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Edward Blair Secrest

Summit Financial, LLC

Raleigh, NC

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Current Employers
Summit Financial, Llc

4 Campus Drive, Parsippany, NJ 07054 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
NC RA APPROVED 2025-01-01
  • NC RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-01-01

Branch Locations

7780 Brier Creek Parkway Suite 325, Raleigh, NC 27617 • United States

Disclosures

No disclosure categories reported as “Yes” on this SEC record.

  • Regulatory action No
  • Criminal No
  • Bankruptcy No
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint No
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
Southeast Financial Group, Inc (Dba). Durham NC 10/2001 12/2024
Lpl Financial, Llc Raleigh NC 09/2009 08/2019
Secrest Blakey & Associates, Llc Raleigh NC 10/2012 11/2019
Liberty Partners Financial Services, Llc Raleigh NC 08/2019 10/2025
Summit Financial, Llc Parsippany NJ 10/2024 Present
Modern Capital Securities, Inc. Raleigh NC 10/2025 Present
Jed Farms Raleigh NC 05/2019 Present
  • 10/2001 → 12/2024
    Southeast Financial Group, Inc (Dba).
    Durham, NC
  • 09/2009 → 08/2019
    Raleigh, NC
  • 10/2012 → 11/2019
    Secrest Blakey & Associates, Llc
    Raleigh, NC
  • 08/2019 → 10/2025
    Liberty Partners Financial Services, Llc
    Raleigh, NC
  • 10/2024 → Present
    Parsippany, NJ
  • 10/2025 → Present
    Modern Capital Securities, Inc.
    Raleigh, NC
  • 05/2019 → Present
    Jed Farms
    Raleigh, NC
Previous Registrations
  • 2009-11-16 → 2024-12-31
    Southeast Financial Group
    Durham, NC
    Raleigh, NC
  • 2009-09-08 → 2009-11-16
    Raleigh, NC
  • 2005-08-15 → 2009-09-08
    Waterstone Financial Group, Inc.
    Boston, MA
    Huntersville, NC
    Durham, NC
    Durham, NC
  • 2001-12-31 → 2005-08-15
    Tower Square Securities, Inc.
    Durham, NC
Other Businesses

1. 01/26/2010 - REAL ESTATE RENTAL- ESRA LLC - 7780 Brier Creek Parkway Suite 325 Raleigh, NC 27617. I OCCUPY THE OFFICE AND PAY RENT TO MY LLC (ESRA LLC). 2. Offers Insurance As A Broker Or Agent Through Numerous Insurance Companies. Some Sales Are Through SRM, An Affiliated Company Which Is Licensed To Sell Various Insurance Products. Mr. Secrest Earns Both Cash And Non-Cash Compensation Based On Sales Of These Products. 3. Accessible AI (Plansync): Investment related; business is for profit; The company is building a CRM for managing 401 (K) plans; www.makeaccessible.ai and plansync.ai; Address: 405 Virginia Drive, Winter Park FL 32789; Position: Sales - Product development and introduction to users. Start: January, 2024 as a mentor; equity stake of approximately 22%-26%; 40 hours devoted during the month: 10 hours during securities trading hours. 4. JED Farms: 7780 Brier Creek Parkway, Suite 325, Raleigh, NC 27617. No securities. Real estate holding firm. 1/3 owner. Started 5/30/2019. Revenue from hay sales. Hours per month - 2. 5. Southeast Financial Group: 7780 Brier Creek Parkway, Suite 325, Raleigh, NC 27617. His RIA firm. Started 9/1/2001. 40 hours per week in tandem with the Broker Dealer at Modern. Financial Planner. 6. Summit Financial. 7780 Brier Creek Parkway, Suite 325, Raleigh, NC 27617. Additional RIA Firm. Started 4/15/2024. Combined with the other RIA and our BD at Modern, its the same 40 hours. Financial Planner. 7. Alexander Office Park HOA. 7780 Brier Creek Parkway, Suite 325, Raleigh, NC 27617. Office condo HOA. Started 9/1/2018. 4 hours per month. Volunteer basis. Assists with oversight of property and a liaison to tenants.

Exams
CodeExamDate
S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination 1998-07-13
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 1991-09-05
  • S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
    1998-07-13
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    1991-09-05
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