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Carl Buck, MS, CCPS, is a college financial aid expert with more than 30 years of experience guiding students, parents, and educators on matters related to how to pay for college. As the former director of financial aid at leading institutions such as Rice University and Rutgers University and director of financial aid counseling at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Carl brings his insight and unique "inside" perspective to families challenged with keeping up with the rising cost of college for both undergraduate and graduate students. Carl's prior publication Get a Jump! The Student Aid Answer Book was distributed to thousands of high schools across the country. Carl has appeared on numerous talk shows and has been extensively quoted on college financial aid matters in leading media, such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, and Bloomberg Radio. Most recently, Carl served as a vice president, Chase Student Loans, and a senior consultant, Discover Student Loans. Carl earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees from Emerson College. Rick Darvis, CPA, CCPS, is recognized as one of the leading experts in the financial planning field. He has written several books, developed financial software, and trained financial professionals across the United States. His knowledge has enabled him to be invited to speak on financial and business development topics to his contemporaries at state Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Financial Planning Association (FPA) conferences in more than 40 states. He has been a featured speaker at the FPA's Success Forum, the Northeast/ Mid-Atlantic National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) regional conference, the National Employee Benefit Forum, the New York State Society of CPAs Personal Financial Planning Conference, and the AICPA Conference on Tax Strategies for the High-Income Individual. Rick has also given seminars for the University of Arizona and the New York State Financial Aid Administrators Association Rick's accomplishments in the financial planning field are: Coauthor of Paying for College: Tax Strategies and Financial Aid, a guide published by the American Institute of CPAs on college planning for accountants and financial advisers Contributing author of the guidebook Personal Financial Planning Coauthor of Planning for College Costs, a guidebook on college financial planning for accountants and financial advisers Author of A Roadmap to College & Retirement--Without Going Broke, a book designed to link college planning to retirement planning Quoted in Forbes, CNNfn, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, Money, Business Week, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, The New York Times, SmartMoney, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Personal Finance, Bankrate, The Nation's Business, Financial Advisor, Dow Jones Newswires, On Investing, Knight Ridder News, Mutual Fund Market News, Research, Practical Accountant, Offspring, LIMRA's Market Facts, NAPFA Advisor, and AICPA's Planner