Meet the Team
At FFG Retirement Counseling, we believe that everyone has been gifted with their own unique abilities. Each member of our team has been intentionally selected because of their unique abilities to best deliver a specific part of your overall experience.
Therefore, when you work with FFG you are not hiring an individual advisor. You are hiring a dedicated team of professionals that will work with you using each of their specialized talents.
Our Mission
Reduce people's money worries so they can focus on the truly important things in their life.
Sean O'Reilly, CFP®
Partner/Portfolio Manager
Blake Barnett, CFP®
Partner/Senior Planner
Blake Barnett
Read Bio"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason
why so few engage in it."
-Henry Ford
Chuck Read
Client Coordinator
Cindy Yourtz
Implementation Manager
Amy Henderson
Paraplanner
Amy Henderson
Read Bio"Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching."
-C.S. Lewis
Amy Henderson
Hello, I am Amy Henderson and I serve as a Paraplanner on the team. Here are 3 things that I think you should know about me:
1. I believe financial planning is a great educational experience for both the client and the planning team as we learn about you.
2. I have one son who is a Denver firefighter and a daughter-in-law who is a nurse, and I am very proud of both of them!
3. I love quilting in my spare time. I never pass by a quilt shop without going in!
Credentials
Bachelor's Degree from University of Colorado at Denver
Industry experience since 2004
Sean O'Reilly
Hello, I am Sean O’Reilly. I serve as Portfolio Manager on the team and am the Chief Operating Officer of FFG.
Here are 3 things that I think you should know about me:
1. I believe Financial Advisors need to do better, so I joined FFG in 2006 to help reinvent how a financial services company can better serve people.
2. I graduated college, bought a Jeep, and moved from Illinois to Colorado all in the last week of May in 1999 - and never looked back.
3. I met my wife (a Colorado native) sharing a cab in Denver in 2004, proposed to her in Portugal 2 years later, and now have 2 amazing (albeit crazy) sons.
Credentials
Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois
Certified Financial Planner™
Industry experience since 1999
Blake Barnett
Hello, I am Blake Barnett and I serve as the Senior Planner on the team. Here are 3 things that I think you should know about me:
1. I got into the financial services industry to help people with their money, not "sell" investments.
2. I married my first love, and we now have 2 little girls that have me totally wrapped around their fingers!
3. I grew up in Georgia, so if you hear a slight drawl or hear me using funny words that's from my upbringing. If I sound normal to you, it’s because we both were raised on sweet tea.
Credentials
Bachelor in Finance from Kennesaw State University
Certified Financial Planner™
Industry experience since 2008
Chuck Read
Hello, I am Chuck Read and I serve as the Client Coordinator on the team. Here are 3 things that I think you should know about me:
1. I enjoy working with clients on their life goals and celebrating with them as they live out their ideal retirement.
2. I grew up on a dairy farm in New Mexico (I’ll eat anything with Hatch green chile on it). I have 4 siblings, was milking cows at age 8, and driving a tractor by 12.
3. My wife Gretchen is a native of Colorado, and we are now proud grandparents of 2 granddaughters, Makenna and Aspen.
Credentials
Bachelor of Science in Business Finance from New Mexico State University
Industry experience since 1985
Cindy Yourtz
Hello, I am Cindy Yourtz and I serve as the Implementation Manager on the team. Here are 3 things that I think you should know about me:
1. I got into the financial services when my children were little to get out of the house. 19 years later, I am still here.
2. I grew up in New Jersey along with 6 sisters and two brothers.
3. I met my husband in San Francisco, and we have two sons (one working in Oil & Gas, the other a Chief Petty Officer in the Navy) and 2 grandkids.
Credentials
Notary Public and Signature Guarantor
Industry experience (and FFG employee) since 1999
Our Core Values
We put our clients' interests ahead of our own.
We make the complex easy to understand.
We utilize a proactive team approach to provide every client with multiple, unique perspectives.
We deliver and expect open, honest communication - with clients and within our team.