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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

FSA-logoFinancial 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.

Become a Financial Security Advocate

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 monthly defender-Symbol
Shella Sylla
Gregory Turner
Matthew Wilson

Alaska

Hunter Guthrie
Lanet Spence

Arizona

Judy Aguilar-Woertz
Heather Bergman

Diana Brettrager monthly defender-Symbol
Robert Bryant
Patricia Chesebrough
Barry Cook monthly defender-Symbol
Michael Eibeck
David Ford monthly defender-Symbol
Toni Gonzales 
Stephen Goucher monthly defender-Symbol
Rebecca Harper
Tracy Jones monthly defender-Symbol
Alan Kifer
Michael Klein monthly defender-Symbol
Seth Krasne
Sue Karaja
Connie McAdams  monthly defender-Symbol
Barry McBride
Jennifer Mauer

Adam Roth
Michael Sandoval monthly defender-Symbol
David Sewell
Philip Solinsky
Amber Stitt
Meg Vecchi
Robert Wernecke
Kenny Ziegler

Arkansas

Shannon Baker
Chet Caldwell
Scott Dorminy
Brenda Doty monthly defender-Symbol
Jeremy Duvall
Robert Waddell monthly defender-Symbol

Howard Woodall monthly defender-Symbol

California

Elizabeth Angeles
Louis Brownstone

Peter Buechler monthly defender-Symbol
Joseph Dela Cruz Calderon
Richard Coffin
John Davidson monthly defender-Symbol

Jonathon Devase
Clarissa Flores
Pamela Fugitt-Hetrick
Melissa Gonzalez
Elizabeth Guemiksizian
Angelo Haddad monthly defender-Symbol
Robert Haskins
Harris Kagan
Stephen Kagawa
Terry Kaltenbach monthly defender-Symbol
Steven La Bella
Larry Lee monthly defender-Symbol

Sergio Lopez 
Gilbert Mares monthly defender-Symbol
Michael Mares monthly defender-Symbol
Nichole Mayer
Thomas Michel monthly defender-Symbol
Ken Nooshi
Janice Obee Obee

Alvin Parra monthly defender-Symbol
Jose Rodriguez monthly defender-Symbol
Gerald Sheridan
Marc Sigmon
Matthew Tapping
Kent Teixeira
Michael Torres
Misty Weltzien

Colorado

Robert Avery monthly defender-Symbol
Kate Kilgore Cihon
Robert Grooms
Christine Jensen

Valerie Larson
Kathleen Owings monthly defender-Symbol
Donald Pacheco monthly defender-Symbol

Richard Seymour monthly defender-Symbol
Sarah Tinkler

Connecticut

Jerry Flowers
John Morris
Kaila Wilson

Delaware

Dennis Drake
Nancy Feldman monthly defender-Symbol
Kevin Lammers
Leo Strine
Donald Talerico

GWDC

Michael Gerber
Fred Griffin
Gobind Hemnani
Brock Jolly

Florida

Charlene Agin monthly defender-Symbol
Isaac Amaya
Kurt Anderson monthly defender-Symbol
Heather Azcueta 

Bruce Baltich
Michael Behl
Thomas Bello
Douglas Bishop

Richard Bonchick
Paul Bouchard
Kristan Brinkley
Elizabeth Brooks monthly defender-Symbol
Donald Brown monthly defender-Symbol
Larry Bryant
Stanley Burns
Renata Carvalho

Joseph Chalom monthly defender-Symbol
Jeffrey Chernoff
Stevan Collins
Thomas Cothron

William Daines
Charmell Davis
Joseph DeMarco

Barbara Downs
Tiffany Drewes
Craig Duncan monthly defender-Symbol
Charles Edris
Alberto Espinosa monthly defender-Symbol
Stephen Estler monthly defender-Symbol
John Field
Mark Forgione
F. Todd Gicalone
Mauricio Giraldo

Ashleigh Hammad
Diana Holder
Timothy Holladay monthly defender-Symbol
Bryon Holz monthly defender-Symbol
Lawrence Holzberg monthly defender-Symbol

Jessica Hughes
Joseph Jamerson
Jose Jimenez
Katherine Jones monthly defender-Symbol

Kelli Keith
Scott Keith
Maureen Kirschhofer

Bill Knight monthly defender-Symbol
James Koburger
Jonathan Leftwich
Panos Leledakis
Christopher Lopez
Macy MacConnell

Maria Maranda
Corey Mathews
Kevin Mayeux 
Ronald McCall

Timothy Meenan
Patricia Miller

Linda Moore monthly defender-Symbol
Joy Morse
Connie Mosley
Curtis Neuman
Khadein Newman

John Nichols
Christine Noel
Cherri Ohmer
Marie O'Keefe

Courtney Paat
Rick Patterson monthly defender-Symbol
Jacqueline Perez

Mike Peters monthly defender-Symbol
Eric Ponce
Jeannine Powell

Lawrence Riegner
Chayne Riggs

William Riley
Howard Rosenblatt
Robert Rosenthal
Franklin Roth
David Russell monthly defender-Symbol
Kenneth Russell

Steven Saladino monthly defender-Symbol
Teresa Seefeldt monthly defender-Symbol
Gary Shepard
Craig Smith
Melissa Snively monthly defender-Symbol
Michael Staeb

Toni Stanaland monthly defender-Symbol
Grace Staten

Stephen Summerlin monthly defender-Symbol
Peachie Thompson

Mark Tiralosi
Thomas Webb
Rod Whited
Bobby Whitley monthly defender-Symbol
Hilliard Wiggins
Robert Wolford monthly defender-Symbol

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

Greg Bitter
Roderick Carr monthly defender-Symbol
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 monthly defender-Symbol
Brett Keyes
Jean Kong
Rachel Kridner

Rodrigo Menendez
Jeffrey Posadzy
Thomas Ripperda
Mark Rizzo
Santiago Rodriguez

Gwendolyn Shaw
Camille Tan

Dominick Vassos
Carl Zeidler monthly defender-Symbol

Indiana

Kevin Bontrager monthly defender-Symbol
Gregory Boyer monthly defender-Symbol

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 monthly defender-Symbol
David Beaty
Martin Berger
Rodney Berger monthly defender-Symbol
Emily Cabbagemonthly defender-Symbol
Barry Delp monthly defender-Symbol
Howard Dobson monthly defender-Symbol
Brenda Eckard
Justi Folladori 

Mary Fraser monthly defender-Symbol
Michael Gaeta monthly defender-Symbol
Mike Grandgeorge monthly defender-Symbol
Kirk Haefner
Joshua Herbst
Clint Hinderaker

Brent Hinerichsen
Kristopher Hopkins
Ann Hudson
Barry Johnson
Dane Johnston monthly defender-Symbol
Nicole Kestel
Dennis Kim
Randy Kruse monthly defender-Symbol
Robert McCarey

Amy La Grange
Roger McCullough
Sarah  Muehlemann

Chris Oberbroeckling

John Raley monthly defender-Symbol
Jonathan Rasler

Robert Reinert
Michael Rozum

Anthony Schau monthly defender-Symbol
Dan Walterman

Neil Wilkinson

Kansas

Tod Nelson
Kacy Seitz
Geoff Stalker
Bill Vawter

Kentucky

Donald Bratcher monthly defender-Symbol
Susan Burkley

Garry Burry monthly defender-Symbol
Catherine Carlson monthly defender-Symbol
John Gates
Jeff Holland monthly defender-Symbol
Ronald House
John Kiebler monthly defender-Symbol
Lily Martin

Leonard McNairy monthly defender-Symbol
Charles Price monthly defender-Symbol

Gayle Prescott
George Ridings monthly defender-Symbol
John Ridoux
Daniel Santos
Whitney Wilgus

Louisiana

Robelynn Abadie

Maine

Robert Frank
Lisa Laliberte monthly defender-Symbol

E. Duke Marston monthly defender-Symbol
Alan Minthorn monthly defender-Symbol
Lynn Quirion
David Spellman monthly defender-Symbol

Maryland

Daniel Altmire
Steven Aquino
Hugh Breslin

William Brockman monthly defender-Symbol
Paul Dougherty
William Franklin
Michael Garrity
Carla Gibbs

Matthew Grace monthly defender-Symbol
Brian Haney
Scott Iodice monthly defender-Symbol

Brian Jolles
Vijay Khetarpal monthly defender-Symbol

Alan Kines
Roger Owens monthly defender-Symbol

Richard Stone monthly defender-Symbol
Melanie White-Terry
Moses Wright

Massachusetts

Joel Desilets
Craig Garofolo
Daryl Grabowski

Patrick Haraden
Benjamin Harding monthly defender-Symbol
John Kerr
Boris Lokshin monthly defender-Symbol
Rith Nou
Joshua O'Gara monthly defender-Symbol

Raydania Pena
Adam Sachs monthly defender-Symbol
Jennifer Shepley monthly defender-Symbol
Connell Tarr monthly defender-Symbol

Michigan

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

Minnesota

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

Winona Havir
Katie Jacobson

Brian Kelly monthly defender-Symbol
Debra Newman
Julie Phillips
Keith Phillips
Cody Riesterer
Char Rigelman

Judy Ringler Mountain
Christopher Schneeman monthly defender-Symbol

Beth Snyder-Jones monthly defender-Symbol

Mississippi

Camille Allen Snyder
Teri Eaton monthly defender-Symbol
Benny Hubbard monthly defender-Symbol
Priscilla King monthly defender-Symbol
Lee Owen

Missouri

Mark Acre monthly defender-Symbol
Eddie Anderson monthly defender-Symbol
Bryan Cole
Michael Deschenes

James Graham monthly defender-Symbol
John Gross
Jean Harmison

Jonathan Haymes monthly defender-Symbol
Janet Heitzig
Jennifer Hodges

Zachary Huels
Rebecca Jennings
Dawn Johnson

Shari Kearns
Amy R. Kern monthly defender-Symbol

Randal Kraft
Julie Kudrna

Carl Maus monthly defender-Symbol
Ryan Mooneyham
Dennis Page
Mark Squires
Craig Wright

Montana

James Connole
Daniel Rust monthly defender-Symbol

Brian Salonen monthly defender-Symbol

Nebraska

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

Nevada

David Bianchi
Yvonne 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 monthly defender-Symbol
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 monthly defender-Symbol
John Hobika
Maz Kamaruddin
Zhi Lin
John Melkun
Kevin Mulqueen monthly defender-Symbol

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 monthly defender-Symbol
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 monthly defender-Symbol
Steven Asche
Steve Bergee

Lyle Berndt monthly defender-Symbol
Michael Bergquist
David Colter

Tim Deitemeyer monthly defender-Symbol
Elaine Fremling
Lyle Kraft monthly defender-Symbol
Terry Kraft monthly defender-Symbol
Tara Lacher

Stacy Norton monthly defender-Symbol
Todd Ringoen
Todd Schweitzer monthly defender-Symbol
Paul Siebert
Jacob Thrailkill monthly defender-Symbol
Steven Walker

Gregg Webster monthly defender-Symbol
Jessica Westgard Larson monthly defender-Symbol
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 monthly defender-Symbol
Tracy Cartwright
Barbara Cottrell

Jeffrey Day
Jacob Elrod
James Gaydosh
James Geitgey monthly defender-Symbol
Joseph Giangola
Zachary Green
Jill Halker
Elie Harriett monthly defender-Symbol
Jamie Houston

Robert Johnson
William Kecskemety monthly defender-Symbol
Michael Lundy
Andrea Nameche
Bailee Openshaw

Robert Roach monthly defender-Symbol
Michael Rudolph
Sajana Shrestha

Dionicio Trevino

Donald Wiechart monthly defender-Symbol

Oklahoma

Jim Duncan
Brian Easlon
Mary Garza
Whitney Jessee

Richard Porter monthly defender-Symbol
Charles Potts
Bobby Thompson
Margaret Wilkerson

Oregon

Paul Budke monthly defender-Symbol
Shaun Dalton
Misty English

Kym Housley
Lisa Lettenmaier
Polly Meek
Charlene Quaresma

David Willis

Pennsylvania

David Barrist
Matthew Echelmeier monthly defender-Symbol
Jan Hartman monthly defender-Symbol
Carina Hatfield monthly defender-Symbol
Kyriaki Houras
Mark Knodel
William Krause
Bronwyn Martin
Trish May monthly defender-Symbol
Nicholas Moriello
Jay Moyer
Larry Moyer monthly defender-Symbol
Christopher Musuneggi
Louis Pettinato monthly defender-Symbol
Patricia Picardi
Christine Pikutis-Musuneggi
Daniel Reisinger
Elaine Russell
B. Douglas Trainer monthly defender-Symbol
John Ungerman
Paul Valerio
Michele Vitale
Marianne Yasso

Rhode Island

Thomas Case
Mark Male
Jonathan Matrullo
Gene Nadeau monthly defender-Symbol

South Carolina

Casey Chambers
Aubrey Fitzloff
David Grookett

Kenneth Head
Michael Head
Aby Henneberry
Doug Jolley

Tammy Kelly
Henry Leslie monthly defender-Symbol
David Lloyd

Misty Petrosino
Bruce Pope monthly defender-Symbol

Betty Roberson monthly defender-Symbol
Brad Tapscott monthly defender-Symbol
Liliana Velasquez
Stacie Wallice
Tim Williamson

South Dakota

Blaine Anderson monthly defender-Symbol
Andrew Bartling
Timothy Dardis
Warren Graber
Desirae Hovdestad

David Jorgenson monthly defender-Symbol
Douglas Leighton monthly defender-Symbol
Deborah Reed
Dennis Rowley monthly defender-Symbol

Calvin Sievers monthly defender-Symbol
Leland Kelsey Stoddard monthly defender-Symbol
Joseph Sztapka
Lonnie Tutsch
Jeff Tveit monthly defender-Symbol
Adam Weeman monthly defender-Symbol

Tennessee

Sandra Bailey
Billy Brown
Paul Cheek
Scott Flowers
Robert Hicks
Cory Jacobs

William Kelly
Pak Le
Lisa Loden

Emily Miller

Mark Miller monthly defender-Symbol
Norris Ming
John D. Richardson monthly defender-Symbol
Chase Sinquefield monthly defender-Symbol
Bruce Snider

Andrew Warner

Texas

Bianca Alonso Weiss
Steve Anderson monthly defender-Symbol

Lilia Arandela monthly defender-Symbol
Frederic Badyna monthly defender-Symbol
Glendell Baker
Jennifer Barthol
David Blanchard

Charles Booth monthly defender-Symbol
Lane Boozer monthly defender-Symbol
Kameron Caldwell
Ruben Cardenas

Alan Carl
Dee Carter monthly defender-Symbol
Enrique Cisneros

Debora Clark
Victoria Cooper
Thomas Currey monthly defender-Symbol

Christi Daughenbaugh
Richard Demko monthly defender-Symbol
AshlieRose Dunn

Karen Easterling
Katie Eikmeier

B. Ted Erck
Hollie Gandy
Mark Gardner
Andra Grava

Alyson Guest monthly defender-Symbol
Gloria Guzman monthly defender-Symbol

Will Ham
Stephen Harris monthly defender-Symbol
Kirk Haworth monthly defender-Symbol
Kristen Hendricks

Tobin Hoffmann
Douglas Jackson
Cheryl Jackson

Lance Kroesch
Doug Light
T. Littleton monthly defender-Symbol
Ruben Lozoya
Douglas Massey monthly defender-Symbol
Charles Matejowsky
Janella Matias

Kimberly McClure
Donna McCright

Rodney Mogen      monthly defender-Symbol
Cynthia Mook

Brian Moore
Aaron Novak

Danny O'Connell
Joseph Orr monthly defender-Symbol
Damon Robert Paull
Neetu Prabhu
Chane Reagan monthly defender-Symbol

Timothy Roels monthly defender-Symbol
John Ruckel monthly defender-Symbol
Zachary Scardino
Raymond Soto monthly defender-Symbol

Marvin Spreen monthly defender-Symbol
Michael Steadman
Ernest Stiba
Nathan Strayhorn

Jason Talley monthly defender-Symbol
Edward Tate monthly defender-Symbol
James Thompson
Karen True monthly defender-Symbol

Joey Ussery monthly defender-Symbol
Wes Wessel

John Wheeler, Jr. monthly defender-Symbol
Raymond White
Allison Woods
Tallie Young monthly defender-Symbol

Utah

Joseph Bradley
Scott Christensen
Scott Johnson
Timothy Johnson
Dori Phillips monthly defender-Symbol
Dallas Price
Bart Spencer

Vermont

Nathan Muehl
P.J. Pfeifenberger

Daniel Reagan
Eryn Ryan
Clinton Wood

Virginia

Brendan Bernat
Diane Boyle monthly defender-Symbol
Mark Briscoe
William Counts

James Denny
Jimmy Fay

Paul Franklin
Rose Goheen
Fred Griffin
Charles Henderson
Andrew Holt

Brock Jolly monthly defender-Symbol
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 Bell
Clinton Hoy
John Pauley monthly defender-Symbol
James Peterson

Wisconsin

Kristin Alfheim
Laura DeGolier
Brendon DeRouin
Todd Gerbig

William Guise

Michael Immel
David Kavanaugh

Heather Lindsley monthly defender-Symbol
Justin Manning

Mark Miller monthly defender-Symbol
Patrick Mongin
Van Mueller
Romeo Raabe
Michael Smith

Kenneth Specht
Elwood Syverson

Wyoming

Christopher Taggart