AFP is proud to introduce the new chair, vice chairs and five new members to its Board of Directors.

AFP also thanks the following outgoing board members for their service: Terry Crawford, Bob Whitaker and Susan Glass.

Chair

Geetanjali Tandon

Geetanjali Tandon is the Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis at Dayforce. Prior to joining Dayforce (formerly Ceridian), she was VP FP&A at Centralsquare in Orlando, Florida. Prior to Centralsquare, Geetanjali served various roles in FP&A at Bayer Crop Sciences (previously Monsanto) for 7 years including Digital Transformation Finance Director, CFO of IT function, US row crops finance lead etc. Prior to joining Bayer Crop Sciences, she worked with Capital One Financial Services for seven years based in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. She has served on the AFP Board for the last four years, recently serving as Vice Chair, Treasurer. She has also been a member and chair of the AFP FP&A advisory task force. Geetanjali has contributed articles to Exchange magazine, participated in podcasts and webinars for AFP as well as presented at FinNext conferences. She previously served as Chair of the Finance Committee and was a member of the Strategic Planning Committee.

On her appointment, Ms. Tandon commented, “I have found my community of people through AFP who are doing similar work in other companies, industries and organizations. These conversations with my peers across a varied background of industries have really helped me appreciate the importance of networking and continuous learning. Technology, economic factors, regulations as well as people management needs are changing very quickly, and AFP has provided me a forum to not only learn what changes are impacting or may be impacting the way I do work but also be able to exchange ideas with my peers on how they are tackling the issues.

“I have been privileged to be part of the AFP Board the last few years, and now, as the chair of the board of directors, I am very excited to work with the amazing AFP team to drive the vision of developing the future of finance and treasury and developing finance leaders to manage the challenges that lie ahead.”

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Vice Chair

Sassan Parandeh, CTP

Sassan Parandeh is the Global Treasurer of ChildFund International and Vice Chair, Secretary of the AFP Board of Directors. Before joining ChildFund, he served as Vice President of Treasury at Platinum Equity Holdings and as Director of International Treasury at Dole Food Company. With 34 years of dedicated corporate treasury experience, Sassan has been an active member of the AFP Treasury Advisory Group since 2012. He participated in the Annual Conference Task Force in 2012 and 2013, served on the Pinnacle Award Selection Committee, and has published eight articles in the AFP Exchange, as well as multiple articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Corporate Treasury Management and the Journal of Business Continuity. In 2014, he and his team won the AFP Grand Pinnacle Award, and in 2022, the Alexander Hamilton's Gold Award. Sassan previously served on the Board’s Policy Committee. He currently serves as the Chair of the Policy Committee and is a member of the Ethics Committee. Sassan has been a member of AFP since 1999.

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Vice Chair

Fred Schacknies, CTP

Fred Schacknies is the Vice President and Treasurer at TechnipFMC in Houston, TX and Vice Chair, Treasurer of the AFP Board of Directors. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and Treasurer at Hilton Worldwide, Inc. Prior to joining Hilton, he held various treasury roles with Constellation Energy and Lucent Technologies. Fred has been an active member of AFP, having served as a Pinnacle Award Judge and co-chair of the Annual Conference Task Force. He has been a contributor on several AFP webinars and panels. His team at Hilton received the 2015 Pinnacle Award Grand Prize. Fred previously served as a member of the Policy Committee and Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee. He currently serves as the Chair of the Finance Committee and is a member of the Strategic Planning Committee. He has been a member of AFP since 2009.

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New Board Members

Camille King, CTP, FPAC

Camille King is Senior Principal Team Leader, Financial Solutions & Transformation at Chick-fil-A, Inc. She has been with the company since January 2015 and previously led the Financial Risk & Analytics team within Treasury. Camille’s involvement in AFP began with 2016 attendance at the Annual Conference after obtaining the Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) designation earlier the same year. From there, she became the first individual at Chick-fil-A to obtain the Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis Professional (FPAC) certification in early 2017 and has gone on to attend back-to-back FinNext and AFP Annual Conferences ever since. She has participated in various speaking forums at those events including facilitating roundtables, speaking on the MindShift stage within the expo hall, contributing as a speaker at multiple sessions and even engaging alongside a Keynote speaker for a certification breakfast. Additionally, Camille helped plan the 2021 FinNext session line-up, as well as the 2023 AFP Conference’s FP&A track. In 2023, she served as the AFP Conference Co-Chair and was one of the Pinnacle Awards judges. Beyond her conference involvement, Camille was a Professor of Practice in partnership with AFP for Virginia Tech’s Calhoun Discovery Program in 2021-2022. Lastly, she served on the FPAAC Advisory Council from 2020-2022. Camille currently serves as a member of the Policy Committee and Audit Committee.

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Tom Russell, CPA, FPAC

Tom Russell serves as the Chief Financial Officer at One Energy, an industrial power company preparing to go public in the near future. His responsibilities include accounting, treasury, tax, budgeting, forecasting, and SEC reporting. Prior to One Energy, Tom was CFO of a private equity-backed start-up/roll-up that acquired six companies and had a successful exit via sale to a strategic buyer. Earlier in his career, he spent 20 years at multi-billion-dollar public companies, leading FP&A reporting to the C-suite for 10 years, and leading SEC reporting for three years. He has extensive experience in public company reporting, board presentations, and financial planning. Tom served for several years on the AFP FP&A Advisory Council (FPAAC). He presented at AFP 2018 on the topic “Forecasting During Rapid Growth.” Tom has been featured in articles for the AFP Exchange magazine and participated in AFP webinars. He has been a member of AFP since 2018 and currently serves as a member of the Finance Committee.

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Sherri Speaks, CTP

Sherri Nicole Speaks is the Treasurer at John Bean Technologies Corporation (JBT), a leading global provider of food processing machinery headquartered in Chicago, IL. In her role, Sherri manages all aspects of cash management, capital markets, foreign exchange, and trade finance. She also collaborates with the Corporate Development team on acquisition due diligence and integration processes. Before joining JBT in 2014, Sherri held various treasury positions at Illinois Tool Works in Glenview, IL. Her career began in the sub-prime mortgage industry, where she worked as an underwriter. Sherri has been an active member of the AFP since 2010. She has served as a member of the Certified Treasury Professional Test Development Committee for over a decade. She has also presented at the AFP Annual Conference on topics such as foreign exchange and capital markets and has volunteered with the Conference Planning Task Force. Sherri currently serves as a member of the Strategic Planning Committee and Ethics Committee.

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Mario Vasquez, FPAC

Mario Vasquez is Sr. Director, Finance at The E.W. Scripps Company and based in Orlando, Florida. He joined the company following its acquisition of ION Media Networks, Inc. in January 2021, where he served as Vice President Finance, Operations. Before his tenure at ION, Mario held various positions in Financial Planning & Analysis at HSN, Inc., The St. Joe Company, AirTran Airways and WonderWorks. Mario has been an active member of the AFP since 2014, initially participating in the beta test group for the Financial Planning and Analysis Certification (FPAC), and he was among the first to earn this certification. He has served on the AFP North American FP&A Advisory Council from 2022 to 2024 and was part of the AFP 2024 Conference Planning Task Force. Additionally, he has contributed to numerous AFP articles, guides, and webinars. Mario currently serves as a member of the Audit Committee and Ethics Committee.

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William Washington III

William M. Washington III is the Global Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Baker McKenzie. As CFO, he is responsible for the firm's financial operations, which totals more than over $3 billion in revenue across 76 offices in 45 countries. In his role, he is responsible for over 1,400 people and serves on the Executive Committee, Financial Committee and many other strategic committees related to the Firm's operations. William has also served as the CFO – Americas for Hogan Lovells where he worked closely with firm leadership to formulate a vision for the future of the firm and provide an understanding of the firm’s financial picture to help drive profitability. Before joining Hogan Lovells, William worked at two other AmLaw 100 law firms and has served in leadership positions in other diverse industries including Consulting (Accenture) and Financial Services (Fannie Mae). Although William is a new member of AFP, he has been a frequent guest speaker at AFP events since 2022. He currently serves as a member of the Policy Committee and Strategic Alliance Committee.

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