay chapter.
Cost:
Early Registration $40.00 members $60.00 non- members.
At the door $60.00 for FPA members, $75.00 non-members.
Click here to register

Triple Treat Networking Event
2019-06-20 17:30 - 20:00 | Vault 164, 154 South B Street, San Mateo, CA
Join FPASV, CalCPA and Asian Pacific American Bar Association (APABA) for our annual Triple Treat Networking Event.
Date: Thursday, June 20, 2019, 5:30 pm
Location: Vault 164 Restaurant and Bar, San Mateo
Registration: Click here

Past Presidents Dinner
2019-06-11 17:30 - 20:00 | CA
Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2019, 5:30 pm.

June 2019 FPA Residency
2019-06-07 - 2019-06-12 | The Hyatt Regency Aurora, 13200 East 14th Place, Aurora, CO, 80011, United States
Overview:
​​​What is FPA Residency program?
​It a highly acclaimed, intensive, week-long, experiential-learning program designed to immerse newly or soon-to-be certified CFP® professionals in practicing the “art of financial planning.” Led by a faculty of highly experienced and nationally known deans and mentors, program participants or residents spend their days role-playing and working through real-life financial planning scenarios.
With the end goal of building the confidence and skills needed to create meaningful relationships with clients, residents gain a deep understanding of how to “do” financial planning, and more importantly, what it means to “be” a financial planner for their clients. Additionally, participants can earn 28 CFP continuing education credits or three months of experience toward CFP Board’s three-year requirement.
Location: The Hyatt Regency Aurora – Denver Conference Center, 13200 East 14th Place, Aurora, Colorado
Registration: https://www.onefpa.org/residency

June 2019 FPA Advocacy Day - Washington, DC
2019-06-05 - 2019-06-06 | CA
Overview:
FPA Advocacy Day is an important opportunity for FPA members and leaders to gather on The Hill to continue the dialogue with federal policymakers about the financial planning profession while displaying FPA’s strength as the largest membership association for CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals. Plan for a high energy, invigorating day that empower you to positively interact with policymakers to help advocate for issues that are crucial to practitioners of the financial planning community. Join us for our FPA Afternoon Symposium on Wednesday, June 5th and our Advocacy Day on June 6th. Find out more by clicking the registration link.
Location: Washington D.C (more details to come)
Registration: https://www.onefpa.org/advocacy/Pages/FPA_Advocacy_Days.aspx

June 2019 FPA NexGen Gathering
2019-06-02 - 2019-06-04 | Loyola University, 6363 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Overview:
Come “Take Action Together” at Gathering 2019 in beautiful New Orleans, a dynamic city full of culture, history, and exciting adventures! This event provides an opportunity to discuss hot topics and trends facing the future of the financial planning profession and a chance to get to know your peers, colleagues and the FPA leadership in an intimate and free-flow setting. All members of the financial planning community are welcomed to join the conversation and experience the pulse, passion and vision of the next generation of financial planners.
Location: Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Registration: https://fpaactivate.org/gathering-2019/

May 2019 NexGen Meeting
2019-05-30 17:30 - 19:30 | Abacus Wealth Partners, 700 South B Street, Suite 200, San Mateo, CA, 94401, United States
FPA NexGen is a community for FPA members that focuses on the next generation of financial professionals. If registration has closed and you would like to attend, please email Susan Adams at execdirector@fpasv.org to be placed on a wait list.
Overview:
Topic: Impact Investing
Speaker: Andrew Olig of Calvert Research and Management
Location: 700 South B Street, Suite 200, San Mateo
Date/Time: Thursday, May 30, 2019, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Register Here

May 2019 FPA NorCal Conference
2019-05-28 - 2019-05-29 | CA
Overview:
TBA
Location:
Registration: http://www.fpanorcal.org/

May 2019 Financial Planning Day
2019-05-18 13:00 - 16:30 | Santa Clara Central Park Public Library, 2635 Homestead Road, Santa Clara, CA, 95051, United States
Overview:
Save the date. Volunteers needed. To learn more or to volunteer click the link below
Volunteer Registration

May 2019 Chapter Meeting
2019-05-10 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Little Italy (at Santana Row), 3055 Olin Ave #1000, San Jose, CA, 95128, United States
Overview:
TOPIC: Buy/Sell a Practice
SPEAKER: Christine Sjolin, VP. Strategic Development & Operations, FP Transitions
Join us for an update on M&A activity on financial advisory practices, and learn what trends are driving value growth overall. This presentation will include information from FP Transitions proprietary data, including current deal structuring statistics as well as long-term insight from the valuation database. Attendees will receive an overview on what it takes to be successful in today’s marketplace and how to build a business with sustainable growth. Whether you’re interested in acquiring a practice or are preparing to sell, this presentation will deliver valuable insights to develop your strategy and take the next steps.
Featured Partner: Chad Perbeck, CIMA®, Litman Gregory Asset Management
About the Speaker:
Christine Sjolin has 10 years’ experience in business management and strategic development for relationship-based businesses with emphasis on financial practices. She is an experienced consultant to small business owners.
Since joining FP Transitions in 2011, Christine has been one of the principal drivers behind the growth and success of the Equity Management System, a program that now boasts approximately 2,000 members and 20 independent Broker-Dealers and Custodians. Whether speaking, publishing or helping advisors one-on-one, she brings to her work at FP Transitions an enthusiasm and perspective befitting a seasoned traveler.
Christine is a graduate of Oregon State University, where she focused on European history and politics, and participated in international study programs in France and the Czech Republic. She has completed post-graduate courses in taxation and accounting. As the VP of Strategic Development and Operations, Christine is one of the chief architects of the FP Transitions vision and team.
Cost:
Early Registration $40.00 members $45.00 non- members.
At the door $60.00 for FPA members, $65.00 non-members.

May 2019 FPA Retreat
2019-05-06 - 2019-05-09 | Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines, 10950 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, United States
Overview:
More Information Coming Soon
Location: Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines, 10950 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla
Register: https://fparetreat.org/register-2019/

April 2019 FPA NextGen
2019-04-24 18:00 - 19:30 | Golden Gate University, 536 Mission Street, 2nd Flr, San Francisco, CA, 94105
FPA NexGen is a community for FPA members that focuses on the next generation of financial professionals. If registration has closed and you would like to attend, please email Susan Adams at execdirector@fpasv.org to be placed on a wait list.
Overview:
Topic: FPA NexGen Welcomes Morgan Housel
Speaker: Morgan Housel, partner, The Collaborative Fund and former columnist, The Motley Fool and The Wall Street Journal
Morgan Housel is a partner at The Collaborative Fund and a former columnist at The Motley Fool and The Wall Street Journal. He is a two-time winner of the Best in Business award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, the New York Times Sidney Award, a two-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, and the Columbia Journalism Review for the Best Business Writing 2012 anthology. In 2013 he was a finalist for the Scripps Howard Award.
Location: Golden Gate University, 536 Mission Street, second floor, San Francisco
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Registration: Click Here

April 2019 Chapter Meeting
2019-04-12 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Little Italy (at Santana Row), 3055 Olin Ave #1000, San Jose, CA, 95128, United States
Overview:
TOPIC: The Era of Blockchain
SPEAKER: Daniel Friedberg of Fenwick & West LLP
Bitcoin started with a white paper release on 10/31/2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto. Where are we 10 years later? What is cryptocurrency? What are the steps in the legal process of creating coins / tokens? Who are the regulator(s) involved and what are some of the governing securities laws that are applicable? What should financial advisors know about cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology so we can better advise and educate our clients on this topic?
According to one of Dan’s talks, “We are in the beginning of something that’s revolutionary. Most cryptocurrencies will fail, but some will be astounding.”
Featured Partner: Greg Hacker, Open Mortgage – Home Equity Retirement Specialist
About the Speaker:
Daniel Friedberg is an attorney at Fenwick & West LLP. He has more than 20 years of experience representing businesses in financial regulatory matters. Dan’s financial technology practice includes representation of companies that are money transmitters, digital currency issuers and mobile payment providers. Dan also assists clients with issues involving lending matters, electronic payments, prepaid cards, branded credit cards and virtual currencies.
Dan has also assisted many startup banks in obtaining federal and state charters, and has advised such banks on operational and governance matters. Dan has close relationships with state and federal regulators, including regulators at the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC), State Banking Divisions and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Dan has assisted financial clients with mergers and acquisitions, bank holding company formation and use, acquisition and ownership planning, regulatory matters and compliance issues.
Dan’s practical approach is informed by his additional corporate background, working with clients on formations of new venture entities, securities filings, private placements, registered offerings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial finance, joint ventures, strategic alliances and corporate governance.​​
Cost:
Early Registration $40.00 members $60.00 non- members.
At the door $60.00 for FPA members, $75.00 non-members.
Register Here

March 2019 Brown Bag
2019-03-29 12:00 - 13:30 | Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., 1919 S. Bascom Avenue, Suite 100, Campbell, CA, 95008
Brown Bags are lunchtime meetings with a focused topic and speaker, typically attended by 10-12 people, providing a more casual and intimate setting to learn about and discuss specific topics. These meetings are offered at a nominal cost of $10 to FPA members, $25 for non members, with attendees bringing a bag lunch. Pre-registration is required and attendance is limited to 12 based upon conference room space.
Overview:
Topic: A Creative Way for Millennials to Own a Home in the Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most expensive area where median home price in Santa Clara county is $1.37 million and yearly income required to afford it is $284,000. This has become a crisis because few people have the ability to purchase a home and is especially challenging for first time buyers.
A creative way called Equity Sharing is a potential solution for those who wish to own a home but not yet have the full capacity. The Equity sharing is a form of shared ownership between an occupant buyer and a non-occupying investor each contribute to the down payment, occupier lives in the home, keeps it up, and makes the monthly payments, and the two parties share the home appreciation.
This could be a win-win situation where investor does not worry about property management and the occupier is able to build equity that could not be achieved otherwise. However there are several considerations needs close evaluation such as ownership percentage, possession, financial contributions, repair and improvement, and owners’ rights at the end of the equity share.
In this brown bag meeting Stanley Tseng will examine this unique way of achieving the American Dream for many potential buyers.
Speaker: Stanley Tseng, Nova Financial Services, Inc.
Stanley Tseng started his real estate career as a loan officer after ten years in high tech as an engineer. He worked with multiple new home builders as their preferred lender from 1993 to 2008, gaining valuable insight and experience in dealing with new home purchases. In 2009 he started representing buyers as a real estate broker specializes in new home purchase and investment properties. Stanley has completed the Personal Financial Planning certificate program from UC Santa Cruz Extension in 2011 and is a CFP professional candidate, he offers advice to his clients on all aspects of real estate investment.
Location: 1919 South Bascom Avenue, Suite 100, Campbell, CA 95008
Register here.

March 2019 NexGen Social
2019-03-28 17:30 - 19:30 | Antonio’s Nut House, 321 California Ave, Palo Alto, CA, 94306
FPA NexGen is a community for FPA members that focuses on the next generation of financial professionals. If registration has closed and you would like to attend, please email Susan Adams at execdirector@fpasv.org to be placed on a wait list.
Overview:
Join us for a NexGen happy hour. RSVP is appreciated but not required. Walk-ins Welcome.
Location: Antonio’s Nut House, 321 S. California, Palo Alto
Date/Time: Thursday, March 28, 2019, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
RSVP here. There is no charge for this event.

March 2019 Webinar
2019-03-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Overview:
TOPIC: Using Option Strategies for Financial Planning Solutions
Featured Partner: Wendy Hales, Innovative Portfolios, LLC
About the Speakers:
Jim Murphy of Innovative Portfolios, LLC. will be our speaker.
Registration:
Click here to register.

Student Forum/Brown Bag - Surviving an Audit in Your Practice (CA)
2019-02-13 11:30 - 13:30 | UCSC Extension, 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, 95054, United States
Student Forum Meetings are intended for prospective and current students at UCSC-Extension in the Personal Financial Planning Program, UCSCX PFP alumni, and for members of the Financial Planning Association (any chapter). These meetings are not open to the general public.
Surviving an Audit of Your Practice (California)
****Please join us in this collaborative session between the UCSCX In Silicon Valley’s PFP Student Forum Group, and the FPASV’s Brown Bag Lunch team. A light lunch will be served. Registration is required and seating will be limited. Doors open at 11:30 am for networking.****
All financial planners and wealth managers registered with either the State of California, or for larger firms, with the SEC, face the prospect of a practice audit. This session is specifically focused on the State of California Department of Corporations audit process. For many, the prospect of an audit brings feelings of trepidation and uncertainty, especially for a first time audit.
Please join us at this interactive session where 2-3 practitioners will share their recent experiences with a Department of Corporations practice audit. Practitioners representing both an in-office audit, and a paper audit will be on the panel. They will share information regarding the communication methods of auditors, the process that it used to identify and gather the required information, the access the auditors require to complete their assessment, and even more importantly, the process of communicating deficiencies and the expected resolution steps or process.
The panelists will share their learnings and suggestions for other practitioners to take steps now to prepare their practice, as well as any recommendations to reduce the stress involved during the process.
This will be an interactive panel session, with opportunities for questions from the audience.
Registration for this free event will be available soon at on this website and at www.ucsc.edu. Badges will be prepared for those registering for this event. Registration will close when we reach maximum capacity.Walk-ins may be restricted.
Click here to register.
Panelists:
Teresa Scagliotti, CFP®, Principal, Scagliotti & Associates, has worked in the financial services industry for 24 years. She spent a very short period of time with a large insurance company but soon realized there was a lot more to this industry than just insurance. This led her to venture out and establish her own private practice while pursuing the CFP designation through the UCSC Extension program. Today her firm offers hourly financial planning to individuals and families, and risk management services for her clients as well as to clients of other financial planning firms who do not offer this service. Teresa is a former instructor in the UCSC Extension program and served as President of the local FPA of Silicon Valley for 2 years as well as on a national committee with the Financial Planning Association.
Dr. Renée Snow, Ph.D., CFP®, EA has worked as a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ for the past 20 years and has combined technical expertise with psychology and philosophy in service to her clients. She earned a M.S. in Accountancy and worked 8 years for a large regional CPA firm. While at the firm, she prepared income taxes for clients and began pursuing her CFP® designation. Today, Dr. Snow manages her own firm and specializes in tax planning, asset management, and the psychological aspects of wealth management. Dr. Snow is an associate professor at Sofia University, formerly the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, where she teaches Transpersonal Finance, Quantitative Research, and Mixed Methods Research. She is also Chair of the Personal Financial Planning Program at the University of California Santa Cruz Extension and teaches the Practicum course.
Chris Wentzien, CFP®, CPA, MBA, Principal, Natural Bridges Financial Advisors, is the founder and principal of Natural Bridges Financial Advisors. He holds a BA in Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara and an MBA from Westminster College. Chris is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional and a Certified Public Accountant and Personal Financial Specialist (CPA/PFS). He is currently an instructor at the UCSC Extension Silicon Valley Personal Financial Planning Department and serves on the Board of Directors for the Alliance of Comprehensive Planners (ACP), a nationwide non-profit community for financial planners. As a former professional soccer player, Chris is one of the founders of the Santa Cruz County FC Revolution, a non-profit premier youth soccer club working with underserved children in Santa Cruz County.

February 2019 Chapter Meeting
2019-02-08 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Little Italy (at Santana Row), 3055 Olin Ave #1000, San Jose, CA, 95128, United States
Overview:
Getting Started with LinkedIn
Note: Level of complexity is Intermediate; not beginner level.
Social networks are a time and cost-efficient way for financial advisors to market themselves. While social networks like Twitter and Facebook definitely have their place, LinkedIn is by far the most valuable for planners and advisors.
LinkedIn is now an all-in-one professional social media network because it allows users showcase their skills and experience, create original content, keep in touch with current clients and centers of influence as well as prospect new clients. If you want to make the most of your social media activity it should not be used just as a passive digital resume.
In this presentation Steve Fox will go over how to properly set up your LinkedIn account, write a good summary, develop your network, create and personalize your content, stay on top of mind with your connections, and how to do prospecting and be creative with this powerful tool.
About the Speaker:
Steve Fox is a Regional Advisor Consultant in the Putnam Retail Management group. He is responsible for working with financial advisors in the San Francisco Bay Area to provide market and economic commentary, as well as updates and insight on Putnam’s products and services. Steve Fox, who holds Series 6, 63, 7, and 65 licenses with FINRA, has been in the investment industry since he joined Putnam in 2013. He holds a B.A. from Brown University in Business Economics.
Cost:
Early Registration thru February 4th – $40.00 members $60.00 non-members.
At the door $60.00 for FPA members, $75.00 non-members.

January 2019 NexGen Meeting
2019-01-31 17:30 - 19:30 | Abacus Wealth Partners, 700 South B Street, Suite 200, San Mateo, CA, 94401, United States
FPA NexGen is a community for FPA members that focuses on the next generation of financial professionals. If registration has closed and you would like to attend, please email Susan Adams at execdirector@fpasv.org to be placed on a wait list.
Overview:
Topic: Estate Planning
Speaker: E.J. Hong
Location is 700 South B Street, Suite 200, San Mateo
Date/Time: Thursday, January 31, 2019, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Register Here.
About the Speaker:
E.J. Hong has been practicing law since 1990 and is a member of the State Bar of CA. She has practiced law in Washington, D.C. and in CA. She earned her Law degree at Washington College of Law, The American University, Washington DC. E.J.’s professional experience includes being a clerk for a federal judge and a law firm in DC. E.J. is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.

January 2019 Chapter Meeting
2019-01-11 11:30 - 13:30 | Maggiano’s Little Italy (at Santana Row), 3055 Olin Ave #1000, San Jose, CA, 95128, United States
Overview:
TOPIC: New Tax Planning Conversations Arising from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
SPEAKER: Mike Morales, CPA, MST
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changes many of the tax planning conversations planners have with clients and introduces new ones. Instead of reviewing all the changes of the tax law at a high level, our speaker Mike Morales will dig into some of the more interesting tax planning conversations that arise from the tax law changes and give us specific tax planning ideas to keep in mind when discussing those topics. Specific topics to be covered include Schedule A itemized deductions, Section 199A Qualified Business Income deduction, as well as other changes. Register Here.
Objective: Learn how to update and evolve the tax planning help you provide your clients in light of the new tax law.
Level of Complexity: Intermediate
1.5 hours CFP CE has been granted for this session by the CFP Board.
About the Speaker:
Mr. Morales joined Buchanan & Reed as a Manager in October 2014. Mr. Morales has been working in public accounting since 2005, and has been a certified public accountant since 2011. He provides excellent personal service to clients in areas such as accounting assistance, tax compliance, tax planning, and financial planning for Corporations, S-Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships, Partnerships, Trusts, Proprietorships and Individuals.
Cost:
Early Registration thru January 7th: $40.00 members and first time visitors / $60.00 non-members.
At the door $60.00 for FPA members / $75.00 non-members.
