Three CFP® professionals
Every plan is built and signed by one of them. CFP® certification takes a bachelor's degree, a planning curriculum, a six-hour exam, 6,000 hours of experience and a fiduciary duty to clients, renewed every two years with 30 hours of continuing education.
Renee Okafor, CFP®
Founder and lead planner
Works with NC public school teachers, principals and state staff in TSERS
Eleven years as a planner at a large Charlotte firm before starting Meridian Path in 2019. Taught 8th-grade math for four years first, so she has read a lot of TSERS statements from both sides of the desk.
- Certified
- CFP® professional since 2014
- Degree
- BS Mathematics, UNC Charlotte
- Meets
- 7:30 AM and 4:15 PM, weekdays
- Records
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Hannah Liu, CFP®
Planner for healthcare workers
Works with Nurses, therapists and hospital staff with a 403(b), a 457 and old plans from past employers
Spent six years in benefits administration at a hospital system before planning. Knows which plan documents hide the vesting schedule and how a 12-hour shift pattern changes when a meeting can happen.
- Certified
- CFP® professional since 2018
- Also
- Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP)
- Meets
- 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM, weekdays
- Records
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Marcus Bell, CFP®, EA
Tax and retirement income
Works with People in the first years of retirement: the monthly paycheck, Medicare, Roth conversions and RMDs
An Enrolled Agent, licensed by the IRS to represent taxpayers, and a CFP® professional. Builds the five-year tax projection in every plan and reviews it each spring, when the return is done.
- Certified
- CFP® professional since 2012
- Licensed
- Enrolled Agent, IRS
- Meets
- 10:00 AM and 2:30 PM, weekdays
- Records
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A real firm's records are public. These links are placeholders in this concept build; in a real one they open each planner's record.
Jordan Price runs client service: scheduling, paperwork and the follow-up after every meeting. Jordan doesn't give advice, and will tell you which planner can answer.
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