Katherine Joy Ford

Employer firm

Valor Wealth Group, LLC CRD 337746

$42.4M regulatory AUM

Reported services (Item 5G)

• Financial planning
• Portfolio management (individuals)
• Selection of other advisers

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

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

Current Employers

Employment History

• 05/2026 → Present
  Valor Wealth Group, Llc
  Ada, MI
• 04/2025 → 07/2025
  Unemployed
  Lowell, MI
• 08/2025 → Present
  Valor Wealth Group, Llc
  Ada, MI
• 04/2019 → 01/2020
  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  Grand Rapids, MI
• 02/2017 → 04/2019
  Marceco Ltd.
  Grand Rapids, MI
• 06/2016 → 02/2017
  Metropolitan Hospital
  Wyoming, MI
• 01/2016 → 12/2016
  Os Restaurant Services
  Grand Rapids, MI
• 01/2020 → 02/2023
  Strategies Wealth Advisors, Llc
  Grand Rapids, MI
• 02/2023 → 12/2024
  Innovia Wealth, Llc (Formerly Strategies Wealth Advisors, Llc)
  Grand Rapids, MI
• 12/2024 → 03/2025
  Blue Chip Partners, Llc
  Farmington Hills, MI

Previous Registrations

• 2024-12-16 → 2025-03-27
  Blue Chip Partners, Llc
  Farmington Hills, MI
• 2023-10-02 → 2024-12-09
  Innovia Wealth, Llc
  Grand Rapids, MI

Designations

• Chartered Financial Consultant

Other Names

• Kate Bykerk
• Katherine Bykerk
• Katherine Joy Bykerk