CFP Board Biographies

David G. Strege, CFA, CFP®

Strege is a senior wealth coach at Syverson Strege & Company in West Des Moines, Iowa, and has more than 20 years of experience as a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner. Worth and Money magazines have named him one of the nation’s top financial planners, and he has been quoted in financial publications and appeared on television and radio. He has taught personal financial planning courses and has been actively involved with professional financial planning organizations, including serving on the inaugural board of the Financial Planning Association in 2000 and acting as its liaison with CFP Board during the development of CFP Board's Financial Planning Practice Standards.

Chief Executive Officer

On May 1, 2007, CFP Board welcomed Kevin R. Keller as its chief executive officer. Keller comes to CFP Board after serving 16 years with the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), holding the position of senior vice president and chief operating officer for the last seven years. At AFP, Keller had management responsibility for programs and services for the 16,000-member organization. He led the organization's strategic planning process and enhanced and grew the Certified Treasury Professional credential. Keller has held senior staff positions at several associations and earned his Certified Association Executive credential in 2000. He holds a B.S. in agriculture and an M.S., both from Ohio State University.