BKD Wealth Advisors' Gretchen Cliburn Named Chair of Financial Planning Committee

Online, March 21, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Jack Thurman, president of BKD Wealth Advisors, LLC, is pleased to announce that Managing Advisor Gretchen Cliburn has been named chair of BKD Wealth Advisors' Financial Planning Committee. She has been a member of the committee since 2009.

"Gretchen is a conscientious financial and estate planner who takes pride in assisting her clients," Thurman said. "I am confident she will do a great job leading the committee in developing and maintaining standards for the consistent delivery of wealth management services to our clients."

Part of the wealth management industry since 1996, Gretchen provides financial and estate planning services to high-net-worth families. She helps them align their portfolio management with their retirement goals, next generation education funding and tax and estate planning. She is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFATM).

BKD Wealth Advisors has five Midwestern offices, managing and consulting on more than $2 billion for affluent and ultra-affluent families and institutions.

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