Councils & Commissions

Standards Resource Commission

The Standards Resource Commission was formed to help develop resources that provide guidance to CFP® professionals and their firms on CFP Board’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct, which became effective October 1, 2019. The Code and Standards includes the fiduciary standard that requires CFP® professionals to act in the best interest of the client at all times when providing financial advice.

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The Standards Resource Commission has developed guidance resources to help CFP® professionals understand and comply with the Code and Standards. This collection of guidance materials can be found in CFP Board's Compliance Resources Library.

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The Commission, made up of individuals from financial services firms and members of the public, has helped develop materials such as the Roadmap to the Code and Standards, FAQs, case studies, practice guides and other documents.

Standards Resource Commission Members

Commission Chair
Jeffrey E. Daniher, CFP®, AEP®, CTFA, CLU
Financial Advisor, Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory, LLC
Cincinnati, OH

Thomas Anderson, CFP®, J.D.
Assistant General Counsel, Northwestern Mutual
Mequon, WI

Pamela Banks, J.D.

Birny Birnbaum
Director, Center for Economic Justice
Austin, TX

Chris Cannon
Lead Director and Associate General Counsel, Equitable
Charlotte, NC

Patrick Daxon, CFP®
Senior Vice President, Private Wealth Strategy, Raymond James
St. Petersburg, FL

Catheryne Diprete, CFP®, CIMA®, RMA®
Senior Vice President, Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley
San Rafael, CA

Scott Eichhorn
Director at University of Miami School of Law Investor Rights Clinic
Miami, FL

Micah Hauptman
Director of Investor Protection, Consumer Federation of America
Washington, DC

Melissa Kemp, CFP®, AEP®, CNAP®, CAP®
President, Premium Administration, LLC
President, Premium Organization
Executive Director/CEO – FPA Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona

David Lau
Founder and CEO, DPL Financial Partners
Louisville, KY

Christine Lazaro
Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor of Clinical Legal Education
Co-Director, Securities Arbitration Clinic, St. John’s University School of Law
Queens, NY

Carolyn McClanahan, M.D., CFP®
Founder, Life Planning Partners, Inc.
Jacksonville, FL

C. Frederick Reish
Partner/Chair, Financial Services ERISA Team, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP
Los Angeles, CA

Ron Rhoades, CFP®, JD
Professor and Director of the Personal Financial Planning Program, Western Kentucky University’s Gordon Ford College of Business
Bowling Green, KY

Kevin Ruth, CFP®
Founder, Finance411
Wyckoff, NJ

Richard M. Weber, MBA, CLU, AEP
President, The Ethical Edge, Inc.
Pleasant Hill, CA