Weiser Financial Planning LLC is an an Independent, Fee-Only, Registered Investment Advisor in Lewis Center, OH that provides Comprehensive Financial Planning and Investment Management services to clients in the Columbus & Central Ohio area, as well as nationwide through online virtual meetings. We work with busy professionals and client's in-or-near retirement specializing in income planning and taxes. Our mission is to connect your money with the things that are most important to you, so you can live your core values and maximize your full potential. We help our clients save time, save money, and make money by making wise financial decisions. Hi I'm Ryan and I love what I do! I founded Weiser Financial Planning LLC after working many years in the corporate world. I chose to open WFP because I wanted to create a business with a noble purpose where I could combine my entrepreneurial side with my passion for helping people to make wise financial decisions. I believe that money is just a tool and that it's important to help people connect their money with the things that are most important to them. I like to say, "money without purpose is like eating cereal without milk, it might taste ok - it's just not as satisfying." I have worked in the financial services industry since 2000 working for several Fortune 500 companies. Over those years I have consulted with hundreds of financial advisors from various financial institutions including banks, insurance companies, wirehouses, and independent broker/dealers. Through this experience I have had the opportunity to help thousands of clients and positively impact their lives. One of my driving motivations in building a new financial planning business was to differentiate from the Wall Street firms, banks, and insurance companies that sell proprietary products with sales incentives, and conflicts of interest that are intended to maximize company returns at the expense of clients. As an independent RIA we are completely free to focus on our clients and what's in your best interest. Schedule a time for a conversation > https://weiseradvisor.com/schedule

John Hegler is a financial advisor with 23 years of industry experience and holds a Series 65 designation. He has been with 21 St Century Equity Advisors Corporation since 1999 and also maintains long-term involvement with Equity Builders Realty and his own accounting firm, John Hegler CPA & Co P.C. He provides personal tax return preparation for certain clients, a service separate from his advisory work. 21 St Century Equity Advisors Corporation offers discretionary portfolio management and investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm combines fundamental and technical analysis with market behavior studies to guide tactical and strategic investment decisions.

Brian Becker, CFP®, is the founder of Chapters To Wealth, a fee-only, advice-only financial planning firm based in Columbus, Ohio, serving clients locally and across the country. With more than 20 years of experience as a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, Brian works exclusively as a fiduciary, meaning every recommendation is made solely in the client's best interest. Chapters To Wealth is a flat-fee, advice-only firm: no commissions, no product sales, no assets-under-management fees, and no investment or asset custody. Clients pay a transparent flat fee for planning and ongoing advice, whether they're beginning a focused planning project, an hourly consultation, or an ongoing advisory relationship. This structure removes the conflicts of interest common in commission-based or AUM-based models, so clients know their advisor is compensated the same way regardless of what they recommend. Brian works with three main types of clients: families and career professionals balancing today's financial demands with long-term goals; do-it-yourself investors who manage their own portfolios but want an objective second opinion; and business owners and entrepreneurs navigating the overlap between personal wealth and business risk. Core services include cash flow and investment strategy, strategic lifetime tax planning, risk management and insurance review, estate and legacy planning, charitable and philanthropic planning, business planning and succession. Brian's advice-only approach centers on understanding each client's personal story and goals first, then building a plan around consistent, controllable financial habits rather than short-term predictions. As a fee-only, flat-fee fiduciary CFP® with over two decades of industry experience, Brian Becker and Chapters To Wealth offer an alternative to traditional AUM-based wealth management: unbiased, transparent financial planning advice for clients who want expert guidance without asset management or investment product sales. Learn more or schedule an introductory conversation at www.chapterstowealth.com.

Richard Roell is a ChFC®-designated financial advisor with 17 years of industry experience. He has been with Peak Financial Partners, LLC since 2007. Peak Financial Partners serves individual investors, companies, and trusts by providing financial planning, wealth management, and insurance products. The firm uses client-specific asset allocations with both fundamental and technical analysis, managing portfolios primarily through diversified mutual funds, stocks, FDIC-insured certificates of deposit, and U.S. Treasuries, typically on a discretionary basis with regular reviews and rebalancing.

Kyle Hickey is a financial advisor at Jameson & Griffin Financial with 10 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at several firms, including Everhart Advisors and Skylight Financial. Hickey is also a licensed insurance agent. Jameson & Griffin Financial is a sole-proprietor registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management to both non‑high-net-worth and high-net-worth individuals. The firm uses modern portfolio theory and a long-term trading approach, managing accounts primarily with mutual funds, equities, and ETFs.

Matthew Oberdorfer is a financial advisor with Oberdorfer Financial, holding a Series 65 designation and two years of industry experience. He has prior experience with The OIC Advisory LLC and maintains ongoing roles as an airline pilot and Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. Oberdorfer Financial provides investment management, comprehensive financial planning, and employer-sponsored retirement plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, business owners, and plan sponsors. The firm combines asset-allocation strategies with both passive and active investment options, incorporates real estate and alternative assets into planning, and offers services including educational seminars and fiduciary support under ERISA.

Lawrence Zimmerman is the sole advisor at Zimmerman Advisory Group, LLC in Dublin, OH, holding a Series 65 designation with 18 years of industry experience. He previously worked at Carl Zimmerman Financial Services, LLC for 10 years and has been self-employed since 1989. Zimmerman Advisory Group provides fee-based financial planning and discretionary asset management to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a consultative, client-tailored approach that includes direct portfolio management and referrals to third-party managers, along with educational workshops on retirement topics.

James Arnold is the sole advisor at Runnymede Capital Advisors, Inc. in Dublin, Ohio, holding Series 63 and Series 65 designations with 22 years of industry experience. He has led Runnymede Capital Advisors since its founding in 2003. Outside of his advisory role, Arnold owns and manages a property rental business. Runnymede Capital Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individuals, families, and some charitable organizations. The firm employs a tailored approach that includes equities, fixed income, mutual funds, ETFs, and derivative strategies such as covered calls and buffered ETFs, distinguishing itself by incorporating options and serving tax-exempt clients.

William Baker is a financial advisor at W.M. Baker Investments LLC in Dublin, Ohio, holding a Series 65 designation with 19 years of industry experience. He has led W.M. Baker Investments since 2012. W.M. Baker Investments LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, while also serving corporate and institutional accounts. The firm employs fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis with strategies ranging from long-term holdings to short-term trading and options writing, managing all assets internally across approximately $5 million in discretionary assets.

Craig Novosel Johnson is a CFP® professional with 14 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Wealthought LLC, an independent advisory firm he has led since 2013. He is also a limited partner in a family partnership managing timber and oil/gas assets. Wealthought LLC provides portfolio management and financial planning services to individual and high-net-worth clients, employing a diverse range of analytic approaches and investment strategies across an unusually broad investment universe for a firm of its size.

Jorge Llaneza is the sole advisor at Sterling Financial Group LLC in Columbus, OH, with 37 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has worked with Raymond James Financial Services and Financial Advisors Resources, where he also owns a financial planning support company. Llaneza maintains insurance licenses but currently does not write insurance business. Sterling Financial Group serves a small client base including individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, and pension/profit sharing plans, focusing on comprehensive financial planning, business consulting, and asset advisory consulting through fixed, project-based engagements rather than ongoing portfolio management. The firm emphasizes detailed fact-finding and planning across multiple financial areas and provides investment recommendations without exercising discretionary trading authority.

Brent Jenkins is a financial advisor with Grant Street Wealth Management, Ltd. in Columbus, OH, holding 14 years of industry experience. He has been associated with AXA Advisors, LLC since 2009. Outside of finance, he owns Jenkins Photography, a small photography business. Grant Street Wealth Management, Ltd. is an independent, fee-only advisory firm serving families, small businesses, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and employee benefit plans. The firm focuses on financial planning, investment consulting, and pension consulting by recommending and overseeing third-party money managers and turnkey asset management programs, with an emphasis on pension consulting and plan-level services.

Matthew Sands is a financial advisor at Elevate Wealth Management with 16 years of industry experience. His prior work includes positions at Neptune Consulting, Heritage Wealth Partners, Private Client Services, and LPL Financial. He holds the Series 65 and Series 66 licenses. Elevate Wealth Management is a state-registered investment adviser that provides both discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management along with financial planning services to individuals and high net worth clients. The firm uses asset allocation, dollar-cost averaging, and a combination of long- and short-term strategies, with accounts reviewed quarterly.

James Vaughan is the principal and sole advisor at Vaughan Investment Advisors, LLC, based in Worthington, Ohio. He holds the ChFC® designation and has 16 years of industry experience, having founded and operated his independent advisory firm since 2010. Vaughan Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and investment supervisory services primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients. The firm employs a fundamental analysis-driven investment process that integrates ETFs, large-cap equities, fixed income, alternative exposures, and active options strategies tailored to client goals and risk profiles.

Lee Kramer is a financial advisor with Capital Management Analytics in Powell, OH, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and over 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Capital Management Analytics since 1995. Capital Management Analytics provides discretionary portfolio management and financial advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, businesses, and institutional clients. The firm employs a range of investment strategies, including derivatives and structured products, and offers performance-based fee arrangements to qualified clients, managing approximately $79 million across about 100 accounts.

Michael Stafford is a financial advisor at One Brick Capital, LLC in Columbus, Ohio, holding a Series 66 designation with 22 years of industry experience. He has worked at One Brick Capital since 2019 and concurrently at SWS Partners since 2015. Stafford is also a partner in CRM Binds LLC and Stafford Brothers, LLC, with the latter being a family partnership without active responsibilities. One Brick Capital, LLC provides personalized financial planning, investment management, and consulting services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, financial institutions, and small businesses. The firm employs a systematic, rules-based investment approach that combines fundamental and technical analysis, offering discretionary portfolio management primarily through its proprietary wrap fee program tailored to higher-net-worth clients.

Mark Shafer is the sole advisor at Goodrich Asset Management LLC in New Albany, OH, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses with 40 years of industry experience. He has led Goodrich Asset Management since 2009. Goodrich Asset Management provides discretionary asset management and hourly financial consulting primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $2.68 million across a small number of accounts. The firm offers tailored portfolios of individual stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds, and other public securities with regular account supervision and employs a range of active strategies uncommon for a solo advisor.

Perry Jeffries III is a financial advisor at Diamond Equity Advisors with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has been with Diamond Equity Advisors since 2019. Prior to this, he worked at Hardiman Investment Management Inc and First Heartland Capital Inc. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved in health and wellness through marketing nutritional supplements and coaching via his web-based company, PHY-NANCIALLY FIT LLC. Diamond Equity Advisors provides consulting, financial planning, and pension/profit-sharing plan services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, business entities, and employee benefit plans. The firm’s investment approach blends fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory with a focus on buy-and-hold strategies, using third-party managers and occasionally incorporating options or short-term trades where suitable.

Joe Mesenburg is the sole advisor at JR Mesenburg and Associates, LLC, an independent firm based in Columbus, OH. He holds a Series 63 designation and has 13 years of industry experience. He has been with JR Mesenburg and Associates since 1977. The firm provides investment advice and discretionary portfolio management to individuals, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and religious and charitable institutions. Portfolios are customized based on clients’ income needs, liquidity, time horizon, tax considerations, and risk tolerance, primarily using actively managed equity and fixed-income strategies with discretionary implementation.

Jill Wood is a financial advisor with Freewood Private Wealth Management, LLC, holding a Series 66 designation and 17 years of industry experience. She previously worked at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC for four years before founding her independent firm in 2016. In addition to her advisory role, Wood holds an insurance license and dedicates approximately 10 hours per month to related activities. Freewood Private Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management, financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, and estates. The firm manages about $25 million in assets across roughly 100 client relationships, employing a portfolio strategy centered on low-cost, diversified mutual funds and ETFs with a mix of fundamental and technical analysis.