About Us
Delivering leading edge advice focused on helping clients.
We deliver leading edge advice focused on helping clients arrive at their personal financial destination.
Leading Edge Financial Planning is a fee-only, fiduciary advisory firm focused on helping clients achieve their long-term financial goals. We believe the best way to do so is by fostering authentic relationships built on a foundation of trust.
We take the time to get to know you, your current situation, your hopes and dreams for the future, and any challenges you may face on your journey toward financial freedom. We use this knowledge to build a customized financial plan specifically designed to help you achieve your ideal lifestyle, both while you’re working and during retirement.
Our team includes experienced professionals dedicated to helping you achieve your version of success, including commercial pilots, a CPA and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) professionals.
Put simply, we serve as your partner in achieving your version of financial success.
Meet The Team
Principal, CEO, Senior Financial Planner
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Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Charlie earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. He then entered the United States Air Force where he served for ten years as an officer and F-16 fighter pilot.
While serving in the Air Force Charlie shared his passion for personal financial planning by administering money management classes to his fellow military service men and women. After his ten years in the Air Force, Charlie wanted to begin a new career helping others understand and thrive in personal finance so he earned his Master of Business Administration in Financial Planning from California Lutheran University. Charlie also earned the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) professional designation in 2012. In addition, Charlie was hired by Southwest Airlines in 2007. After flying commercially for 13 years, Charlie jumped at the opportunity to take the VSP (Voluntary Separation Program) in 2020 to focus on helping his clients.
Charlie’s joy in life is to truly understand each client’s unique situation and their family’s goals and dreams for the future. His goal is to take the worry out of personal finance. He works hard to be worthy of his clients’ trust, providing absolute transparency, a high level of integrity and objective advice. His prior life and work experiences as an Air Force officer and pilot have helped him understand the discipline, knowledge and leadership it takes to be an effective financial advisor for his clients.
Charlie enjoys watching his three girls grow up, (much too fast), spending quality time with his wife Leisa, reading, and taking care of the horse farm with any time left over.
Our Core Values
At Leading Edge Financial Planning, we believe in a better approach to objective financial advice. Using a fee-only, no-commission business model focused specifically on meeting your goals, we provide unbiased fiduciary advice that is at all times in your best interest.
Authenticity
We bring our whole selves, act with integrity, and let our genuine care show in every client interaction.
Service
We put others first, serving teammates and clients alike with humility and a servant’s heart.
Humility
We recognize our strengths and limitations, always seeking to learn so we can better support each other and those we serve.
Abundance
We choose optimism and gratitude, sharing generously with our clients and one another.
Excellence
We hold ourselves to the highest standards in every detail, striving for expertise so clients receive our very best.