A short, 2-minute message from the program director, Carolynn Tomin, CFP®.
Turn up the volume to hear a quick overview of Boston University's Financial Planning program history, current format
and why our prestigious program should be your only choice for CFP® Certification Education.
Carolynn is a Certified
Financial Planner™ professional who specializes in financial education. She is the Program Director for
Boston Universitys classroom and online Program for Financial Planning and has augmented the development of BUs
online program for the past eight years.
Carolynn has taught estate planning courses and CFP® Certification Exam reviews for the past seventeen years
at Boston University, Merrimack College and Northeastern University in Massachusetts, and for Florida Gulf Coast
University and Keir Educational Resources. She has also taught estate planning and financial planning courses for
banks and corporations such as Merrill Lynch, Smith Barney, Fleet Bank, Bank Boston, Fifth Third Bank, Harvard
University, Fidelity Investments, MetLife, John Hancock and Wasmer, Schroeder & Co. As cofounder of a financial
education company, Beacon Hill Financial Educators, Carolynn wrote and presented continuing education courses on
CFP Boards Standards of Professional Conduct for many financial service firms, NAPFA and the FPA. Former positions
include Director of Financial Planning Programs at Merrimack College, and Regional Director of the Social Security
Disability Program in Massachusetts.
Carolynn was appointed to CFP Boards Council on Education in 2008 for a three year term. She has been a member
of the FPA for many years, and has served on the Board of Directors for the southwest Florida chapter of the FPA.
She is also a former member of the Boston Estate Planning Council.