Kari Jo Schaffer

Employer firm

Osaic Wealth, Inc. CRD 23131

$235B regulatory AUM 56,660 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

• Financial planning
• Portfolio management (individuals)
• Portfolio management (institutions)
• Pension consulting
• Selection of other advisers
• Educational seminars

From the firm’s Form ADV. Read the guides:

• Item 5F — Regulatory AUM
• Item 5G — Advisory services
• Full firm profile

Current Employers

Employment History

• 11/1998 → Present
  Paradigm Benefits, Llc
  Waverly, IA
• 07/2001 → 08/2025
  L.M. Kohn & Company
  Cincinnati, OH
• 08/2025 → Present
  Osaic Wealth Inc
  Scottsdale, AZ

Previous Registrations

• 2003-02-18 → 2025-08-26
  L.M. Kohn & Company
  Waverly, IA
  Waverly, IA
  Cincinnati, OH
  Cincinnati, OH
  Cedar Falls, IA

Other Businesses

1. PARADIGM BENEFITS, LLC POSITION: Team Leader NATURE: LLC INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 144 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 144 START DATE: 11/01/1998 ADDRESS: 300 E. Bremer Ave., Suite 220, Waverly IA 50677, United States DESCRIPTION: Team Leader for Third-Party Administration Firm that does recordkeeping/Testing/Gov't forms for Pension and Profit Sharing Plans. 2. THE GILBERT A GUBBELS AND MARIAN F GUBBELS REVOCABLE TRUST POSITION: Trustee NATURE: This is just a revokable trust for elderly parent INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 1 START DATE: 02/04/2026 ADDRESS: 158 Niagara Dr., Waterloo IA 50701, United States DESCRIPTION: The Trustee for my parents revocable Trust 3. PARADIGM RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS POSITION: Owner NATURE: DBA for securities and Insurance business INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 95 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 95 START DATE: 02/09/2026 ADDRESS: 158 Niagara Dr., Waterloo IA 50701, United States DESCRIPTION: Licensed to service and sell both securities and non- securities related insurance products such as Life Insurance and Fixed Annuities.

Exams

• S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
  2002-10-10
• S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
  2001-03-30

Other Names

• Kari Jo Gubbels