Skip Schweiss of TD Ameritrade elected 2020 president of FPA

The Financial Planning Association has elected Skip Schweiss, president of TD Ameritrade Trust Co., as its 2020 president for a one-year term. Mr. Schweiss, whose term will begin Jan. 1, 2020, succeeds 2019 FPA President Martin C. Seay. [More: SEC clears up confusion over whether advisers can continue to call themselves fiduciaries] In addition to his duties at his firm's trust company, Mr. Schweiss serves as managing director of adviser advocacy and industry affairs for TD Ameritrade Institutional. He is currently completing a three-year term on the FPA board of directors. [Recommended video: Where does the fiduciary rule stand?] The FPA board also elected four new members to serve on its board for three-year terms: Robert van Beek, founder and director of About Life & Finance B.V. in Roosendaal, Netherlands; Susan Danzig, president of Susan Danzig in Moraga, Calif.; Claudia Cypher Kane, financial adviser at Raymond James Financial Services in Roseville, Calif.; and Carl A. Wayne, senior adviser in the charitable estate planning area at the American Heart Association in Los Angeles. Investing in profitability, performance and people: Register for our Top Advisory Firm Summit.