Ray brings five decades of experience to ProVise. He is an Investment Adviser Representative, and a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional. Ray has served on the Board of Directors for CFP Board of Standards, Inc. (Chair 2014), the Financial Planning Association (FPA), Institute of Certified Financial Planners (ICFP), and National Advisor’s Trust Company (NATC).
V. Raymond Ferrara’s Background
Ray is active in the community and serves or has served on the Board of Directors of Eckerd Youth Alternatives, Morton Plant Mease Healthcare, BayCare, Amplify Clearwater, University of Maryland College Park Foundation, West Central Florida Council Boy Scouts of America, Eckerd Connects, Executive Advisory Committee for the Muma College of Business at University of South Florida, Board of Certified Safety Professionals and Belleair Country Club.
He has been a featured speaker for many organizations, as well as at business conferences throughout the United States. For over 10 years, he hosted radio’s “Talking Money” and now is the host of the UP YOUR ASSETS podcast. Ray has been quoted in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA TODAY; Bloomberg News, Investor Business Daily, Tampa Bay Times, and Business Week.
Ray was featured as one of America’s best financial planners in the book Secrets of the Wealth Makers. He was a recipient of the P. Kemp Fain Jr. Award in 2016 by the Financial Planning Association for his qualities and contributions that demonstrated superior professionalism and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005 given by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the FPA. Ray has been recognized by Florida Trend magazine as one of the top 500 business leaders in Florida. He lives in Belleair with his wife, Kim.