The Financial Planning Association says it wants its members to know it is listening to their concerns.
Toward that goal, the FPA is launching a member advocacy council to gather members’ thoughts on regulatory and certifying organizations to determine part of its advocacy agenda, the FPA announced Wednesday.
“The FPA Member Advocacy Council will serve as a much needed sounding board for FPA members and leaders who have concerns, suggestions and opinions on the efforts by those entities that regulate and certify them and will be instrumental in helping the association be the collective voice practitioners need,” says FPA President Pamela Sandy.
The council will use a variety of methods, including surveys, to solicit input from association members and will use this information to analyze the issues and inform FPA position statements and action plans that will be recommended to the FPA board of directors, according to the FPA.
The council will include three past and current FPA leaders, two at-large FPA members and a representative of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) board of directors.
Nicholas A. Nicolette will serve as chair of the council. Nicolette, who has been a CFP professional since 1984, has served in leadership capacities in the association nationally and locally, including as president of FPA in 2007.
“The council will play a key role in shaping the work of FPA, while amplifying the voice of the financial planning community. We strongly encourage FPA members and leaders to participate in the upcoming survey and proactively reach out to the council if they want to have their voices heard,” says Nicolette.