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Meet the Experts for Our Upcoming Financial Seminar

Published On - September 10, 2013

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On Tuesday, September 17th 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in our main office, Adoption STAR will offer a financial planning seminar. In today’s blog post, meet the financial advisers who will facilitate and teach this seminar. RSVP here for this dynamic seminar.

This class is facilitated by adoptive parents ~ a financial advisor, accountant, and an estate planning attorney. They will introduce why you need a will and how to draft and update your will, they will update you on estate planning changes, nominating a guardian, applying for the adoption tax credit, and overall financial planning for your family’s future.

Meet Your Financial Planning Experts

Meet Amy Jo Lauber

Amy Jo Lauber is a Buffalo native and Buffalo State College alum.
She started her career in financial services in 1993 as an account executive for Erie County’s Deferred Compensation Plan with The Copeland Companies.

She worked as a wealth management consultant for HSBC Bank, and as director of financial planning for Harold C. Brown & Co., LLC.

Amy Jo earned her CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER TM designation in 2000 and started her own practice – Lauber Financial Planning – in 2010.

Amy Jo specializes in comprehensive, holistic financial planning on a fee-only basis. She maintains a blog, “LIFE: Live Inspired, Financially Empowered” and published her first book in May 2012 Living Inspired and Financially Empowered: Aligning Our Spiritual and Material Lives.

Meet Mark A. Tronconi, CPA, MBA

Mark A. Tronconi, CPA, MBA, is a Tax Partner with Tronconi Segarra & Associates LLP.He has significant experience in individual taxation, trust taxation, subchapter S corporations, and estate and financial planning.

Of particular interest to Mark relating to estate and financial planning is the area of adoption, as he and his wife have two adopted sons. Mark has given seminars and written articles that have been published in the local media targeted to attorneys and prospective adoptive parents about the financial considerations of adoption and how to navigate through the personal income tax ramifications.

Adoption STAR is pleased to offer this important resource to our community. Join Amy Jo Lauber and Mark A. Tronconi on Tuesday, September 17th 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in our main office at 131 John Muir Dr. in Amherst – RSVP here

Find Out What is on Our Calendar in the Month of September: Advocate for Your Child’s Education September 11th, FREE Orientation Session September 17th, From SOFIA: Our Fall Gatherings, WEEKEND HOME STUDY EDUCATIONAL CLASS (Buffalo Area) RSVP HERE

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