Financial advisors for Retirement Planning

The first half of my career was working in the healthcare industry. I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Administration and a Master of Health Administration degree. Both degrees were earned from King's College, Wilkes Barre, PA. I'm also a licensed insurance agent and registered as an investment advisor representative with Brookstone Wealth Advisors. Aside from my healthcare skills transferring into financial advising, I listen to my clients without the hard selling.

Stephen Peterson is a financial advisor at Personal Financial Advice & Insights, LLC with nine years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at his current firm since 2016. Prior to that, he was involved in product design and consumer insights for two years. Personal Financial Advice & Insights, LLC offers fixed-fee financial planning services to individuals and high-net-worth households through a modular approach covering areas such as retirement planning, income tax strategy, elder care management, and small-business 401(k) plan analysis. The firm emphasizes client education and implementation support without managing client assets or using percentage-based fees.

Christine Maggio is a financial advisor at Retirement Planning Partner LLC with one year of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Unify Consulting and VMG Studios. Retirement Planning Partner LLC provides retirement-focused financial planning to individuals and couples, offering hourly engagements, comprehensive written plans, and ongoing membership options. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation using primarily passive investment vehicles and provides advice on a non-discretionary basis without managing or custodying client assets.

John Coleman is a CFP® and ChFC® with 15 years of experience in financial advising. He is the principal of Coleman Advisory, LLC, an independent firm he founded in 2016 after a brief tenure at Questar Asset Management. Coleman is also a licensed insurance agent, providing life, long-term care, and annuity products alongside his advisory services. Coleman Advisory, LLC offers financial planning and portfolio management to individuals, trusts, estates, small businesses, and corporate pension and profit-sharing plans. The firm employs a tax-aware, diversified investment approach, utilizing third-party managers and both discretionary and non-discretionary account management, while also integrating insurance products as part of its service model.

James Mahaney is a ChFC® with three years of experience at Mavericus Retirement Services LLC and 25 years previously at Prudential Financial. He is the owner of FinLit Solutions, LLC, a financial education business focused on improving public financial literacy. Mavericus Retirement Services LLC provides flat-fee, advice-only financial planning specializing in retirement income design through virtual engagements. The firm emphasizes modern portfolio theory, asset allocation, and low-cost passive investments while avoiding portfolio management and percentage-of-assets fees.

Thomas Basil is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with 24 years of industry experience. He has been with Colorado Diversified Financial since 2009, serving as the firm's sole advisor. The firm provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual clients, focusing on income and retirement planning for older clients. Colorado Diversified Financial offers a variety of investment and insurance products, primarily on a non-discretionary basis, and combines asset-based advisory fees with commissions from insurance and annuity sales. The firm maintains a material affiliation with insurance agencies and uses a single custodian platform for trading and reporting.

Casey Rench is a CFP®, CFA®, and Series 65 credentialed advisor with 12 years of industry experience. He has been with Rench Wealth Management, Inc. since 2013. Rench is based in Denton, TX and is part of a four-advisor team at Relevance Capital Management. Relevance Capital Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes equity allocations focused on dividend-paying large-cap companies and uses fundamental and cyclical analysis for security selection, managing all client assets on a discretionary basis with a small advisory team.

Brian Hamel is a CFP® with 34 years of industry experience. He is currently an advisor at RetireMitten Financial LLC and previously worked at Schwab Wealth Advisory, Inc. and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. for 12 years. Outside of his advisory role, he is a principal at Blueforce Investors, LLC, a real estate investment and property management firm. RetireMitten Financial provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, corporations, and multi-generational families. The firm employs a primarily passive investment approach using stocks, ETFs, and index funds, supplemented by fundamental and cyclical analysis, and serves a notable non-U.S. client base with specialized cross-border retirement planning.

Jordan Rench is a financial advisor at Relevance Capital Management with seven years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Relevance Capital Management since 2018, following six years at Goldman Sachs. Relevance Capital Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes equity allocations in dividend-paying companies with market capitalizations of at least $5 billion, alongside cash and fixed-income investments, and employs fundamental and cyclical analysis for security selection.

James Rench is a CFP® with 26 years of industry experience, currently serving at Relevance Capital Management in Denton, TX. He has led Rench Wealth Management, Inc. since 2011 and has worked as an independent insurance agent since 1986, though he no longer sells insurance and receives only renewal commissions. Relevance Capital Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and consulting services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm emphasizes equity allocations in dividend-paying companies and utilizes fundamental and cyclical analysis for security selection, managing all client assets on a discretionary basis with a small advisory team.