Meet Your Advisor
At our firm, we have the client—and only the client—in mind.
Our reasons for becoming financial professionals are deeply personal. We repeatedly saw many friends and family struggling to find the help they needed to map out their financial future. We are confident that with our understanding of personal finance, coupled with our training as financial professionals, we can help people better prepare for the future. After years in the business, we have developed a reputation for educating individuals in an easy-to-understand manner so they can grasp personal finance and use those concepts to pursue their financial objectives. We feel a commitment to our community.
Over the years, we have found that a team approach can be an effective method to help clients who have a wide variety of needs as they maneuver through a complex financial-services world. We invite you to discover and experience the power of our services. We believe it has far-reaching benefits for our clients to get opinions from several sources with diverse backgrounds, education, and experience.
No one strategy fits everyone, which is why every client gets our undivided attention—from planning to execution to follow-up. We take a proactive approach to helping you develop a strategy to address your financial goals and objectives, using the most efficient methods available.
Rich Lawrence
Financial Advisor
For over 20 years Rich Lawrence has been providing investment advice to the local community and surrounding area. He makes providing exceptional service to his clients a top priority, and is as knowledgeable of the industry as he is friendly.
Dedicated to the highest ethical standards, Rich provides clients with investment advice for all of life’s financial milestones: estate planning, retirement planning, saving for college, etc. Each client has a unique plan which balances investments with strong consideration toward risk management and asset allocation. He provides continuous service to his clients with frequent contact in an effort to ensure that each client’s strategy remains consistent with changing goals, objectives, and circumstances.
He is active in the community as a youth sports coach and volunteer at his church. He enjoys spending time with his wife, Lisa, two boys, Mason and Reese, and dog, Zoey. He formerly worked with Ragen Mackenzie Investment Services and holds the Series 7, 63, and 65 securities registrations through LPL Financial and is licensed with the state of WA for life and disability insurance.
Benjamin Melton, CFA® CFP®
LPL Financial Advisor
206-962-4571
Ben started in the financial services industry over 10 years ago as a way to help people make sense of the ever-changing landscape of investing. Through his career, he has seen many different models of wealth management and he believes using a financial planning framework always produces the best result. The start of every meeting always begins with three questions:
- Where are you now?
- Where do you want to go?
- What are your goals?
Using the answers to these questions, he and his clients work together to formulate a plan that strives to achieve those goals. Throughout the process, his goal is to explain each step in easy to understand language so there are no ambiguities.
Ben has worked in many different roles throughout the industry and has a deep understanding of the many complexities people encounter. He is a CFA® charter holder and is a Certified Financial PlannerTM. With this background, he helps his clients tackle the many challenges of planning for retirement, saving for college, estate planning, and managing intricate methods of income.
When Ben is not at the office, he loves to spend time with his wife, Tracy, and son, Luke. They are avid outdoors people and spend a lot of time in the mountains skiing during the winter and camping in the summer. Ben has a deep love for golf, and when he gets some free time, you can find him playing at any of the numerous courses in the Seattle area. At home, they are quite the cooks and always make dinner together at the end of the day.
Client Centered
Whether you are investing to build wealth, protect your family, or preserve your assets, our personalized service focuses your needs, wants, and long-term goals.
Our team of professionals have years of experience in financial services. We can help you address your needs of today and for many years to come. We look forward to working with you.