Melissa Godwin Scott

Employer firm

Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. CRD 134139

$139B regulatory AUM 68,815 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

• Financial planning
• Portfolio management (individuals)
• Portfolio management (institutions)
• Pension consulting
• Selection of other advisers
• Market timing

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

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

Current Employers

Employment History

• 07/2014 → 02/2019
  First Citizens Investor Serivces
  Raleigh, NC
• 02/2019 → 01/2024
  Infinex Investments, Inc.
  Meriden, CT
• 02/2019 → 01/2024
  First Bancorp
  Sanford, NC
• 02/2024 → Present
  Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.
  Fairfield, IA
• 02/2024 → Present
  Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.
  Fairfield, IA

Previous Registrations

• 2019-02-04 → 2024-01-10
  Osaic Institutions, Inc.
  Sanford, NC
  Sanford, NC
  Chapel Hill, NC
  Sanford, NC
  Sanford, NC
  Raleigh, NC
• 2014-07-23 → 2019-02-05
  First Citizens Investor Services, Inc.
  Dunn, NC
  Raleigh, NC
  Raleigh, NC
• 2011-06-06 → 2014-07-15
  Osaic Fs, Inc.
  Raleigh, NC
  Dunn, NC
• 2010-12-20 → 2011-06-13
  Capital Investment Advisory Services, Llc
  Raleigh, NC
• 2009-07-10 → 2010-12-17
  Capital Guardian Wealth Management, Llc
  Miami, FL
• 2007-01-31 → 2008-01-08
  Edward Jones
  St Louis, MO
  Dunn, NC

Other Businesses

1) CIRA, 1776 PLEASANT PLAIN RD FAIRFIELD IA, 02/2024, ADVISORY REP OF AN RIA, INV REL, 160 HR/MO 120 HR/MO TRADING 2) SCOTT SQUARED, 1000 KEITH HILLS RD LILLINGTON NC, 02/2018, OWNER, REAL ESTATE, NIR, 10 HR/MO 2 HR/MO TRADING 3) MELISSA SCOTT, POWELL AVE DUNN NC, 12/2023, W2 EMPLOYEE, FOOD/BEVERAGE SERVICES, NIR, 8 HR/MO 0 HR/MO TRADING 4) GODWIN WEALTH, 1000 KEITH HILLS RD LILLINGTON NC, 02/2024, PRESIDENT, INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENT FOR VARIOUS INDEPENDENT INSURANCE COMPANIES, NIR, 15 HR/MO 10 HR/MO TRADING 5) MELISSA SCOTT/ SCOTT WEALTH DBA GODWIN WEALTH STRATEGIES, 1000 KEITH HILLS RD LILLINGTON NC, 02/2024, EMPLOYEE, INSURANCE/BENEFITS/RESOURCES, NIR, 15 HR/MO 10 HR/MO TRADING 6) EAST COAST HEMP, 105 West Broad Street, Dunn NC 28334, 06/2015, Owner, Agriculture, NIR, 0 HR/MO, 0 HR/MO TRADING. 7) DUNN COMMITTEE OF 100, 215 N Wilson Ave, Dunn NC 28334, United States, 09/25/2025, Board Member, Board Member/Officer/Director/Committee Member/Board Trustee, NIR, 1 HR/MO - 0 HR/MO TRADING

Exams

• S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
  2009-08-05
• S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
  2007-01-18

Designations

• Certified Financial Planner

Other Names

• Melissa Dawn Godwin
• Melissa Scott