PROVIDENCE FINANCIAL ADVISORS - Key Persons

Mark joined Providence Financial Advisors, LLC in 2008. Like Steve, he had an interest in providing individual clients and small business with sound, institutional quality investment management and financial planning services. His experience led him to the conclusion that the individual investor was best served through an institutional model where the advisor works only for the client. Mark has over 19 years of experience in the investment business, working at companies serving both individual and institutional investors. Prior to joining Providence Financial Advisors, LLC, he held the position of Chief Compliance Officer and served on the Executive Committee of a national broker dealer and investment advisory firm, with over 400 registered personnel. His primary responsibility was providing oversight related to the supervisory structure of the organization. Prior to that, he held various positions over a period of 16 years at a national investment consulting firm. While working at the consulting firm, he was also responsible for trading, operations, finance, and regulatory compliance for that firm's discretionary investment management affiliate and the firm's institutional brokerage subsidiary. Mark earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 2001, and is a member of the CFA Institute, the Kansas City Society of Financial Analysts, and the Financial Planners Association. He is also a member of the Financial Services Institute, where he served as a member of FSI's National Compliance Council. Mark currently holds or has held S7, S24, S28, S62, S63, and S65 securities and securities supervision licenses with FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority), which was formerly known as the NASD (National Association of Securities Dealers).

Steven joined Providence Financial Advisors, LLC in early 2019. Steven has a passion to help a wide variety of clients, including individuals and small business owners, in different life stages reach their personal financial and retirement goals. For the seven years prior to joining Providence Financial Advisors, LLC, Steven worked for an ultra-high net worth wealth management firm. In those seven years, Steven held multiple roles including financial analyst and senior reporting analyst. Since high school Steven has talked about wanting to have the opportunity to work with his dad. A casual conversation in 2018 lead Steve and Steven to determine that the time was right to realize his goal of working together. Steven holds an undergraduate degree in economics and finance from Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri, and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri. Steven has held FINRA series 7 & 66 licenses. Steve founded Providence Financial Advisors, LLC to provide individual clients and small business the same level of investment management services and financial planning process enjoyed by larger institutional investors. He observed that technology and product development within the financial industry allowed individuals the same access to many of the same investment disciplines that his institutional clients were utilizing. Since founding the firm, Steve has the pleasure of working with variety of clients, helping them achieve their financial goals. Steve has over 22 years experience in the investment business. Prior to founding Providence Financial Advisors, LLC, he was a partner in a global investment management firm, representing multiple investment disciplines to clients and investment consultants. Before joining this organization, he was a Vice President and Consultant for a national investment consulting organization. He was responsible for helping clients develop investment policy, asset allocation strategy, conducting investment manager searches and monitoring investment progress. Steve earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1996. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the Kansas City Society of Financial Analyst. Steve is also a founding member of Kingdom Advisors. He serves on the board of The Hope Network and the Finance Committee of the National Christian Foundation Heartland.