Johann Albert Klaassen

Dr. Johann A.
Klaassen is Vice President at First Affirmative Financial Network and an Advisor at Newground Social Investment Services.
Prior to joining First Affirmative in 2001, Dr. Klaassen worked as an Investor Services Representative with T.
Rowe Price.
Previously, he served on the faculties of the University of Central Arkansas, Webster University, Millikin University, University of Idaho, and Washington University in St. Louis, including teaching courses in environmental ethics and bio-medical ethics.Johann scholarly articles have appeared in such journals as Philosophy and Literature, Journal of Social Philosophy, and Journal of Value Inquiry; he has presented papers to international conferences in Helsinki, Las Vegas and Tampa, among others.
Dr. Klaassen earned a BA in liberal arts (the Great Books Program) from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico and a PhD in ethics and social philosophy from Washington University in St. Louis.
He earned his AIF (Accredited Investment Fiduciary) designation in October 2003.
He has held Series 6 (Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts Representative), 63 (Uniform Securities Agent) and 65 (Uniform Investment Advisor) licenses.
Born January 24, 1970, he spent most of his youth in the forests of western Washington State and now volunteers his time to local environmental causes, educational institutions, and social justice organizations.