The beginning of a new year is a great time to check in on your financial status, goals, and plan. Join fellow AWWEE members for this 1-hour review of key financial planning principles throughout your career.
The idea is your career has three stages and the key components that you need to focus on change throughout your career. Early career it’s getting established, signing up for your 401k, saving and buying a home, etc. Then mid-career it’s where to put your increased income; savings for kids, paying down debt, increasing retirement etc. These two stages especially have “safety net” issues such as wills and trust, life insurance and risk management that are unique to that period in time.
Late career, you are looking at retirement. How much do you need to retire? Where will it come from? For those that receive a public pension, how does that work versus private sector only? How much do you need to save? How much can you comfortably distribute from and IRA/401k? Also, what safety net issues are associated with pre-retirement, they are different at age 55 than at age 30.
In this workshop, we’ll get valuable guidance and some tools from Neal Waner, Founding Partner of Matson Waner Wealth Management, for financial planning throughout these three stages of your career.
Presented by: Neal Waner, CFP, Founding Partner of Matson Waner Wealth Management
Neal is a native of Big Bear Lake. Always interested in investments, he graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in finance, financial services and completed his MBA from the University of La Verne. He received his CFP (Certified Financial Planner) designation from the College of Financial Planning in 1988. in Denver, Colorado. Neal has eight securities and insurance licenses or designations, 2023 begins his 37th year as a financial advisor. Some of Neal’s specialties are working with trusts, pension plans, endowments and foundations.
Close to his family of public educators, in 2003 Neal was elected as a Trustee to the Redlands Unified School District. Neal served in that capacity for 13 years until 2016. Neal served as President of the Board of Education in 2006, 2010 and 2015.
An avid community volunteer, Neal serves or has served a variety of nonprofits. His current board involvements include the board of the Redlands Community Hospital, board member and investment committee chair of the Inland Empire Community Foundation, board member and past chair of Children’s Fund, founder and past chairman of the Steven G. Mihaylo Big Bear High School Education Foundation, and Vice Moderator of the First Congregational Church of Redlands. He is the former board chair of the YMCA of the East Valley, past President of the Redlands Rotary Club and former Treasurer of the Redlands Community Foundation.
In 2011 Neal was appointed by the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors to be a trustee for SBcera, the $14 billion defined benefit pension plan that covers over 42,000 County employees and retirees. In that capacity Neal has served as board chair and chair of the Investment Committee.
Neal and his wife Joyce have three grown children all in their 20’s and 30’s and one grandchild.
Registration
Registration is free for AWWEE members, plus two guests (individuals new to AWWEE, please).
Non-member registration is $20.