FPA of MA member Laurence J. Cohen receive Commander's Award for Public Service

DANVERS, Mass. - July 26, 2013 - PRLog -- Financial Planning Association™ (FPA™) of Massachusetts member Laurence J. Cohen, CFP® recently received the Commander’s Award for Public Service in recognition of his pro-bono tax preparation work and financial counseling with members of the armed services and their families.

The award was signed by L. Scott Rice, Major General and Adjutant General of the Massachusetts National Guard.  Cohen has volunteered his time and services throughout the year at events held for service members who are either pre or post deployment.  

Cohen is an active volunteer with a team of Military Pro Bono members from the FPA™ of MA who volunteered for a Massachusetts National Guard sponsored free income tax preparation program.  This year program volunteers completed 1900 Federal and State tax returns, saved service members and their families $337,000 in tax preparation fees, and generated over $2.5 million Federal and State refunds for service members.  Military Pro Bono members volunteered 490 hours of service throughout the 2013 tax season.

A resident of Danvers, Cohen heads Laurence Financial Planning LLC, a fee-only financial planning and investment management firm which he founded in 2009; Laurence Financial Planning LLC is registered in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and California.  Earlier in his career Cohen was with General Electric and its affiliates for more than 30 years in progressively responsible financial leadership roles. Most recently he was President and Chief Executive Officer at Electric Insurance Company, a General Electric property/casualty insurance affiliate.

Cohen, a member of the FPA MA for four years, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Boston College and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™.

He is married and has a son currently residing in Tokyo and daughter who makes her home in London.

“We congratulate Larry on receiving the Commander’s Award for Public Service,” said Peter Jaworski, CFP® President of the FPA™ of MA. “He has donated countless hours of services to assist our military men and women with their financial well being. As an organization we are proud of our community service and we are grateful for the generous commitment that Larry brings to our program.”




About the Financial Planning Association™ of Massachusetts
Since the year 2000, the FPA™ MA has sought to foster the value of financial planning and advance the financial planning profession in the Bay State. Our 900 members are dedicated to the financial planning process, which entails establishing personal and financial goals and creating a way to reach them. FPA™MA believes that everyone needs objective advice to make smart financial decisions and that when seeking the advice of a financial planner; the planner should be a CFP® certificant.

Many FPA™ MA members engage in philanthropic pro bono work in their communities. They also recommend legislation, elevate public awareness, promote financial literacy, and advocate for sound economic and tax policies. We welcome all those who advance the financial planning process and promote the CFP® mark as the cornerstone of the financial planning profession. For more information please call 855-54-FPAMA (37262) or visit www.fpama.org.