About

Gary Carpenter, CPA, CCA

Gary is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in New York and a Certified College Advocate (CCA). He has provided continuing education courses in the area of college financial planning for various state CPA Societies.

He has been quoted in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, MONEY, Financial Advisor, AARP Magazine, and has appeared on MSNBC and CNBC.

He has had over thirty years of experience in tax and financing and has spent the past twenty-one years in college planning and consulting.

Mr. Carpenter is a member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the co-founder of the National College Advocacy Group. He is active in committee service for the New York State Society of CPAs and the NCAG.

Chuck Moore, CCFC, CAFC

Chuck is a Certified Cash Flow Consultant, Certified Athletic Marketing Consultant, and Certified Athletic Financial Consultant.

Over the last 41 years, Chuck has helped hundreds of families in the area of college financial literacy and athletic marketing issues.

He has been approved to conduct EILA (professional development courses) for all guidance counselors, principals, athletic directors, and school administrators in the state of Kentucky from 1996 to 2018.

These same professional development courses are also approved in the states of South Carolina and Indiana. In 2011, Chuck was invited to be a participating partner in the Berea College GearUp Program. This seven-year program provides financial and college literacy issues for 15 school districts in eastern Kentucky.

Chuck has appeared on local and national radio and TV and has been interviewed and published by local/national media organizations. The National Association of EA (IRS Enrolled Agents) published a lead article in their national magazine (EA Journal) in their January and February 2007 Issue (“Are Scholarships and Grants Taxable or Tax-Free”).

Al Hoffman, CCA

Al is a Certified College Advocate (CCA) and the founder and president of The College Funding Service Center (CFSC.)  Al’s mission statement is simple, “Help Students Get Into And Pay For College.” The College Funding Service Center now has seventeen employees and nine additional counselors who assist families in the college process.

Since the beginning, Al and the team of service providers and counselors have helped over 20,000 families with the college process. The theme of CFSC is to help a student/family find a college that Fits the student academically, socially, and the family financially.

The CFSC is well respected in the college process industry. Al was in the US Navy Submarine program in the late 70s. He believes part of his success in college servicing is the military-style procedural part he brought to the table when he first started.

Al was one of four original founding members of the National College Advocacy Group (NCAG), a non-profit organization established in New York state.

He was the NCAG’s first president. The NCAG has dedicated itself to being a source of knowledge for financial or academic college counselors and the public at large for all things related to the college process. Al has lectured at the IECA, HECA, NICCP, and NCAG Conferences at various times on college affordability and issues related to the FAFSA and CSS Profile.