Kenn B. Tacchino, JD, LLM, is the Boettner/Gregg Endowed Professor in Financial Planning at Widener University’s School of Business Administration, where he teaches courses in taxation, pensions and retirement planning, and financial planning. Professor Tacchino also serves as editor of the prestigious Journal of Financial Service Professionals, a position he has held for 25 years.
As a consultant to The American College for Financial Services, Professor Tacchino was instrumental in creating the Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP) designation, one of the fastest growing designations in the financial planning field.
He is the author of hundreds of articles on retirement planning, employee benefits, and financial planning, and has been published in the Journal of Financial Service Professionals, Benefits Quarterly, Journal of Personal Finance, MarketWatch, and the Journal of Financial Planning.
Professor Tacchino has won awards for both his teaching and his scholarly writing. He is a graduate of Muhlenberg College (BA), Western New England School of Law (JD), and Widener University School of Law (LLM in Taxation). Professor Tacchino is a retired member of the New Jersey Bar.