Bonnie Ashby Hughes is the founder and principal of A & H Financial Planning & Education, Inc. Bonnie, a CFP® licensee since 1992, has been working in financial services including taxation, cost analysis, and financial planning since 1981. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Family Economics & Management and a Master of Science in Financial Planning.

As part of Bonnie's passion to increase financial literacy, she devotes up to 10% of her time in service to under served populations. Community service work has included serving as the Retirement Planning speaker for Georgia's Secretary of State, Cathy Cox's 2 year Investor Education series, 'Money Counts', staffing the NBC Today Show Consumer Finance Hotline for both NAPFA and FPA and the Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine hotline for NAPFA.

Other Service:

• National Board Member, Financial Planning Association (FPA), Denver
• Member, Georgia ElderCare Network (www.georgiaeldercarenetwork.com)
• Member, Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education (AFCPE)
• Member of the Nazrudin Project - A national group of leading edge financial planners exploring and defining a holistic approach to mapping out life goals then creating financial plans to get there.
• Member, Georgia Chapter, Financial Planning Association (FPA)
• Adjunct Instructor for Certified Financial Planner Program, Kennesaw State University, 2003-2005.
• Podcast Host at www.georgiaeldercareradio.com

Bonnie has been quoted in many national and local publications including The Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine, Fortune, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Business Week online, and others. Additionally, Bonnie has had a white paper accepted by the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) in 2003.

CFP™ and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ are certification marks owned by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. These marks are awarded to individuals who successfully complete the CFP Board's initial and ongoing certification requirements.