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Newsletter Archive

2023

January 2023 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “Defining the Year Ahead”
BY JOHN BACIGALUPI / PRESIDENT / FPA OF SAN FRANCISCO

2022

September 2022 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “The Best Things I’ve Seen”
BY ERIC FLETT / PRESIDENT / FPA OF THE EAST BAY

April 2022 Includes: PRESIDENTS’ PODIUM “You Matter, Too”
BY SHEILA RABAUT, CFP® / PRESIDENT / FPA OF SAN FRANCISCO

January 2022 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “Ring in the New Hybrid Format”
BY CHRIS ACKER, CLU®, CHFC® / PRESIDENT / FPA OF SILICON VALLEY

2021

November 2021 Includes: PRESIDENTS’ PODIUM “Adapting to the New Normal”
BY CHAD PERBECK, CFP®, CIMA® / PRESIDENT / FPA OF THE EAST BAY

September 2021 Includes: PRESIDENTS’ PODIUM “How Are You Doing?”
BY LAUREN STANSELL, CFP® / PRESIDENT / FPA OF SAN FRANCISCO

April 2021 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “Rising Up: Preparing for the Year Ahead”
BY TODD BARNEY, CIMA®, CPWA® / PRESIDENT / FPA OF SILICON VALLEY

January 2021 Includes: PRESIDENTS’ PODIUM “Rising Up: Preparing for the Year Ahead”
BY CHAD V. PERBECK, CIMA®, CFP® AND ALISE KRAUS, CFP®/PRESIDENT AND CHAIR / FPA OF THE EAST BAY

2020

November 2020 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “Enduring 2020, Together and Apart”
BY S. NASIRA IQBAL, CFP® / PRESIDENT, FPA OF SAN FRANCISCO

September 2020 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “How to Get Comfortable with Not Knowing”
BY SHERI H. PAN, CFP® / PRESIDENT, FPA OF SILICON VALLEY

April 2020 Includes: PRESIDENTS’ PODIUM “Stepping Up to the Challenge”
BY WILLIAM D. PITNEY, MBA, CFP®, CeFT® AND PHUONG N. QUACH, CFP®, CRPC®, BFA PRESIDENT, FPA OF SILICON VALLEY AND PAST PRESIDENT, FPA OF SILICON VALLEY

January 2020 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “THE POWER OF PRACTICING APPRECIATION AND POSITIVITY AND GIVING BACK TO FINANCIAL PLANNING, A TRUE ‘HELPING PROFESSION'”
BY S. NASIRA IQBAL, CFP® PRESIDENT, FPA OF SAN FRANCISCO

2019

April 2019 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “CHANGE AND THE MESSY MIDDLE”
BY KATE WILUSz, CFP® PRESIDENT, FPA OF SAN FRANCISCO

January 2019 Includes: PRESIDENTS’ PODIUM “Stepping Up to the Challenge”
BY WILLIAM D. PITNEY, MBA, CFP®, CeFT® AND PHUONG N. QUACH, CFP®, CRPC®, BFA PRESIDENT, FPA OF SILICON VALLEY AND PAST PRESIDENT, FPA OF SILICON VALLEY

2018

November 2018 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “OUR FPA COMMUNITY”
BY THOMAS F. BENNETT, CFP®, CLU®, CRPC® PRESIDENT, FPA OF THE EAST BAY

April 2018 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “A MILLION THANKS”
BY JON DAUPHINÉ CEO, FOUNDATION FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING

January 2018 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “KEYS TO RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL FAMILY MEETING”
BY DAVID ALLEN, CFP® CHAIRMAN, FPA OF THE EAST BAY

2017

September 2017 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “ARE WE TAKING CARE OF OURSELVES?
BY PHUONG N. QUACH, CFP®, CRPC®, PRESIDENT, FPA OF SILICON VALLEY

April 2017 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “THINKING OF SELLING YOUR PRACTICE? YOU MAY WANT TO THINK ‘AND,’ NOT ‘OR!'”
BY DAVID ALLEN, CFP®; PRESIDENT, FPA OF THE EAST BAY

January 2017 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS: WELL-BEING IN THE WORKPLACE”
BY TOM ZACHYSTAL, CFP®, CFA; PRESIDENT, FPA OF SAN FRANCISCO

2016

November 2016 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “NEXACT IN fFINANICAL PLANNING: THE MID-CAREER CHANGERS—CONFRONTING CHALLENGES, FINDING SUPPORT”
BY MIRA M. MA, CFP® PRESIDENT, FPA OF SILICON VALLEY

September 2016 Includes: SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT “FIVE WAYS TECHNOLOGY WILL CHANGE THE WAY WE AGE”
BY: TOM MCNEIL CO-PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR, FPA OF THE EAST BAY

April 2016 Includes: BOARD BLURB “MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY”
BY: T.F. BENNETT, CFP®, CLU®, CRPC®. MEMBER MINUTE – MIKE RICINAK, CFP® BY DAVID ALLEN, CFP®

January 2016 Includes: “SHARPEN THE SAW 10 RULES FOR THE RETIREMENT ROAD”
SUBMITTED BY GRANT MARTIN, MFS INVESTMENTS

2015

November 2015 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “SIX WAYS WE STAY AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR PROFESSION” BY: BARRY MENDELSON, CFP®. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT “FIVE TIPS FOR HIRING GREAT TALENT”
BY: CAROLYN SWEENEY, ROBERT HALF

September 2015 Includes: BOARD BLURB “AN EXPANDED APPROACH TO CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR THE EAST BAY CHAPTER”
BY: BETH MCCLELLAND, CFP®. MEMBER MINUTE –MAUREEN RICHARDSON, CFP® BY: SUSAN DANZIG

April 2015 Includes: SHARPEN THE SAW “CONSIDER INCLUDING A STAFF DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO YOUR OVERALL BUSINESS PLAN”
BY: TERESA RICCOBUONO

January 2015 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “ROBO-ADVISORS: THE CONTINUED EVOLUTION OF FINANCIAL ADVICE…WHICH IS A GOOD THING”
BY: BARRY MENDELSON, CFP®.
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT “HELP PARENTS LAY A STRONG FOUNDATION”
BY: MATT BECK, AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENTS

2014

November 2014 Includes: BOARD BLURB “WHOA! MEMBERS OF THE FPA OF THE EAST BAY HAVE BEEN UP TO WHAT?”
BY: BARRY MENDELSON, CFP®.
MEMBER MINUTE –JERRY MOSHER, CFP® BY: BARRY MENDELSON, CFP

September 2014 Includes: SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT “JAPAN’S RISING OPPORTUNITY”
BY: A.J. HENNESSY, HENNESSY FUNDS

April 2014 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’”
BY: BRIAN GEMMER.
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT “BREAKING THE SOCIAL DANCE TURNING RELATIONSHIPS INTO CLIENTS” BY: ALEXANDER HAYES, OPPENHEIMER FUNDS

January 2014 Includes: MEMBER MINUTE – BARRY MENDELSON, CFP® BY: DAMIEN COUTURE, CFP®.
BOARD BLURB “HOW TO CAPTURE MEDIA ATTENTION FOR YOUR BUSINESS, ORGANIZATION, OR CAUSE” BY: TERESA RICCOBUONO AND LORI LUCKENBACH

2013

November 2013 Includes: 42ND FPA NORCAL CONFERENCE “GOALS FOR 2014”
BY KARLA McAVOY, CFP®.
SHARPEN THE SAW “FINANCIAL QUAGMIRES AND AGING PARENTS” BY: LINDA FODRINI-JOHNSON, MA, MFT, CMC

September 2013 Includes: PRESIDENT’S PODIUM “STRENGTH IN NUMBERS”
BY: DAMIEN COUTURE, CFP®.
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT “BREAKING THE CYCLE OF INVESTMENT REGRET” BY: J.B. WALKER, CPA, CIMA®, FRANKLIN TEMPLETON DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
41ST FPA NORCAL CONFERENCE “AN UPDATE FOR 2013” BY: KARLA McAVOY, CFP®

January 2013 Includes: MEMBER MINUTE “WHEN THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENS- TO A PLANNER”
BY: ORA CITRON

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