Rodney Dewitt Gillespie

Current Employers

Employment History

• 08/2018 → 02/2019
  Lutheran Family Services Of Virginia, Minnick School
  Wytheville, VA
• 08/1991 → 08/2018
  Tazewell County Public Schools
  Tazewell, VA
• 02/2019 → 05/2020
  Valic Financial Advisors, Inc.
  North Chesterfield, VA
• 05/2020 → Present
  New York Life Insurance Company
  Roanoke, VA
• 06/2020 → Present
  Nylife Securities Llc
  Roanoke, VA
• 07/2025 → Present
  Eagle Strategies Llc
  Bluefield, VA
• 09/2025 → Present
  Solid Rock Financial Partners, Llc
  Tazewell, VA
• 08/2026 → Present
  Blanks & Company
  Tazewell, VA

Previous Registrations

• 2019-05-07 → 2020-05-28
  Valic Financial Advisors, Inc.
  North Chesterfield, VA

Other Businesses

[INSURANCE BROKERING; APPOINTED WITH OUTSIDE INSURANCE CARRIERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF BROKERING NON-REGISTERED INSURANCE PRODUCTS and through Premier Life Strategies, Inc. ; 620 Quail Drive, Bluefield, VA 24605; Start Date 11/2023; Role/Title: Insurance Broker; Investment Related; 5 hours per month; 0 hours per month during securities trading hours] [Westminster Presbyterian Church, EPC; Our mission is to grow faithful, fruitful followers of Jesus Christ.; 2005 Washington St, Bluefield, WV, 24701; Start Date 09/2023; Role/Title: Officer; Not Investment Related; 4 hours per month; 0 hours per month during securities trading hours] [Elkhorn Retreat; We are going to begin renting our "cabin in the woods" to pastors and their families as a low-cost vacation option for them to utilize. This will include weekly rentals and Saturdays for one-day retreats for church groups.; 3805 Elk Horn Road, Woodlawn, VA 24381; Start Date 10/2023; Role/Title: Owner; Investment Related; 5 hours per month; 0 hours per month during securities trading hours; I mow the property, clean the house, and otherwise maintain the property, as needed.] [OPERATING UNDER THE DBA NAME OF SOLID ROCK FINANCIAL PARTNERS LLC FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELLING NEW YORK LIFE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AS WELL AS BROKERING NON-REGISTERED INSURANCE PRODUCTS; INVESTMENT RELATED; (ASSOCIATE); (TAZEWELL, VA); START DATE: 09/2025] [Southwest Virginia Community College; I have been named as Chairman of the Board for Southwest Community College. With my previous background in education, my role is in an advisory capacity on curriculum and student services.; 635 Community College Road, Cedar Bluff, VA 24609; Start Date 10/2023; Role/Title: Officer; Not Investment Related; 2 hours per month; 2 hours per month during securities trading hours; I am Chairman of the board that advises the President of the college on curriculum and student services] [OPERATING UNDER THE DBA NAME OF BLANKS & COMPANY FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELLING NEW YORK LIFE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AS WELL AS BROKERING NON-REGISTERED INSURANCE PRODUCTS; INVESTMENT RELATED; (ASSOCIATE); (TAZEWELL, VA); START DATE: 08/2026]

Exams

• S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
  2025-07-09
• S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
  2019-04-13

Other Names

• Rod D Gillespie
• Rodney Dewitt Gillepsie
• Rod Gillespie
• Rodney Dewitt Gillespie