Association for Financial Professionals (AFP)

As the certifying body in treasury and finance, the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) established and administers the Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) and Certified Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis Professional (FPAC) credentials, setting the standard of excellence in the profession globally.

AFP’s mission is to drive the future of finance and treasury and develop the leaders of tomorrow through certification, training, and the premier event for treasury and finance.

Board of Directors

Geetanjali Tandon, Chair

Geetanjali Tandon is the Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis at Dayforce. Prior to joining Dayforce (formerly Ceridian), she was VP FP&A at Centralsquare in Orlando, Florida. Prior to Centralsquare, Geetanjali served various roles in FP&A at Bayer Crop Sciences (previously Monsanto) for 7 years including Digital Transformation Finance Director, CFO of IT function, US row crops finance lead etc. Prior to joining Bayer Crop Sciences, she worked with Capital One Financial Services for seven years based in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. She has served on the AFP Board for the last four years, recently serving as Vice Chair, Treasurer. She has also been a member and chair of the AFP FP&A advisory task force. Geetanjali has contributed articles to Exchange magazine, participated in podcasts and webinars for AFP as well as presented at FinNext conferences. She previously served as Chair of the Finance Committee and was a member of the Strategic Planning Committee.

Sassan Parandeh, CTP, Vice Chair

Sassan Parandeh is the Global Treasurer of ChildFund International and Vice Chair, Secretary of the AFP Board of Directors. Before joining ChildFund, he served as Vice President of Treasury at Platinum Equity Holdings and as Director of International Treasury at Dole Food Company. With 34 years of dedicated corporate treasury experience, Sassan has been an active member of the AFP Treasury Advisory Group since 2012. He participated in the Annual Conference Task Force in 2012 and 2013, served on the Pinnacle Award Selection Committee, and has published eight articles in the AFP Exchange, as well as multiple articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Corporate Treasury Management and the Journal of Business Continuity. In 2014, he and his team won the AFP Grand Pinnacle Award, and in 2022, the Alexander Hamilton's Gold Award. Sassan previously served on the Board’s Policy Committee. He currently serves as the Chair of the Policy Committee and is a member of the Ethics Committee. Sassan has been a member of AFP since 1999.

Fred Schacknies, CTP, Vice Chair

Fred Schacknies is the Vice President and Treasurer at TechnipFMC in Houston, TX and Vice Chair, Treasurer of the AFP Board of Directors. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and Treasurer at Hilton Worldwide, Inc. Prior to joining Hilton, he held various treasury roles with Constellation Energy and Lucent Technologies. Fred has been an active member of AFP, having served as a Pinnacle Award Judge and co-chair of the Annual Conference Task Force. He has been a contributor on several AFP webinars and panels. His team at Hilton received the 2015 Pinnacle Award Grand Prize. Fred previously served as a member of the Policy Committee and Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee. He currently serves as the Chair of the Finance Committee and is a member of the Strategic Planning Committee. He has been a member of AFP since 2009.

Directors

Jeff Altman

Jeff Altman is Senior Director, CRO Chief of Staff at Verizon Consumer Group. Prior to this role, Jeff headed up the Finance Leadership Development organization at Verizon and previously led the Media and Telematics (M&T) consolidations FP&A team. During his tenure at Verizon, he has held various FP&A positions to support Corporate Finance, Consumer Finance and Sales Support as well as roles in Treasury and Internal Audit. Jeff has spoken at AFP’s Annual Conference and FinNext conferences. He was on the Annual Conference Task Force and served as 2020 Chair of the FP&A Advisory Council for AFP. He previously served as a member of the Audit Committee and Strategic Planning Committee. Jeff currently serves as the Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee and is a member of the Finance Committee. He has been a member of AFP since 2012.

Tracy Butler, CTP

Tracy Butler is Chief Financial Officer for FusionSite, a site and logistic company with 30 locations across the US. She is responsible for driving FusionSite overall financial, HR and Marketing strategies with a focus on growth. Butler has more than 20 years of experience as finance executive in various industries. Prior to joining FusionSite, she was the Global CFO of ePac, a tech manufacturing company, and previously CFO at Sound Transit in Washington State, one of the country’s largest multi-modal, high-capacity transit agencies. Before joining Sound Transit, she was the Treasurer at Salem Regional Health Systems and prior she was Management Consultant with Optima Management in Geneva/Zurich, Switzerland. Tracy has served as a member of the 2019 FinNext conference task force, the 2020 AFP annual conference task force, the FPA advisory board and participated in multiple AFP interviews and marketing material development efforts. She previously served on the Board’s Policy Committee and Ethics Committee. Tracy currently serves as a member of the Finance Committee and Audit Committee. She has been a member of AFP since 2013.

Joel Campbell

Joel Campbell is Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer of TreviPay, a Corsair Capital portfolio company based in Overland Park, Kansas. TreviPay is the global B2B payments and invoicing network serving B2B sellers and buyers in 42 countries processing over $8.4B in transactions annually via 66 separate networks. Prior to joining TreviPay, Joel was VP, Treasurer & Chief Risk Officer at H&R Block and held VP & Assistant Treasurer roles at Western Union, Ameriprise Financial and Travelers. He was recently named a CFO of the Year honoree by the Kansas City Business Journal for a second time, has spoken at several Annual Conferences, and has been a member of the Annual Conference Planning Task Force, serving as Co-Chair in 2022. He previously served on the Finance Committee and currently serves as the Chair of the Audit Committee.

Gina Collis, CTP

Gina Collis is Corporate Treasurer at Clark Construction Group, a $5 billion in revenue building and civil construction firm. She was previously Associate Treasurer – Asset Management in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia, overseeing the management of over $8 billion in liquidity, retirement and savings plans and responsible for accounting and financial forecasting. Prior to joining the District, Gina was Chief of Staff and Executive Advisor to the President/COO at Vulcan, Inc., a privately held multi-billion-dollar diversified company. Prior to Vulcan, she was Senior Vice President and Corporate Treasurer for Discovery Communications, Inc., a global media company. Gina has served on the AFP Board for the last four years and has served on multiple AFP committees. She most recently served as Vice Chair, Secretary and the Chair of the Policy Committee. She is currently the Chair of the Ethics Committee and a member of the Finance Committee. Gina has been a speaker at AFP’s Annual Conferences and has been an AFP member since 1990.

Eric Ellis

Eric Ellis is Chief Financial Officer at the National Restaurant Association. Prior to joining the National Restaurant Association, he has held several progressive financial roles with Allstate, Coca-Cola, & Porsche Cars of North America. He has been a speaker at AFP FinNext Conference on digital transformation. Eric has served as a member of the FinNext task force, the FP&A Advisory Council and attends local AFP roundtables. He previously served on the Policy Committee and is currently a member of the Strategic Alliance Committee and Audit Committee. Eric has been a member of AFP since 2018.

Camille King, CTP, FPAC

Camille King is Senior Principal Team Leader, Financial Solutions & Transformation at Chick-fil-A, Inc. She has been with the company since January 2015 and previously led the Financial Risk & Analytics team within Treasury. Camille’s involvement in AFP began with 2016 attendance at the Annual Conference after obtaining the Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) designation earlier the same year. From there, she became the first individual at Chick-fil-A to obtain the Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis Professional (FPAC) certification in early 2017 and has gone on to attend back-to-back FinNext and AFP Annual Conferences ever since. She has participated in various speaking forums at those events including facilitating roundtables, speaking on the MindShift stage within the expo hall, contributing as a speaker at multiple sessions and even engaging alongside a Keynote speaker for a certification breakfast. Additionally, Camille helped plan the 2021 FinNext session line-up, as well as the 2023 AFP Conference’s FP&A track. In 2023, she served as the AFP Conference Co-Chair and was one of the Pinnacle Awards judges. Beyond her conference involvement, Camille was a Professor of Practice in partnership with AFP for Virginia Tech’s Calhoun Discovery Program in 2021-2022. Lastly, she served on the FPAAC Advisory Council from 2020-2022. Camille currently serves as a member of the Policy Committee and Audit Committee.

Terri Mimms, CTP, FPAC

Terri Mimms is the Director for the Office of Treasury Operations at Purdue University, where she has held various financial positions over the past 20 years. Prior to Purdue she spent many years in the banking industry. Terri is the immediate past chair of the AFP Certification Committee and past chair of the AFP Body of Knowledge Committee. She has reviewed and contributed to the last six editions of the text The Essentials of Treasury Management. She has also served on numerous committees for exam development for the CTP. She previously served on the Policy Committee and is currently a member of the Strategic Alliance Committee and Policy Committee. Terri has been a member of AFP since 2001.

Tom Russell, CPA, FPAC

Tom Russell serves as the Chief Financial Officer at One Energy, an industrial power company preparing to go public in the near future. His responsibilities include accounting, treasury, tax, budgeting, forecasting, and SEC reporting. Prior to One Energy, Tom was CFO of a private equity-backed start-up/roll-up that acquired six companies and had a successful exit via sale to a strategic buyer. Earlier in his career, he spent 20 years at multi-billion-dollar public companies, leading FP&A reporting to the C-suite for 10 years, and leading SEC reporting for three years. He has extensive experience in public company reporting, board presentations, and financial planning. Tom served for several years on the AFP FP&A Advisory Council (FPAAC). He presented at AFP 2018 on the topic “Forecasting During Rapid Growth.” Tom has been featured in articles for the AFP Exchange magazine and participated in AFP webinars. He has been a member of AFP since 2018 and currently serves as a member of the Finance Committee.

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