Allied Professional of the Year
The Allied Professional of the Year (APY) Award
Each year, the Pittsburgh Planned Giving Council (PPGC) honors a professional from the tri-state area who is deserving of recognition for their efforts to promote philanthropy both professionally and by personal example. Allied professions include attorneys, stock brokers, insurance and real estate professionals, certified public accountants and certified financial planners.
To nominate someone for the 2011 Allied Professional of the Year Award, please click here for a nomination form. Nominations are due November 15 by email at office@ppgc.net or by mail at:
PPGC APY Award
P.O. Box 24562
Pittsburgh, PA 15234
2010 Allied Professional of the Year
Scott Keffer
Wealth Transfer Solutions, Inc.
Scott Keffer, 55 and of Washington County, is an internationally-recognized financial educator, consultant, author, wealth planner, and sought-after speaker. Keffer has been an innovator in getting advisors across the country to integrate charitable tools into their estate planning strategies. He has also been a pro bono presenter for many AFP/PPGC conferences.
Keffer has recently published Giving Transforms You and Double Your Affluent Clients and is a contributing author on two books on advanced wealth planning: Love, Money and Control; Reinventing Estate Planning and Giving; Philanthropy for Everyone, which can be seen at http://www.ScottKeffer.com.
He is the Founder and CEO of The Donor Motivation Program™, The Donor Motivation Professionals of North America and http://www.DonorMotivation.com, as well as the Creator of Legacy Planning®. Thousands of CPAs, attorneys, financial professionals, and charitable advisors at national accounting firms, the Estate Planning Council, the Bar Association, United Way of America and others have benefited from his professional education instruction and over 15,000 donors of major charities have rated his presentation “one of the finest.”
Keffer’s 30-plus professional articles have appeared in Physician’s News Digest, Dynamic Business, National Underwriter, Resort Living and Journal of the American Chiropractic Association. He has advised charities and wealthy individuals and families across the United States for over a quarter of a century. His counsel and assistance have helped them redirect $727 Million in estate and income taxes to their favorite charities. A Cum Laude Economics graduate of Washington and Jefferson College, Scott and his wife, Beth, enjoy their two children, Joshua and Anni, and live in Pittsburgh with their chocolate Lab, Max.
Past Honorees
2003 – Bob Williams, Esquire - Williams Coulson
2004 – Jack Owen, Esquire – Rhoades & Wodarcyzk, LLC
2005 – Kim Tillotson Fleming – Hefren Tillotson
2006 – John Harmon, Esquire – Lovett Bookman Harmon Marks
2007 – Carolyn Duronio, Esquire – Reed Smith
2008 – Ken McCrory – McCrory McDowell
2009- Janet Lloyd, Esquire and Mike Lloyd, Esquire – Williams Coulson
