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Group members

The Center established the Diversity Advisory Group in 2017 to provide recommendations on the development of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives that would increase the number of racially and ethnically diverse CFP® professionals. Diversity Advisory Group members possess experience or talents aligned with the Center’s mission, including expertise and/or leadership in the areas of diversity and recruitment, experience working as a financial planner or in the financial services industry, or academia. The Diversity Advisory Group played a key role in the Center’s past four Diversity Summits and studies of DEI within the financial planning profession. The group is currently advising the Center on the development of new DEI research and the 2022 Diversity Summit.

Cy Richardson
Chair
National Urban League

Ronald Adams, Northwestern Mutual

Charles Adi, CFP®, Blueprint 360, LLC

Audra Bohannon, Korn Ferry Group

Marguerita Cheng, CFP®, Blue Ocean Global Wealth

Rianka Dorsainvil, CFP®, 2050 Wealth Partners

Brandon Dixon James, CFP®, Resilient Wealth Management, Inc.

Valerie King, Ariel Investments

Phuong Luong, CFP®, Just Wealth, LLC 

Obinna Nwankwo, Wellington Management Company

René Nourse CFP®, Urban Wealth Management

Ayana Pilgrim-Brown, Vanguard

Dr. Nicole B. Simpson, CFP®, Harvest Wealth LLC

Leslie Tabor, Charles Schwab Advisor Services

Gerty Simon, Morgan Stanley