Luke Dean

CFP Program Director and Associate Professor

Luke Dean is the CFP program director for the personal financial planning degree program at Utah Valley University. It is the largest undergrad financial planning degree program in the U.S. Prior to coming to UVU, Luke started the financial planning degree program at William Paterson University in New Jersey. At UVU, Luke helped the degree program grow almost 300% in student numbers in 5 years and worked with student teams to win national competitions. The program has an over 90% job placement rate.

Diversity and equality

It's time to take actionable steps toward diversity and inclusion

It's a hard truth that minorities and women are not well-represented in the financial planning industry. It's also a business problem.

By Luke Dean

October 3