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.

Alabama

Jennifer Barnett
Samuel Fields
Shella Sylla
Gregory Turner
Matthew Wilson

Alaska

Hunter Guthrie
Lanet Spence

Arizona

Judy Aguilar-Woertz
Heather Bergman
Diana Brettrager
Robert Bryant
Patricia Chesebrough
Barry Cook
Michael Eibeck
David Ford
Toni Gonzales 
Stephen Goucher
Rebecca Harper
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
Meg Vecchi
Robert Wernecke
Kenny Ziegler

Arkansas

Shannon Baker
Chet Caldwell
Scott Dorminy
Brenda Doty
Jeremy Duvall
Robert Waddell
Howard Woodall

California

Elizabeth Angeles
Louis Brownstone
Peter Buechler
Joseph Dela Cruz Calderon
Richard Coffin
John Davidson
Jonathon Devase
Clarissa Flores
Pamela Fugitt-Hetrick
Melissa Gonzalez
Elizabeth Guemiksizian
Angelo Haddad
Robert Haskins
Harris Kagan
Stephen Kagawa
Terry Kaltenbach
Steven La Bella
Larry Lee
Sergio Lopez 
Gilbert Mares
Michael Mares
Nichole Mayer
Thomas Michel
Ken Nooshi
Janice Obee Obee
Alvin Parra
Jose Rodriguez
Gerald Sheridan
Marc Sigmon
Matthew Tapping
Kent Teixeira
Michael Torres
Misty Weltzien

Colorado

Robert Avery
Kate Kilgore Cihon
Robert Grooms
Christine Jensen
Valerie Larson
Kathleen Owings
Donald Pacheco
Richard Seymour
Sarah Tinkler

Connecticut

Jerry Flowers
John Morris
Kaila Wilson

Delaware

Dennis Drake
Nancy Feldman
Kevin Lammers
Leo Strine
Donald Talerico

GWDC

Michael Gerber
Fred Griffin
Gobind Hemnani
Brock Jolly

Florida

Charlene Agin
Isaac Amaya
Kurt Anderson
Heather Azcueta 
Bruce Baltich
Michael Behl
Thomas Bello
Douglas Bishop
Richard Bonchick
Paul Bouchard
Kristan Brinkley
Elizabeth Brooks
Donald Brown
Larry Bryant
Stanley Burns
Renata Carvalho
Joseph Chalom
Jeffrey Chernoff
Stevan Collins
Thomas Cothron
William Daines
Charmell Davis
Joseph DeMarco
Barbara Downs
Tiffany Drewes
Craig Duncan
Charles Edris
Alberto Espinosa
Stephen Estler
John Field
Mark Forgione
F. Todd Gicalone
Mauricio Giraldo
Ashleigh Hammad
Diana Holder
Timothy Holladay
Bryon Holz
Lawrence Holzberg
Jessica Hughes
Joseph Jamerson
Jose Jimenez
Katherine Jones
Kelli Keith
Scott Keith
Maureen Kirschhofer
Bill Knight
James Koburger
Jonathan Leftwich
Panos Leledakis
Christopher Lopez
Macy MacConnell
Maria Maranda
Corey Mathews
Kevin Mayeux 
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
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
David Jones
William Kelly
Michael Kipniss
Shawn Maloney
Daimein Padmore-Solomon
Jennifer Perri
J. Neal Shepard
Jerry Spivey
Stephen Thaler
Donald White

Hawaii

Dennis Kim

Idaho

Roderick 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
Jerry Jackson
Caleb Jump
Jeff Keicher
Brett Keyes
Jean Kong
Rachel Kridner
Rodrigo Menendez
Jeffrey Posadzy
Thomas Ripperda
Mark Rizzo
Santiago Rodriguez
Gwendolyn Shaw
Camille Tan
Dominick Vassos
Carl Zeidler

Indiana

Kevin Bontrager
Gregory Boyer
August Hardee
Richard Jeffries
Nate Lehman
Chase Lowden
Kenyata Moore
Onyeka Olieh
Gregory Scherschel
Judith Schoon
Brian Slabaugh
Daniel Stallings
Bradley Wethington

Iowa

Craig Adamson
David Beaty
Martin Berger
Rodney Berger
Emily Cabbage
Barry Delp
Howard Dobson
Brenda Eckard
Justi Folladori 
Mary Fraser
Michael Gaeta
Mike Grandgeorge
Kirk Haefner
Joshua Herbst
Clint Hinderaker
Brent Hinerichsen
Kristopher Hopkins
Ann Hudson
Barry Johnson
Dane Johnston
Nicole Kestel
Dennis Kim
Randy Kruse
Robert McCarey
Amy La Grange
Roger McCullough
Sarah  Muehlemann
Chris Oberbroeckling
John Raley
Jonathan Rasler
Robert Reinert
Michael Rozum
Anthony Schau
Dan Walterman
Neil Wilkinson

Kansas

Tod Nelson
Kacy Seitz
Geoff Stalker
Bill Vawter

Kentucky

Donald Bratcher
Susan Burkley

Garry Burry

Catherine Carlson

Jeff Holland

John Kiebler
Lily Martin

Leonard McNairy
Charles Price

George Ridings

Louisiana

Robelynn Abadie

Maine

Robert Frank
Lisa Laliberte
E. Duke Marston
Alan Minthorn
Lynn Quirion
David Spellman

Maryland

Daniel Altmire
Steven Aquino
Hugh Breslin
William Brockman
Paul Dougherty
William Franklin
Michael Garrity
Carla Gibbs
Matthew Grace
Brian Haney
Scott Iodice
Brian Jolles
Vijay Khetarpal
Alan Kines
Roger Owens
Richard Stone
Melanie White-Terry
Moses Wright

Massachusetts

Joel Desilets
Craig Garofolo
Daryl Grabowski
Patrick Haraden
Benjamin Harding
John Kerr
Boris Lokshin
Rith Nou
Joshua O'Gara
Raydania Pena
Adam Sachs
Jennifer Shepley
Connell Tarr

Michigan

Ralph Gale
Francis Gingras
James Mock
J Cortney Otterbein
Norman Pappas
Jacob Rose
Luke Russell
Mark Staat

Minnesota

Gunner Anderson
Terry Anderson
Cody Block
John Dean
Patrick Dolan
Brian Fleming
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

Camille Allen Snyder
Teri Eaton
Benny Hubbard
Priscilla King
Lee Owen

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
Shari Kearns
Amy R. Kern
Randal Kraft
Julie Kudrna
Carl Maus
Ryan Mooneyham
Dennis Page
Mark Squires
Craig Wright

Montana

James Connole
Daniel Rust
Brian Salonen

Nebraska

Brad Brodersen
Wanda Caffrey
Heather Chacon
Dusty Cook
Michael Cooper
Todd Gaswick
Beth Goldsmith
Lisa Hatterman
Michael Herring
Bryan Holen
Doug Hoops
James Krason
Michael Nash
Tanya Patzner
Angie Pavelka
Echo Pelster
Dave Skutnik
Candace Specht
Michael Struebing
Maureen Vinton
Dustin Will

Nevada

New Hampshire

Harold Sullivan

New Jersey

Joseph Anthes
Ravi Balchand
Paul Bent
Dennis Cuccinelli
Craig Feinberg
Erin Hoffman
Daniel Irizarry
Beverlee Levy
Erin Hoffman
Rebecca Novin-Cannon
Mark Richards
Irene Stolte
Carolina Torres
Jill van Nostrand

New Mexico

Aprilyn Chavez Geissler
Edward Dunn
Gene Martinez
Michael Olguin
Hilario Rubio
Lynda Turner
Shane Westhoelter

New York

Errol Boreland
Michael Caputo
MaKenna Cooley
Vinny Dallo
Evelyn Gellar
John Hobika
Maz Kamaruddin
Zhi Lin
John Melkun
Kevin Mulqueen
David Perrotto
Gregory Smith
Nii Sowah
Joseph Templin
James Tyrpak
Michael Tyrpak

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
John Mazza
Wayne Peck
Norma Jean Rector
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
Stacy Norton
Todd Ringoen
Todd Schweitzer
Paul Siebert
Jacob Thrailkill
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
Jamie Houston
Robert Johnson
William Kecskemety
Michael Lundy
Andrea Nameche
Bailee Openshaw
Robert Roach
Michael Rudolph
Sajana Shrestha
Dionicio Trevino
Donald Wiechart

Oklahoma

Jim Duncan
Brian Easlon
Mary Garza
Whitney Jessee
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
Kyriaki Houras
Mark Knodel
William Krause
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
Aubrey Fitzloff
David Grookett
Kenneth Head
Michael Head
Aby Henneberry
Doug Jolley
Tammy Kelly
Henry Leslie
David Lloyd
Misty Petrosino
Bruce Pope
Betty Roberson
Brad Tapscott
Liliana Velasquez
Stacie Wallice
Tim Williamson

South Dakota

Blaine Anderson
Andrew Bartling
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
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
Kameron Caldwell
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
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
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
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
Scott Christensen
Scott Johnson
Timothy Johnson
Dori Phillips
Dallas Price
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
Paul Franklin
Rose Goheen
Fred Griffin
Charles Henderson
Andrew Holt
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

James Belford
Steve Bentler
Amanda Cantrell
Exiquio Cooper-Anderson
Monica Ewing
Leah Fritz
Reginald Hopkins
Randy Kimm
Valerie LaRoque
Hien Luong
Peggy Lusk
Timothy Maloy
Richard Miller
Kathy Northrop
Adam Rehmer
Melvin Sorensen

West Virginia

John Pauley

Wisconsin

Kristin Alfheim
Laura DeGolier
Brendon DeRouin
Todd Gerbig
William Guise
Michael Immel
David Kavanaugh
Heather Lindsley
Justin Manning
Mark Miller
Patrick Mongin
Van Mueller
Romeo Raabe
Michael Smith
Kenneth Specht
Elwood Syverson

Wyoming

Christopher Taggart