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CFP Board Center for Financial Planning recently announced a greatly expanded editorial board for Financial Planning Review, the Center’s peer-reviewed academic journal that features research within financial planning and related disciplines.

Led by Executive Editor Stephen M. Horan, Ph.D., Financial Planning Review has added 19 new editorial board members to handle the increased number of submissions more efficiently and to ensure alignment of the editorial board’s expertise with the broad range of addressed topics.

The expanded editorial board now includes 49 members and features influential thought leaders in financial planning, including those with extensive careers as well as emerging leaders shaping the future of the profession, across various academic disciplines, backgrounds and geographies. The 19 newly added editorial board members are listed below:

Associate Editors

  • David Blanchett, Ph.D., CFP®, PGIM DC Solutions, Newark, NJ, US
  • Lu Fan, Ph.D., CFP®, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, US
  • Michael Finke, Ph.D., CFP®, The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA, US
  • Justin Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., CFP®, Income Lab, Golden, CO, US
  • Kyoung Tae (KT) Kim, Ph.D., University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, US
  • Kirsten MacDonald, Ph.D., Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  • Aman Sunder, Ph.D., The College for Financial Planning, Centennial, CO, US

Editorial Board

  • Nicole Choi, Ph.D., CFP®, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, US
  • James DiLellio, Ph.D., Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, US
  • Greg Geisler, Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, US
  • Donald Lacombe, Ph.D., Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, US
  • Mitzi Lauderdale, Ph.D., CFP®, Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX, US
  • Ashley LeBaron-Black, Ph.D., Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, US
  • Craig Lemoine, Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, US
  • HanNa Lim, Ph.D., CFP®, California State University-Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, US
  • Frank Magwegwe, Ph.D., CFP®, GIBS Business School, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
  • Congrong Ouyang, Ph.D., Kansas State University Manhattan, KS, US
  • Nilton Porto, Ph.D., University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, US
  • Julie Ragatz, Ph.D., Carson Group, Blair, NE, US
  • Kimberly Watkins, Ph.D., University of Georgia, Athens, GA, US 

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