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1100 Kenilworth Ave Suite 210, Charlotte, NC 28204 • United States
Current Registrations
| Authority | Category | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | RA | APPROVED | 2025-08-05 |
Branch Locations
1301 W Wendover #C, Greensboro, NC 27408 • United States
1100 Kenilworth Ave Suite 210, Charlotte, NC 28204 • United States
No disclosure categories reported as “Yes” on this SEC record.
| Organization | City | State | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Securities America, Inc. | Greensboro | NC | 09/2015 | 06/2024 |
| Securities America Advisors | Greensboro | NC | 03/2017 | 06/2024 |
| Osaic Wealth, Inc. | Greensboro | NC | 06/2024 | 08/2025 |
| Osaic Wealth, Inc. | Greensboro | NC | 06/2024 | 08/2025 |
| Blueprint Financial Advisors Llc | Greensboro | NC | 08/2025 | Present |
| Maplewood Investments Inc | Greensboro | NC | 08/2025 | Present |
1. FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY -Coordinator -Biblically-based personal finance course by Dave Ramsey w/lessons on DVD & class materials. Some discussion follow-up to video. Don't act as teacher/instructor. Receive no comp & don't use class to market sec. bus. No invest/ins products discussed. A large part of class focused on how to develop a budget, pay off debt, save, & charitable giving. Only mention of invest/ins is what an IRA or life ins is. Began in 2011 before becoming reg. rep. Class offered once/year. Bus. email (richard@midtownfa.com) & personal email (Ugene312@hotmail.com) used. #HRS 8 -1/12/11 -505 Muirs Chapel Rd, Greensboro NC 27410 2. DEACON AT WESTOVER CHURCH -member of Deacon Board, part of Church leadership team -Elected by church membership. Serving an initial 4-year term in a volunteer position. #HRS 10 SEC TRADE HRS 5 -1/23/22 -505 Muirs Chapel Rd Greensboro NC 27410 -Attend meetings (at least monthly). Various subcommittees on Deacon Board (finance, missions, facilities, & care of church body, etc). Serve on the finance committee, but also on other committees or other areas in the future. As a member of the finance committee, I have access to financial records for the church, but will not be making invest recommendations. The primary role of the finance committee to review church giving receipts, expenses, budgets, etc. & possibly make recommendations regarding financial matters of the church & report back to the Deacon board. The Deacon board will vote periodically on certain financial expenses/giving. There may also periodically be "giving campaigns" that the Deacon board will oversee, but I don't classify them as "fundraising." Possibly I may use my business email address (richard@midtownfa.com) in the role, but my primary email using will be my non-business email address (Ugene312@hotmail.com). 3. ECA MARKETING -Life Ins & Annuity agent/producer -Life Ins/Annuity sales #HRS 4 SEC TRADE HRS 4 -3/1/16 -7800 Equitable Dr Ste 200, Eden Prairie MN 55344 -Contracted to sell fixed & indexed annuities through multiple carriers on their platform. (UPDATE: As of May 2018 & moving forward, I may sell term life ins). 4. FINANCE TEACHER AT THE COVENANT SCHOOL -Teacher -Teach finance course to high school students at The Covenant School (private Christian school in Greensboro, NC) on an annual basis for a portion of the academic year. #HRS 16 SEC TRADE HRS 16 -3/28/23 -5904 W Market St, Greensboro NC 27410 -Materials not yet created, will create materials & teach course. No specific investments & insurance products will be recommended in the course. The course will not be a "seminar" for my practice. Topics discussed will include (but not limited to) budgeting, how to avoid debt, charitable giving, how to save money, general basics of investing & insurance (ie, what a Roth IRA is & how term life works). Email address used for OBA, possibly my business email address (richard@midtownfa.com). Even though investing will be discussed in general, we will not recommend specific investments. Start date "3/28/2023" listed because that is the date of the first class meeting this year. Likely doing preparation work prior to that date & class will be offered each school year moving forward. **UPDATE (Monday, 3/27/2023): Added email address "rwestover@thecovenantschool.org" as my primary email address (have already been using). However, may also use personal email address (Ugene312@hotmail.com) & business email address (richard@midtownfa.com). ***UPDATE (Tuesday, 4/2/2024): Updated my total annual compensation to $1,500. The first-class meeting will be Monday, 4/8/2024.
| Code | Exam | Date |
|---|---|---|
| S65 | Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination | 2017-03-03 |
| S63 | Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination | 2015-03-05 |
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