Candidates for 2025 Board Elections

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CANDIDATES FOR DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS EFFECTIVE 2026

Candidates

Directors of the Board of the Academy of Financial Services are elected positions for a two-year term. Each year a slate of seven directors is to be elected by the membership. For 2024-2025, we are pleased to present an exceptional slate of candidates. You will have the opportunity to vote for 7 of these 15 candidates.

Candidate	Officer Role(s)	Other	CV	Video

Effie Antonoudi, Ph.D., CFP®, CPA, MBA, MPA Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics College of Family and Consumer Sciences University of Georgia	VP Membership		CV	Video
Philip Gibson, Ph.D., CFP® Associate Dean and Professor of Finance Winthrop University College of Business and Technology	VP Marketing VP Communications	Past Board Member	CV	Video
Aaron Gilbert Professor of Finance Business School - Economics & Finance Auckland University of Technology, NZ	VP Communications	VP Communication in 2025	CV
Wookjae Heo, PhD Assistant Professor of Financial Counseling and Planning Division of Consumer Science Purdue University	President-Elect EVP Program	Past Board Member	CV	Video
Tom Idzorek, CFA Chief Investment Officer, Retirement Morningstar	VP Marketing	Current Board Member	CV
Thomas Korankye, Ph.D., CFP^®, EA Assistant Professor, Personal and Family Financial Planning Norton School of Human Ecology The University of Arizona	EVP Program VP Marketing	VP Marketing in 2025	CV	Video
Assoc Prof Kirsten MacDonald BCM MCM PhD CPA Deputy Head of Department of Accounting, Finance & Economics Griffith University, AUS	President-Elect EVP Program	EVP Program in 2025	CV
Abed Rabbani, Ph.D, CFP^®, ACUE Associate Professor, Personal Financial Planning Division of Applied Social Science University of Missouri	VP Membership VP Marketing		CV	Video
Tom Warschauer Professor Emeritus San Diego State University		Founding President of AFS in 1985	CV

OFFICERS

The following Board members or candidates to become Board members have volunteered to run for one of the officer positions in AFS. This demands a higher level of commitment to the AFS. We are so fortunate with the candidates for 2025 with the strong willingness to make this commitment. We allow individuals to run for any two positions but they may only hold one position. If a candidate receives the most votes for two roles, they select the position of their choosing and withdraw from the other race.

President Elect - this position will server 2026/2027 and assume the role of President in 2028/2029

Wookjae Heo
Kirsten MacDonald

EVP Program - (2026/2027)

Wookjae Heo
Thomas Korankye
Kirsten MacDonald

VP Communications (2026/2027)

Philip Gibson
Aaron Gilbert

VP Marketing (2026/2027)

Philip Gibson
Tom Idzorek
Thomas Korankye
Abed Rabbani

VP Membership (2026)

Effie Antonoudi
Abed Rabbani

POLLS WILL OPEN ON NOV 5th AND CLOSE NOV 26th

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