John Foligno, CMC®
Providing tax-efficient financial counsel to professionals and business owners.
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Providing tax-efficient financial counsel to professionals and business owners.
Areas of Focus
- Financial Life Planning
- Investment Management
- Owning a Business
- Retirement Planning
- Taxes
About John Foligno, CMC®
John Foligno has 30+ years of professional work and coaching/mentoring experience, which includes over 10 years of running his own business. Through empathy, active listening, and thoughtful counsel, he lives his personal mission by inspiring people to overcome the roadblocks that prevent them from accomplishing their goals and helps them to find enlightenment, fulfillment, and financial well-being.John specializes in supporting business owners and professionals, although he enjoys working with all manner of people.
As a business owner, John learned the hard way how much he would have benefited from a financial steward who understands the myriad challenges of running a business. That experience, coupled with his passion for financial planning, enables him to relieve business owners of the day-to-day concerns of reaching their financial goals, which frees them to focus on their growth and ultimate exit strategy.
As a graduate of Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management, John studied finance and marketing. He completed the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Board-approved educational coursework through Bryant University and the Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor (CPFA) educational coursework through the American Retirement Association / National Association of Plan Advisors that will allow him to deliver professional, competent and ethical financial planning and retirement planning services to clients and plan sponsors.
John holds a Series 65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law registration that authorizes him to solely offer fee-only advice. As a Certified Money Coach (CMC)®, John also helps clients identify their unconscious behaviors, patterns, and beliefs around money to guide them toward reaching their financial potential.
When he is not fulfilling his fiduciary obligation of putting his client’s interest first, John is sharing time with his wife, Michelle, and daughter, Ruby. He enjoys a healthy lifestyle of strength training, spinning, and yoga as well as watching sports and reading. John is a first-degree black belt in Goju karate that guides his disciplined approach. He volunteers his time for the honor of helping people with limited financial education to make more informed decisions.
Professional Designations
- Candidate for CFP® certification
- Certified Money Coach (CMC)
Affiliations
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Fee Only Network
- National Association of Personal Financial Advisors
- XY Planning Network
- National Association of Personal Financial Advisors
Primary Location
350 Springfield Ave, Suite 200G, Summit, NJ 07901
Additional Locations
📍 1 SE Ocean Blvd Suite 114, Stuart, FL 34994
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Meeting Options
- Video Conference
- In-Person
- Phone
Compensation Methods
- Fee Only
- Flat Fee
- Offers Advice-Only Services
- Percentage of Assets Managed
What to expect in the first meeting
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About Grand Life Financial
Grand Life Financial provides fee-only financial planning, wealth management and investing for business owners, professionals and retirees in Summit, NJ and across the country.While many fee-only financial advisors are registered investment advisors and fiduciaries, it is possible for a firm to be one and not the other.
At Grand Life Financial, we are both fee-only and fiduciaries. As a fiduciary, we are legally bound to act at all times for the sole benefit and interest of our clients. This is the highest standard of loyalty, trust and care under the law.
WE ARE INDEPENDENT
We answer only to our clients. We offer our clients a relationship uncorrupted by affiliations with big banks or other financial institutions.
HOW WE ARE COMPENSATED
We are compensated by providing advice only. As fiduciaries, we do not receive any commissions and there are no hidden fees. We believe advisor compensation should be transparent and straightforward.
Education
Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School of Management, Bachelor's of Science, Finance, Marketing (double major), Economics (minor)
Hobbies and Interests
- Exercising
- Family
- Movies
- Reading
- Sports
- Volunteering
- Working Out
- Yoga
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View DisclosureWho We Serve
- Baby Boomers
- Business Owners
- Corporate Executives
- Dual Income Family
- Entrepreneurs
- Gen X
- Intergenerational Families
- Living in Retirement
- Physicians
- Women Professionals
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