Lacy Bender is a PFS™ credentialed financial advisor with one year of industry experience, currently with Cetera Planning Partners. She also serves as Vice President at Harding, Shymanski & Co., PSC, an accounting firm specializing in tax compliance, consulting, and wealth management. Outside of her advisory role, Bender is actively involved in the community as Treasurer and a board member of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Ohio Valley and as President of the Finance Committee for Resurrection Catholic School and Church. She is also a head volleyball coach at Mater Dei High School.
Cetera Planning Partners serves individual and high-net-worth clients, focusing on pre-retirees and retirees, offering investment management, comprehensive financial planning, Social Security optimization, and retirement-related advice. The firm integrates tax planning, bookkeeping, payroll support, and estate-planning services through a third-party provider and utilizes a diversified investment process built around mutual funds and ETFs tailored to client objectives and risk tolerance.