Military to Financial Planner Podcast

Oct 23 2024 64 ep. 33 mins 8

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Helping active duty, guard, reserves, and military spouses make a successful career transition into the world of financial planning. Welcome to the Military to Financial Planner podcast with your host, Daniel Kopp. Join him as he shares his unique perspectives and career transition advice, help you leverage your military experience, be intentional about each step of your career journey, and ultimately build the post-military life and career that you want.

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Finding the Right Culture Fit and Serving the Military Community with David Evetts

Oct 23 2024 45 mins

In this episode, I’m joined by David Evetts, who serves as the President of the USAA Educational Foundation. Since 1986, The USAA Educational Foundation has served the military community by helping service members and their families become informed financial decision-makers through every life stage. USAA, the founder and sponsor of The USAA Educational Foundation, is a San Antoni

Financial Education, Working for a Nonprofit, and Serving the Special Ops Community with Drew Stamp

Oct 09 2024 48 mins

I’m excited to welcome a friend and colleague who has a little bit different career track today. Drew Stamp serves as the Chief Operations Office for the Donovan and Bank Foundation - a, nonprofit organization that focuses on helping special operators transition to a life of peace, balance, and contentment. We chat about Drew’s early personal finance experiences, how he learne

Finding the Right Firm, Fit, and Focus with Matt Stephens

Sep 25 2024 45 mins

Today on the podcast I’m joined by Matt Stephens from Willow Chute Financial. Matt has had a winding career path that has taken him to a variety of roles, firms, structures, and responsibilities. During his career in financial services, he has also served as an officer in the Army Reserves since 2008. In our discussion, we chat about the pros and cons of a variety of financial se

Walking the Walk along with Talking the Talk of Military Transition with Heather Walrath

Sep 11 2024 39 mins

I’m so grateful to have Heather Walrath joining us on the podcast today. She currently serves as financial education and accredited financial counselor at the Navy Mutual Aid Association. As part of the Education Team, Heather speaks one-on-one with servicemembers and spouses and provides group presentations to servicemembers and families across the country to increase their know

Tax Preparation alongside Financial Planning, Teaching CFP Classes, and MQFP Update with Paul Allen

Aug 28 2024 47 mins

I’m excited to have Paul Allen on the podcast today. In this wide-ranging conversation we discuss his first exposure to the financial services industry which rubbed him the wrong way and sparked an interest in doing his own financial planning work. Later on, Paul wanted to help educate fellow members of his military community so he got his CFP so he could teach financial literacy

Learning About the Planning Profession and Building College Planning Expertise with Mike Hunsberger

Aug 14 2024 40 mins

In this podcast episode, I sit down with Mike Hunsberger to learn more about his career journey across an Air Force career and launching his own RIA, Next Mission Financial Planning. He shares about his early experiences with being sold permanent life insurance and high fee mutual funds which led him to get more interested in personal finance. Thanks to many years of his own good f

Cross-border Planning and Military Spouse Careers with Stephanie Higgins

Jul 31 2024 33 mins

In this podcast episode, I’m joined by Stephanie Higgins to talk about her journey into the financial planning profession. As a military brat as well as military spouse, she has spent a great deal of time overseas so we talk about the challenges of employment and building a career while OCONUS. I love hearing about her personal journey of learning about finances as she took over

DoD Skillbridge Transition to Financial Planning with Omen Quelvog

Jul 10 2024 46 mins

I’m excited to welcome Omen Quelvog to the podcast today. If his name sounds familiar to you, it’s because we have talked about him on this podcast before when Sean Gillespie and I chatted about the DoD Skillbridge program and how Omen was the first MFAA Skillbridge intern. We cover a lot of ground in this episode including Omen’s own financial experiences and love of spreads

Networking, Reframing, & Doing Your Own Financial Plan with Arcelia Wicker

Jun 05 2024 44 mins

We continue the recent theme of podcast listeners becoming podcast guests as I’m joined by Arcelia Wicker on the episode today. He is a financial planner at Bay Capital Advisors in the Virginia Beach area. We chat about his personal experiences of personal finances and how going through Financial Peace University helped him and his wife get their own financial house in order bef

Passion, Perseverance, & Pivoting to Career Success with Roland McIntyre

May 15 2024 35 mins

I’m grateful to have Roland McIntyre on the podcast for this episode. He is an XYPN member and founder of Mountaintop Wealth, his own fee-only RIA where he focuses on serving underrepresented and underserved communities including those in military or public service. We got connected awhile back and after meeting each other at XYPN Live last year, I knew I had to have him on the p