NPH names new chief financial officer

Maura Collins is CFO and Vanessa Rodriguez has been promoted to vice president and controller.
JAN 08, 2008
By  Bloomberg
National Planning Holdings Inc. of Santa Monica, Calif., a leading network of independent-contractor broker-dealers and their advisers, has promoted Maura Collins to chief financial officer of the network. Vanessa Rodriguez has also been promoted to vice president and controller. The promotions continue a year of changes in management at the network, which has four broker-dealers and more than 3,000 affiliated registered reps and advisers. Most significantly, last May Shawn Dreffein, the former CEO of National Planning Holdings. retired. “NPH has a strong culture of cultivating talent, encouraging the professional growth of our associates and promoting from within,” said Jim Livingston, president and CEO of National Planning Holdings, in a statement.

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