David B. Yeske, CFP® earned an M.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Applied Economics from the University of San Francisco.  He is currently a doctoral candidate in finance at Golden Gate University. He has been practicing financial planning since 1990. Dave is a past Chair of the Financial Planning Association (US) (FPA) and currently represents FPA in the area of international standards for financial planning.  He has been named a top advisor by Bloomberg Wealth Manager.

He has been quoted in national media including The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Newsweek, USA Today, Investors Business Daily, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Journal of Financial Planning.  Dave appears regularly on CBS, CNBC, CNN and NBC News.

Dave has written feature articles for Research Magazine, San Francisco Magazine and The Journal of Retirement Planning. He co-authored with Elissa Buie, CFP, “Policy-Based Financial Planning Provides Touchstone in a Turbulent World”, which was published in July 2006 in The Journal of Financial Planning. 

Dave is the instructor for the Practicum in Financial Planning, the capstone financial planning course at Golden Gate University.  David sits on a workgroup for EARN’s financial planning pilot in San Francisco, CA.  David is a member of the Executive Faculty of the California Institute of Finance.  He served as Chair of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) PAC in 2005 and 2006.  He is a Mentor for FPA’s Residency Program.