V. Raymond Ferrara, president and CEO of ProVise Management Group LLC, is the new chair of the Board of Directors for Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc., the CFP Board announced Wednesday.

ProVise Management Group LLC, a financial planning firm located in Clearwater, Fla., manages more than $900 million in assets. The author of numerous articles and often quoted by the press, Ferrara has been featured as one of the country’s best financial planners in the book Secrets of the Wealth Makers.  He hosted the radio program “Talking Money” for 10 years.

Ferrara previously served on the Board of Directors for the Financial Planning Association, the National Advisor’s Trust Company, and a Board Observer for National Financial Partners. He succeeds Nancy Kistner. Rich Rojeck is the chair-elect who will take office as chair in 2015.

Ferrara is also active in the community and has served on the Board of Directors of Eckerd Youth Alternatives, Morton Plant Mease Healthcare, BayCare Health System, University of Maryland Foundation, West Central Florida Council Boy Scouts of America and the Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce. Ferrara is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Tampa Bay FPA chapter. He lives with his wife, Kim, in Belleair, Florida.