Financial Security
Advocates
"NAIFA's Advocacy Training program was phenomenal! I believe the program is a must-do for all that want to actively advocate for any cause. The courses are very informative and interactive, and I learned so much more by completing them."
Thomas Palmeri, LUTCF
Loyal NAIFA member since 1985
Who Has Earned the Financial Security Advocate Badge?
Advisors Committed to Financial Security for All
Financial Security Advocates have the training, knowledge, and skills to fully participate in the political process, exert their grassroots influence, and amplify NAIFA's advocacy message on behalf of their businesses, colleagues, clients, and communities. They truly make a difference. You, too, can be a part of something big and join the ranks of Financial Security Advocates.
Add Your Name to the List!
Thank you to NAIFA members from each state who have completed the Grassroots Training Series and earned the Financial Security Advocate badge.
FSA Badge Holders who are IFAPAC Monthly Defenders
Alabama
Jennifer Barnett
Lynn Barger
Sally Bryant
Booker Joseph
Samuel Fields
Shella Sylla
Gregory Turner
Matthew Wilson
Alaska
Hunter Guthrie
Tim Haworth
Lanet Spence
David Stratton
Arizona
Judy Aguilar-Woertz
Heather Bergman
Diana Brettrager
Robert Bryant
Patricia Chesebrough
Barry Cook
Michael Eibeck
David Ford
Toni Gonzales
Stephen Goucher
Reagan Ingersoll
Rebecca Harper
Julie Jakubek
Tracy Jones
Alan Kifer
Michael Klein
Seth Krasne
Sue Karaja
Connie McAdams
Barry McBride
Jennifer Mauer
Adam Roth
Michael Sandoval
David Sewell
Philip Solinsky
Amber Stitt
Wicki Thomas
Meg Vecchi
Robert Wernecke
Cliff Wilson
Kenny Ziegler
Arkansas
Shannon Baker
Byron Burrell
Chet Caldwell
Scott Dorminy
Brenda Doty
Jeremy Duvall
Jeffery Hill
Robert Waddell
Howard Woodall
California
Elizabeth Angeles
Louis Brownstone
Janice Brodin Emrich
Peter Buechler
Joseph Dela Cruz Calderon
Richard Coffin
Angela Chen
John Davidson
Jonathon Devase
Clarissa Flores
Jason Foster
Pamela Fugitt-Hetrick
Melissa Gonzalez
Elizabeth Guemiksizian
Angelo Haddad
Robert Haskins
Harris Kagan
Stephen Kagawa
Terry Kaltenbach
Steven La Bella
William Larsen
Larry Lee
Natalie Le
Sergio Lopez
Gilbert Mares
Michael Mares
Nichole Mayer
Thomas Michel
Ken Nooshi
Janice Obee Obee
Alvin Parra
Jose Rodriguez
Gerald Sheridan
Marc Sigmon
Kimy Smith
William Sunke
Matthew Tapping
Kent Teixeira
Kevin Tostado
Michael Torres
Nancy Williamson
Misty Weltzien
Colorado
Robert Avery
Kate Kilgore Cihon
Robert Grooms
Christine Jensen
R. Jensen
Valerie Larson
G. Matteson
Kathleen Owings
Donald Pacheco
Richard Seymour
Sarah Tinkler
Connecticut
Jacqueline Baldwin
Frank Emanuele Jr.
Jerry Flowers
John Morris
Kaila Wilson
Delaware
Dennis Drake
Nancy Feldman
Kevin Lammers
Leo Strine
Donald Talerico
GWDC
Michael Gerber
Mary Grate-Pyos
Fred Griffin
Gobind Hemnani
Brock Jolly
Florida
Charlene Agin
Minerva Allen
Isaac Amaya
Kurt Anderson
Heather Azcueta
Bruce Baltich
Irene Barish
Michael Behl
Thomas Bello
Douglas Bishop
Richard Bonchick
Paul Bouchard
Kristan Brinkley
Elizabeth Brooks
Donald Brown
Larry Bryant
Stanley Burns
Cheryl Canzanella
Renata Carvalho
Joseph Chalom
Jeffrey Chernoff
Grace Cobb
Stevan Collins
Thomas Cothron
Alexandria Coyne
William Daines
LaJon Dantzler
Charmell Davis
Joseph DeMarco
Barbara Downs
Tiffany Drewes
Craig Duncan
Charles Edris
Alberto Espinosa
Stephen Estler
John Field
Mark Forgione
Patrick Garrabrant
F. Todd Gicalone
Mauricio Giraldo
Ashleigh Hammad
Paul Harris
Diana Holder
Timothy Holladay
Bryon Holz
Lawrence Holzberg
Jessica Hughes
Joseph Jamerson
Jose Jimenez
Katherine Jones
Kelli Keith
Scott Keith
Maureen Kirschhofer
Tamara Kitchens
Bill Knight
James Koburger
Jonathan Leftwich
Panos Leledakis
Christopher Lopez
Macy MacConnell
Maria Maranda
Patricia Martinez
Corey Mathews
Kevin Mayeux
Maghan Mitchell
Ronald McCall
Timothy Meenan
Patricia Miller
Linda Moore
Joy Morse
Connie Mosley
Curtis Neuman
Khadein Newman
John Nichols
Christine Noel
Cherri Ohmer
Marie O'Keefe
Courtney Paat
Rick Patterson
Denwood Parrish
Jacqueline Perez
Mike Peters
Eric Ponce
Jeannine Powell
Lawrence Riegner
Chayne Riggs
William Riley
Howard Rosenblatt
Robert Rosenthal
Franklin Roth
David Russell
Kenneth Russell
Steven Saladino
Teresa Seefeldt
Gary Shepard
Craig Smith
Melissa Snively
Michael Staeb
Toni Stanaland
Grace Staten
Stephen Summerlin
Peachie Thompson
Mark Tiralosi
Thomas Webb
Rod Whited
Bobby Whitley
Hilliard Wiggins
Robert Wolford
Georgia
Michael Ahenfo
Carole Cheatam
Ande Frazier
Tony Hodge
Benjamin Johnson
Gerard Joseph
David Jones
William Kelly
Trey Kelly
Michael Kipniss
Shawn Maloney
Daimein Padmore-Solomon
Jennifer Perri
J. Neal Shepard
Jerry Spivey
Stephen Thaler
Donald White
Hawaii
Dennis Kim
Idaho
Greg BitterRoderick Carr
Garth Hassel
EmmaLee Robinson
Guy Stubbs
Illinois
Christine Averitt
Lisa Bickus
Kenneth Biederman
Courtney Blenner
Milton Brown
Robert Burd
Dennis Dean
Sara Decatoire
Kristine Dickson
Andrea Dodd
Randy Ems
David Frolicstein
Chris Gandy
Mary Gruenberg
Annette Hammortree
Katie Hageman
Jerry Jackson
Jeremy Johnson
Caleb Jump
Jeff Keicher
Brett Keyes
Jean Kong
Rachel Kridner
Rodrigo Menendez
Jason McPeak
Jeffrey Posadzy
Vicki Race
Thomas Ripperda
Mark Rizzo
Santiago Rodriguez
Gwendolyn Shaw
Camille Tan
Dominick Vassos
James Van Ham
Kelly Ruwe
Carl Zeidler
Indiana
Christopher Barnthouse
Kevin Bontrager
Gregory Boyer
Tyler Engelhaupt
August Hardee
Joshua Herrington-Vickers
Richard Jeffries
Sherrie Kramer
Nate Lehman
Chase Lowden
Kenyata Moore
Christopher Mullis
Donna Niese
Onyeka Olieh
Gregory Scherschel
Judith Schoon
Brian Slabaugh
Daniel Stallings
Bradley Wethington
Iowa
Craig Adamson
Tyler Auman
Martin Berger
Rodney Berger
Ryan Bosch
Emily Cabbage
Michael Clanin
Christy Cline
Richard Cordaro
Barry Delp
Howard Dobson
Brenda Eckard
Justi Folladori
Mary Fraser
Joby Frey
Michael Gaeta
Mike Grandgeorge
Kirk Haefner
Blake Helms
Joshua Herbst
Erica Helmers
Terra Heaton
Clint Hinderaker
Brent Hinerichsen
Kristopher Hopkins
Ann Hudson
Barry Johnson
Dane Johnston
Nicole Kestel
Dennis Kim
Randy Kruse
Patrick Knueven
Robert McCarey
Amy La Grange
Daniel Mack
Roger McCullough
Danny Mielneczek
Sarah Muehlemann
Liz Nelson
Chris Oberbroeckling
Rennae Padderud
John Raley
Jonathan Rasler
Robert Reinert
Michael Rozum
Alec Sindelar
Anthony Schau
Lynn Schreder
Wendy Speckerman
Brandon Van Nevel
Dan Walterman
Neil Wilkinson
Kansas
Sally Brungardt
Shane Grau
Steve Murrison
Tod Nelson
Kacy Seitz
Geoff Stalker
Bill Vawter
Kentucky
Donald BratcherSusan Burkley
Garry Burry
Catherine Carlson
John Gates
Jeff Holland
Ronald House
John Kiebler
Lily Martin
Leonard McNairy
Charles Price
Gayle Prescott
George Ridings
John Ridoux
Daniel Santos
Whitney Wilgus
Brian Wilson
Louisiana
Robelynn Abadie
Maine
Robert Frank
Lisa Laliberte
E. Duke Marston
Alan Minthorn
Lynn Quirion
David Spellman
John Smiley
Terri Wright
Maryland
Daniel Altmire
Steven Aquino
Hugh Breslin
William Brockman
Karen Cooper Keith
Paul Dougherty
William Franklin
Michael Garrity
Carla Gibbs
Matthew Grace
Brian Haney
Scott Iodice
Brian Jolles
Vijay Khetarpal
Alan Kines
Roger Owens
Richard Stone
Ellen Tillman
Melanie White-Terry
Moses Wright
Massachusetts
Joel Desilets
Craig Garofolo
Daryl Grabowski
Patrick Haraden
Benjamin Harding
John Kerr
Zachary Khallady
Boris Lokshin
Andrea Laws
Rith Nou
Joshua O'Gara
Raydania Pena
Christopher Rothwell
Adam Sachs
Jennifer Shepley
Peter Sechoka
Connell Tarr
Beth Valente
Minnesota
Gunner Anderson
Terry Anderson
Corey Anderson
Cody Block
John Dean
Patrick Dolan
Brian Fleming
Lori Gubash
Tammy Hanson
Winona Havir
Katie Jacobson
Brian Kelly
Debra Newman
Julie Phillips
Keith Phillips
Cody Riesterer
Char Rigelman
Judy Ringler Mountain
Christopher Schneeman
Beth Snyder-Jones
Mississippi
Amanda Adkins
Camille Allen Snyder
Angela Criddle
Teri Eaton
Benny Hubbard
Priscilla King
Lee Owen
Ike Trotter
Missouri
Mark Acre
Eddie Anderson
Bryan Cole
Michael Deschenes
James Graham
John Gross
Jean Harmison
Jonathan Haymes
Janet Heitzig
Jennifer Hodges
Zachary Huels
Rebecca Jennings
Dawn Johnson
James Jones
Shari Kearns
Amy R. Kern
Randal Kraft
Julie Kudrna
Carl Maus
Ryan Mooneyham
Brian Orr
Dennis Page
Christopher Roper
Mark Squires
Craig Wright
Montana
James Connole
Daniel Rust
Brian Salonen
Nebraska
Brad Brodersen
Anthony Buechler
Tammy Buffington
Wanda Caffrey
Heather Chacon
Dusty Cook
Michael Cooper
Christopher Conroy
Todd Gaswick
Beth Goldsmith
Dustin Gruwell
Lisa Hatterman
Jack Hawk
Michael Herring
Troy Herman
Bryan Holen
Doug Hoops
James Krason
Lary Lehman
Luke Meier
Michael Nash
Faye Osborn
Tanya Patzner
Brian Phares
Angie Pavelka
Echo Pelster
Andrew Rinn
Patrick Ramaekers
Dave Skutnik
John Smith
Candace Specht
Preston Speece
Michael Struebing
Maureen Vinton
Dustin Will
Dan Yost
Nevada
David BianchiYvonne Burke
Christopher Carothers
Yuan-Fen Lai Lai
Gary Mouden
New Hampshire
Harold Sullivan
New Jersey
Joseph Anthes
Ravi Balchand
Paul Bent
Dennis Cuccinelli
Craig Feinberg
Erin Hoffman
Daniel Irizarry
Beverlee Levy
Michael Manginelli
Rebecca Novin-Cannon
Thomas Piersanti
Mark Richards
Irene Stolte
Carolina Torres
Jill van Nostrand
New Mexico
Aprilyn Chavez Geissler
Edward Dunn
Gene Martinez
Michael Olguin
Hilario Rubio
Lynda Turner
Joshua Turney
Scott Wilson
Shane Westhoelter
New York
Errol Boreland
Michael Caputo
Gary Cappon
MaKenna Cooley
Vinny Dallo
Evelyn Gellar
John Hobika
Neil Himmelstein
Brandi Hydleburg
Maz Kamaruddin
Zhi Lin
John Melkun
Kevin Mulqueen
David Perrotto
Gregory Smith
Nii Sowah
Joseph Templin
Christine Travis
James Tyrpak
Michael Tyrpak
Kevin Swansburg
North Carolina
Elisha Aharon
Kenneth Altman
Jason Austell
Tommy Brigman
Brian Cooper
Alex Edmisten
Lora Gold
Perry Hudspeth
Marvin Johnson
Paul Johnson
Kevin Joiner
Andrew Jones
Frederick Joyner
Ken Leibow
Amanda Mazza
John Mazza
Wayne Peck
Norma Jean Rector
Cynthia Richards-Donald
Robert Schmiesing
James Sharpe
Walter Sprye
Matthew Stone
Heather Vicks
Deidra Willis
North Dakota
Kim Albert
Steven Asche
Steve Bergee
Lyle Berndt
Michael Bergquist
David Colter
Tim Deitemeyer
Elaine Fremling
Lyle Kraft
Terry Kraft
Tara Lacher
Kimberley Lee
Stacy Norton
Daniel Peterson
Todd Ringoen
Todd Schweitzer
Paul Siebert
Jacob Thrailkill
Dylan Vigested
Steven Walker
Gregg Webster
Jessica Westgard Larson
Don Zerr
Danielle Zimbrick
Ohio
Anthony Adams
Gary Albert
John Barbish
Beverly Beery
Jeffrey Beery
Scott Blake
Duane Borcherding
Cort Bradbury
Jackson Carawan
Suzanne Carawan
Tracy Cartwright
Barbara Cottrell
Jeffrey Day
Jacob Elrod
James Gaydosh
James Geitgey
Joseph Giangola
Zachary Green
Jill Halker
Elie Harriett
Elizabeth Herzog
Jamie Houston
Robert Johnson
William Kecskemety
Michael Lundy
Andrea Nameche
Bailee Openshaw
Robert Roach
Michael Rudolph
Sajana Shrestha
Dionicio Trevino
Donald Wiechart
Oklahoma
Shelly Burroughs
Daniel De Longe
Jim Duncan
Brian Easlon
Mary Garza
Whitney Jessee
Dennis Morris
Richard Porter
Charles Potts
Bobby Thompson
Margaret Wilkerson
Oregon
Paul Budke
Shaun Dalton
Misty English
Kym Housley
Lisa Lettenmaier
Polly Meek
Charlene Quaresma
David Willis
Pennsylvania
David Barrist
Matthew Echelmeier
Jan Hartman
Carina Hatfield
Brian Horn
Kyriaki Houras
Mark Knodel
William Krause
David Maola
Bronwyn Martin
Trish May
Nicholas Moriello
Jay Moyer
Larry Moyer
Christopher Musuneggi
Louis Pettinato
Patricia Picardi
Christine Pikutis-Musuneggi
Daniel Reisinger
Elaine Russell
B. Douglas Trainer
John Ungerman
Paul Valerio
Michele Vitale
Marianne Yasso
Rhode Island
Thomas Case
Mark Male
Jonathan Matrullo
Gene Nadeau
South Carolina
Casey Chambers
Cynthia Chambers
Cadence Chambers
Aubrey Fitzloff
David Grookett
Kenneth Head
Michael Head
Aby Henneberry
Doug Jolley
Tammy Kelly
Henry Leslie
David Lloyd
Ashton Mitchell
Misty Petrosino
Bruce Pope
Betty Roberson
William Rowell
Brad Tapscott
Liliana Velasquez
Stacie Wallice
Michael Ward
Tim Williamson
South Dakota
Blaine Anderson
Andrew Bartling
Matthew Berger
Timothy Dardis
Warren Graber
Desirae Hovdestad
David Jorgenson
Douglas Leighton
Deborah Reed
Dennis Rowley
Calvin Sievers
Leland Kelsey Stoddard
Joseph Sztapka
Lonnie Tutsch
Jeff Tveit
Adam Weeman
Tennessee
Sandra Bailey
Billy Brown
Paul Cheek
Scott Flowers
Alexis Goines
Robert Hicks
Cory Jacobs
William Kelly
Pak Le
Lisa Loden
Emily Miller
Mark Miller
Norris Ming
John D. Richardson
Chase Sinquefield
Bruce Snider
Andrew Warner
Texas
Bianca Alonso Weiss
Steve Anderson
Lilia Arandela
Frederic Badyna
Glendell Baker
Jennifer Barthol
David Blanchard
Charles Booth
Lane Boozer
Jennifer Boubel
Kameron Caldwell
Matthew Chalmers
Ruben Cardenas
Alan Carl
Dee Carter
Enrique Cisneros
Debora Clark
Victoria Cooper
Thomas Currey
Christi Daughenbaugh
Richard Demko
AshlieRose Dunn
Karen Easterling
Katie Eikmeier
B. Ted Erck
Michael Evans
Ian Escalante
Keith Forster
Hollie Gandy
Mark Gardner
Andra Grava
Alyson Guest
Gloria Guzman
Will Ham
Stephen Harris
Kirk Haworth
Kristen Hendricks
Tobin Hoffmann
Douglas Jackson
Cheryl Jackson
Lance Kroesch
Chuck Laubach
Doug Light
T. Littleton
Ruben Lozoya
Douglas Massey
Charles Matejowsky
Janella Matias
Kimberly McClure
Donna McCright
Rodney Mogen
Cynthia Mook
Brian Moore
Aaron Novak
Danny O'Connell
Joseph Orr
Damon Robert Paull
Neetu Prabhu
Lesley Pinckard
Chane Reagan
Timothy Roels
John Ruckel
Zachary Scardino
Raymond Soto
Marvin Spreen
Michael Steadman
Ernest Stiba
Nathan Strayhorn
Jason Talley
Edward Tate
James Thompson
Karen True
Joey Ussery
Wes Wessel
John Wheeler, Jr.
Raymond White
Allison Woods
Tallie Young
Utah
Joseph Bradley
Lynn Carter
Scott Christensen
Scott Johnson
Timothy Johnson
Dori Phillips
Dallas Price
Jodi Russell
Bart Spencer
Vermont
Nathan Muehl
P.J. Pfeifenberger
Daniel Reagan
Eryn Ryan
Clinton Wood
Virginia
Brendan Bernat
Diane Boyle
Mark Briscoe
William Counts
James Denny
Jimmy Fay
Jayne Fitzgerald
Paul Franklin
Rose Goheen
Fred Griffin
Charles Henderson
Bentley Heese
Andrew Holt
Michael Hedge
Brock Jolly
Marie Mercer
Roger Moore
Caroline Morris
Petula Moy
Steven Overly
Elizabeth Pate
Scott Pettyjohn
Cody Schoonover
Stephanie Sheridan
Donna Singleton
Charles Webb
Timothy Westerman
John Woleben
Washington
Hailey Allen
James Belford
Steve Bentler
Amanda Cantrell
Exiquio Cooper-Anderson
Monica Ewing
Leah Fritz
Reginald Hopkins
Mark Ingersoll
Randy Kimm
Valerie LaRoque
Hien Luong
Peggy Lusk
Timothy Maloy
Richard Miller
Kathy Northrop
Adam Rehmer
Melvin Sorensen
West Virginia
John BellClinton Hoy
Clifford Marstiller
John Pauley
James Peterson
G. Webb
Wisconsin
Kristin Alfheim
Lupita Avalos
Laura DeGolier
Brendon DeRouin
Todd Gerbig
William Guise
Chris Henderson
Michael Immel
David Kavanaugh
Heather Lindsley
Justin Manning
Mark Miller
Sherri Mitchell
Patrick Mongin
Van Mueller
Romeo Raabe
Michael Smith
Kenneth Specht
Elwood Syverson
Wyoming
Jeran Artery
Christopher Taggart