JOHN E. GRABLE, PHD, ^CFP^(R), holds an AthleticAssociation Endowed Professorship at the University of Georgia (UGA), where he conducts research and teaches financial planning.

JOSEPH W. GOETZ, PHD, is an associate professor of financial planning at UGA and co-founder of the ASPIRE Clinic and Elwood & Goetz Wealth Advisory Group.

CHARLES R. CHAFFIN, EdD, is Director of Academic Home, CFP Board Center for Financial Planning, where he oversees all initiatives related to academic research, teaching pedagogy, and building the body of knowledge for financial planning.

CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER BOARD OF STANDARDS, INC. (CFP BOARD) is an initiativeto create a more diverse and sustainablefinancial planning profession so that every American has access to competent andethical financial planning advice. The Center brings together CFP^(R) professionals, firms, educators, researchers and experts to address profession-wide challenges in the areas of diversity and workforce development, and to build an academic home that offers opportunities for conducting and publishing new research that adds to the financial planning body of knowledge. More about the Center and its initiatives can be found at www.CenterforFinancialPlanning.org.