Thomas Ginas - CFF, RICP, NSSA, RFC

Tom Ginas is the founder & President of Ginas Financial Inc. & has been in the financial services industry for over 20 years.

Upon earning the Certified Financial Fiduciary (CFF), Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP) & National Social Security Advisors (NSSA) designations and combining them with an in-depth knowledge of Life, Health, Medicare Supplement Insurance Plans & Benefits, Tom has focused on educating his clients on their options and planning strategies, so they will feel confident in the decisions they make for a comprehensive, long-lasting & fulfilling retirement plan. We help protect your needs, wants & wishes.

Why. Problem. Solution. Promise. After 18 years working with Bank of America, Wells Fargo and two small banking entities, Polly Outhay made the decision to begin her journey in private financial service sector as an independent agent, dba Ali_Polly & Associates brokerage by First Financial Security, Inc national brokerage agency, Norcross, GA. Polly is passionate about helping ALL people achieve financial security. Over the past 5 years, she has worked with over 1000 clients to help them choose a good sound investment portfolio and create financial security and peace of mind for each household and businesses. Polly also provides financial education within the community. As a CFEI financial strategist, Polly’s main goal is to help clients make well-informed decisions. Through a Needs Analysis Exercise, Polly develops financial strategies tailored to each client’s unique needs. • What are their goals? • Are they on track? • How are they protected? • What’s keeping them up at night? Polly takes her time listening to your concerns, share all information about potential investments, including benefits, risks, and tax issues, and treat her client’s financial goals with the same care and interest that she devotes to her own.

As a

C ertif ied Financial FiduciaryFiduciary, Polly pledge s to carry code of conduct s in the

following area in her practice

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Practice the Duty of Loyalty: A CFF designee will first and foremost agree to

always put the client’s best interest first

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Practice the Duty of Good Faith: f undamental obligation to treat all clients fairly

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Practice the Duty of Good Care: fundamental obligation to exercise the skill of an

expert and to only advise in those areas where expert skill l evel has been obtained

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Educate First: provide comprehensive and unbiased education to clients ensuring

they have a firm grasp of the subject matter prior to offering specific suggestions or

advice

Patrick Harkin retired from the U. S. Postal Service with nearly 35 years of government service in many different positions including five as Postmaster, numerous OIC/Acting Postmaster positions and other assignments to USPS Headquarters, Region & Area Headquarters, finishing his career as Manager, Operations Programs Support for the Greensboro District.

Patrick served in the U. S. Air Force and the Iowa Air National Guard.

Patrick studied Accounting and Business Law at Drake University and Iowa State University.

Patrick was born and raised in Iowa and moved to North Carolina in 2000 as a promotion to Postmaster of Shelby North Carolina.

Upon retiring from the Postal Service Patrick realized there is a huge gap of knowledge and understanding for postal employees, federal employees and veterans about their benefits and no one true source to get definitive answers.

Patrick specializes is federal benefits for current employees, retired employees and their family members.

Patrick has taken training and is a Certified Financial Fiduciary® and Federal Retirement Consultantsm .

Garrett W. Moretz has many years of experience working with clients to plan financially with safe investment alternatives as well as investment management. He is an independent financial advisor who has been helping consumers with tax advantaged investment alternatives for over 22 years. Garrett has created a service that caters to people who are frustrated with low interest CD’s and are rightfully scared of the crazy and risky stock market but still want higher interest and rates of return. His services help consumers find alternatives to not only safely protect their nest eggs but that also provide many tax advantages and growth. Garrett also specializes in long-term financial planning for pre-retired and retirees, including but not limited to, investment planning and estate planning. Garrett has earned the distinguished Certified Financial Fiduciary® (CFF) designation. He has also earned the Global Financial Steward (GFS) designation. Garrett’s business, Moretz Wealth Management, LLC, is based in Mooresville, North Carolina but he services consumers throughout the United States. He is a dedicated family man with a wife, Julie, and three sons, Kessell, Caleb and Noah. Garrett has lived in the town of Mooresville, NC for 22 years after moving from Huntersville, NC. He is originally from Alexander County in the foothills of North Carolina. Garrett attended both the University of South Carolina and Montreat College in Charlotte, NC where he studied business administration and supervision. He has been affiliated with American Express Financial Advisors of Minneapolis, MN, Synergy Investment Group of Kannapolis, NC, Allegiant Financial of Miami, FL and First Heartland Capital of Lake St. Louis, MO. He is currently affiliated with LifeMark Securities Corp. of Rochester, NY Moretz Wealth Management, LLC 347 N. Main Street, Suite 201

I help Federal employees navigate their benefits. 

The reality is that navigating the benefits system is not easy! Electing the wrong choice can cost you and your loved ones potentially thousands of dollars.

Federal benefits are some of the best in the workplace, but not all of them. Get the answers you deserve without all the hassle of endless unanswered emails and telephone calls.

Bob began his career in Financial Services in 1979, after spending over 7 years as a

College Financial Aid Administrator. With a bird’s eye view of the financial

circumstances of a cross-section of the population, it was an easy transition in engaging

prospects in discussing their financial needs. Being a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill, with

a Degree in Math Education, and teaching math for 5 years (part-time)  at the local community college,

the "educator" basics have endured in making the financial arena aware of the instruments, strategies, and individual

applications available.  Bob has conducted agenttraining within the insurance industry

for decades. His Graduate Degree in Guidance &Counseling provides a unique background

in fostering his genuine financial counseling approach, opposed to “selling” financial services.

Bob has more than 4 decades in assisting thousands of clients. He lives in Charlotte,

with his wife Beth. He has 2 children—one an attorney, and the other who also

provides financial services—and four grandchildren. Bob stays abreast of changes in

the financial services industry, and maintains an affiliation with the top carriers, allowing

him to find the best values available for his loyal clientele. That’s why they stick with

him—honesty, objectivity, maintaining personal contact, and providing first-class service

for the best interests of his valued clients!

Email: bob@benchmarkigroup.com

Address: 2401 Sardis Roah North, Suite 110 Charlotte, NC 28227

Phone: (Office) (704) 527-3993 (Cell) (704) 641-2510

Fax: (704) 527-7371

My team and I help individuals make the transition from their work life to their retirement life.  As you get closer to retirement, you will have to make some of the most important financial decisions of your life. Most of these do not get a do-over.
 
Our goal is to help you get the most out of your retirement assets. This includes finding reliable sources of income, long term care benefits, and determining how much of your assets should be in the stock market.  There is a lot to do to make sure you have a happy and healthy retirement.

It all starts with having a plan. 

We will help you discover how much income you will need.

We will help you identify the risks you will face during retirement so you can plan for them.

Over the last 16 years, Tim has had the pleasure of working with thousands of clients. They all speak highly of his integrity, humility, skilled knowledge, and laid back demeanor that resonated to each of them upon meeting with him and throughout the transaction process. His tremendous love and passion is very apparent as he helps to provide all his clients with the necessary financial and insurance planning tools to insure against any unexpected future life event. This
proactive approach makes sure that existing and future generations will inherit a sense of financial stability.

Tim and his wife Judy have been blessed with 33 years of marriage and reside in the Raleigh, NC metro area. They have two amazing children, one son and one daughter, along with four rambunctious grandchildren. Prior to Tim’s financial advisory and insurance career, he and Judy owned multiple highly successful businesses in real estate, retail, and a wholesale distribution company. His life balance is built around his faith, family, friends and the lifelong relationships he
has forged with his clients over the years. When he is not meeting with clients, Tim enjoys spending time relaxing with his family, attending church functions, golfing, lifting weights at the gym, or playing in softball leagues.

At the initial discovery meeting, he seeks to gain an in-depth understanding about each client’s financial needs, current insurance coverages, and personal retirement goals. After the initial fact gathering meeting, he will then perform an extensive analysis of the information obtained in order to provide you with the best solutions/options to help you achieve your desired outcome throughout your retirement years. He utilizes his expert knowledge and numerous licensed
certifications to help provide the families and businesses he serves with innovative financial strategies and sound solutions. His well defined plans will result in financial clarity, security, and peace of mind for you, the client.

He and his team of experts welcome the opportunity to earn the trust of anyone looking for assistance with qualified plan rollovers (IRA,401K,403b, and TSP), long term care protection/planning, asset protection with no market risks, retirement income planning, life insurance/family legacy planning, tax free income strategies, Medicare supplemental insurance, social security maximization, etc. Once you personally schedule a meeting with Tim, you too will have a much better idea of how he can help you address any of the issues you have concerns
about and the best solutions to give you the peace of mind you innately deserve.

The Picture You’re Painting: It’s about what YOU want

Seek first to understand, then to be understood is a great quote from author Stephen Covey. However, many in the financial world have it backwards. Too often advisors seek first to be understood (sell their product). This “sale” becomes the focus and the goal. As a result, they often fail to take the time to understand who you are, your retirement goals, dreams and concerns about current or future economic conditions. As a result, then may not allow you the time to “Paint Your Picture”. Some seem to forget that retirement is one of the biggest transitional times in your life and therefore the development of a solid plan should not be rushed into. It should take time to develop over several meetings.

Bryan Rich has been serving clients for over 30 years. He strives to teach a balanced approach to retirement while highlighting both the positives and negatives of options available. He began his financial services career in North Carolina in 1992 upon graduating with honors with a Business Finance degree from Liberty University. After working for over a decade for a national financial planning company he decided to pursue his own career. As part of that decision, in 2005, he assisted experienced insurance and investment professionals from the Roanoke, VA and established Secure Financial Group, Inc. Later opening a office in Cary, NC. Since its founding Mr. Rich became the face of Secure Financial after speaking to thousands of “50 and Uppers” throughout Virginia & North Carolina in presentations and educational workshops. Now, as President of SFG since 2008, he has continued to develop strategic relationships with attorneys, CPA’s and other experienced professionals in order to provide a holistic approach to financial and estate planning. These NETWORK Partners share in SFG’s desire to fully inform and educate each and every prospective client.

Bryan is proudly an independent advisor when it comes to meeting the insurance and lifetime income needs of his clients. In 2007 Bryan passed his Series 65 Exam and is currently an Investment Advisor Representative for Brookstone Capital Management www.brookstonecm.com. When dealing with the risk portion of your portfolio, along with BCM Bryan provides fiduciary advice. This helps promote a balanced approach to retirement…it is not one-size fits all. Risk based options provide more upside potential, while protected options offer peace of mind. Your best interest is always the primary objective…matching your goals with the math.

PEOPLE FIRST, MONEY SECOND is not just a motto; it is the way SFG chooses to do business by taking the time to get to know you and the “Picture You’re Painting” for this stage of life before we ever start talking about the “products”. The “products” are important, but they are simply the tools. How do we know what tools to use until we know what you want to build?

Let’s dream a little first. Then, once your goals for retirement are understood we help you implement the ABC PLANNING PROCESS. This process is designed for the Conservative & Moderate Investor who doesn’t want to simply leave retirement to “I HOPE IT WORKS” -- or “IT SHOULD WORK” – well, as long as the stock market does what I want it to do. Risk investments certainly have their place and are a major part of the ABC PLANNING PROCESS. But, first we must ensure our Liquidity and Income needs, then chase risk for greater return potential. So, the key question is not, “What kind of returns might I get?” Nor is the question, “Can I afford to retire now?” No, the key question should be: “Am I in a position to retire and most importantly…STAY RETIRED?” All with a level of risk that if the market has a major decline you can step back and say, “I’m still okay”.

Investment advisory services offered through Brookstone Capital Management, LLC (BCM), a registered investment advisor. BCM and Secure Financial Group are independent of each other. Insurance products and services are not offered through BCM but are offered and sold through individually licensed and appointed agents.

Jake joined Infinity Wealth Management in 2022, relocating to Asheville from Savannah, GA. He has five years of experience in the financial services industry, and he has a sincere passion for this kind of work. He currently holds his Certified Financial Fiduciary designation, Series 6, 63,65, and his NC life/health licenses. He graduated from Guilford College with a double major in Business and Accounting. 

Before coming to Infinity, Jake worked with an advisory firm based out of Raleigh, NC where he oversaw the investment operations. He enjoys digging deep into clients’ financial situations and recommending solutions in a comprehensive and responsible way.

When he’s out of the office, Jake spends time with his girlfriend, Bazhena. He has two cats, Jack and Loki, and a sweet old dog, Lady. He gets very involved in all his hobbies and considers himself “The Jake of all trades”. He likes to stay active by playing pickleball, golfing, disc golfing and one wheeling.