I am the President and Founder of L.K. Benson & Company, a CPA/Financial Planning firm based in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm specializes in personal financial planning, tax and investment advisory services for high income individuals and families as well as corporate executives and entrepreneurial, closely held business owners across the country. Prior to starting the firm in 1994, I was a partner in a local CPA firm, building their financial planning practice over a fifteen year period. As a leader in the financial planning and accounting professions, I have served in many roles of various professional organizations over the past 25 years including the AICPA PFP Division Executive Committee, National Accreditation Committee (AICPA), and Baltimore Association for Financial Planning. I have also chaired numerous national conferences including the AICPA Personal Financial Planning, Investment and Retirement Planning Conferences. I helped to organize and am the President of the Association of CPA Financial Planners (an organization of PFS.) Currently, I am chair of the Media Task Force of the AICPA PFP Section and I serve on the AICPA PFP Division Executive Committee. I have taught courses for various state CPA societies, spoken at numerous conferences around the country, and developed and taught a graduate level course in Personal Financial Planning at the University of Baltimore.Specialties: I work extensively with clients in the areas of financial planning, estate and charitable planning, investment monitoring, and tax planning.