Disciplinary Rules and Procedures

The Investments & Wealth Institute (Institute) has adopted a Code, these Rules, and/or other standards which set forth the standards of conduct that the Institute requires of its Licensees and Candidates.

Learn more about our Ethical Standards→Read the Code of Professional Responsibility→

The Institute’s Professional Review Board (PRB) has five potential outcomes in disciplinary matters :

A finding of no violation
A private letter of censure
A public letter of censure
A suspension of the individual’s certification for a designated period of time (requiring the respondent to submit to the PRB a formal application for reinstatement after disciplinary suspension), and/or:
A termination of an individual’s certification.

The PRB decision can be based upon a number of factors, including, without limitation, the severity of the violation, any mitigating circumstances, and the individual’s cooperation with the investigation of the Professional Review Board or Hearing Panel.

Past Public Disciplinary Actions

The list below includes individuals who received a public disciplinary action, which would be any PRB action enumerated in items 3, 4, or 5 above.

Additional information surrounding public disciplinary actions reported on any individual(s) listed on this page may be requested in writing by contacting Rob Frankel. To verify an individual’s current certification status, or check a currently certified individual's public history of discipline by the Institute, search investmenthelp.org.

Anyone who is using this site as a due diligence tool, should consider searching other sites as well, including, without limitation, FINRA BrokerCheck and the SEC’s Investment Advisor Public Disclosure (IAPD).

Terminations

Bauer, John T. - Texas (July 21, 2011)

Bennett, Dawn J. - Washington, D.C. (April 18, 2018)

Boughner, Lee - Florida (September 19, 2023)

Dunham, Michael P. - Oklahoma (January 3, 2012)

Gisclair, S. Derby - Louisiana (December 1, 2014)

Melanson, Ronald A. - Montana (December 23, 2008)

Current Suspensions

(Those individuals listed below received a suspension from the Institute and have not yet been formally reinstated by the PRB. These individuals may or may not currently be actively licensed designees)

Slothower, Jeffrey - New York (April 23, 2019)

Prior Suspensions

(Those individuals listed below received a suspension from the Institute and at the end of that suspension were reinstated by the PRB. These individuals may or may not currently be actively licensed designees)

Beadle, Dennis - Alabama (September 18, 2013)

Bradley, John S. - Ohio (October 15, 2019)

Brown, Stephen S. - New York (June 13, 2018)

Condos, Steve - New York (June 14, 2016)

Drost, Andrew A. - New York (January 17, 2017)

Eichenauer, Marshall - California (June 13, 2018)

Goetz, James P. - New York (November 15, 2018)

Kemp, Ronald C. - Colorado (October 25, 2012)

Oakes, David R. - Texas (December 14, 2021)

Pan, Sandra N. - California (August 14, 2013)

Roberts, Chuck A. - Florida (October 24, 2016)

Stewart, Bruce D. - Massachusetts (July 26, 2010)

Thomas, David S - Louisiana (March 23, 2015)

Yen, Edward J. - Florida (May 12, 2014)

Public Censures

Bartok, Eric R. - Virginia (January 18, 2022)

Berube, Jonathan – New York (March 22, 2022)

Bradshaw, Greg - Florida (June 15, 2021)

Bray, Christopher Douglas - North Carolina (January 17, 2018)

Chandler, Thomas L. - California (April 18, 2018)

Cruse, Scott M. - California (February 14, 2017)

Duffy, John D. - Maine (November 25, 2022)

Erzinger, Martin J. - Colorado (March 22, 2013)

Etzweiler, Charles D. - California (April 25, 2023)

Ferrara, Michael J. - Florida (August 11, 2014)

Fiore, Phil - Connecticut (June 14, 2016)

George, Richard G. - Illinois (February 22, 2022)

Gravelle, Kirk L. - Florida (July 31, 2013)

Jacobsen, Jacqueline M. - North Carolina (August 18, 2020)

Kagele, Jacob R. - Arizona (June 15, 2021)

Karetsky, Marc - New York (April 25, 2023)

Kort, Frederick Maximilian - Illinois (February 23, 2021)

Lane, Julian B. - Florida (June 12, 2023)

Lawing, Bradley C. - Kansas (November 19, 2019)

Martin, Alexander L. - Florida (April 23, 2019)

Meyers, Robert D. - Ohio (November 17, 2020)

Nocon, Nannette P. - New York (December 13, 2022)

O’Keefe, John K - Massachusetts (April 27, 2017)

Springer, James L. - Florida (January 18, 2022)

Strnad, David J. - Tennessee (November 17, 2020)

Swanson, Jeffrey D. - Florida (November 16, 2016)

Szczecinski, Brad D. - Illinois (October 17, 2017)

Williams, C. Noel - Texas (August 14, 2023)

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