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David Hunt
David started Hunt Financial Group 2013. He became a Financial Advisor in 2006 after an extensive and successful business career. He has held a number of business and sales management roles including President, Director of Sales & Marketing, District Sales Manager, Regional Director and Senior Sales Executive. This experience, with a diverse group of organizations ranging from Fortune 10 corporations to start-up companies, provided David insight that is meaningful to helping clients understand and achieve their financial, business and life goals.
David believes when it comes to one's financial future, people need help, and the foundation of financial success is a workable plan. A smart financial plan doesn't always start with your money, but starts with your life and the goals you would like to achieve. As life evolves, goals can change and the plan should be flexible enough to accommodate those changes. David works with clients through the process of identifying goals that lead to the development and implementation of a financial plan. Over time the plan is updated and adjusted to help clients keep these goals within reach.
His clients range from those starting their professional life and extends through and during the retirement years. David also works with small business owners to assist in business succession planning, key employee retention and retirement planning.
David graduated from Miami University where he focused his studies on business and marketing. He earned a Bachelor of Science while gaining experience through a variety of entrepreneurial endeavors.
David is the proud parent of two beautiful children. He enjoys activities with his children as well as golf, tennis, travel and cooking. David is a graduate of Leadership Akron Class 27, current board member of The Akron Civic Theater, Vice President of ETC School of the Musical Arts and is a past Board Member of Sales & Marketing Executives International - Akron Affiliate. David is also teaches financial classes at Polaris Career Center and is a guest speaker at Kent State University Stark Campus where he discusses business succession planning. He is also the co-founder of the Cleveland based Information Security Summit.
David is a registered representative with Cambridge Investment Research and also holds his Series 6, Series 7 (General Securities), and Life and Health Insurance licenses. He offers securities through Cambridge Investment Research and offers investment and financial planning services through Cambridge Investment Research Advisors.
Jason Baker
Jason Baker earned an economics degree from Clemson University after becoming fascinated with the stock market. When he was ten years old, his mother bought him a share of Toys R Us stock. He watched the price in the newspaper, deposited his dividends, and marveled at the magic multiplication when it split. At Clemson, he unlocked the mysteries behind the “magic multiplication.” Rather than quench his passion, it stoked it.
He became a financial advisor in 1994 and through his work with both large national and regional broker dealers has gained respect as an astute and forthright advisor. At Cambridge he has found a broker dealer that understands his dedication and commitment to client goals.
Jason holds the following credentials: Series 4 (Registered Options Principal), Series 7 (General Securities), Series 24 (Registered Principal), Series 63 (Blue Sky Laws), Series 65 (Investment Advisory Representative). He is licensed in the North and South Carolina, as well as several other Mid-Atlantic and Southern States.
He focuses on understanding what a client values most. Once established, values generate goals, and the goals drive the plan. His approach, whether dealing with small business owners or several generations in the same family, is holistic and centers on a healthy balance. The client always remains at the center of the system. By keeping the focus on the client, the portfolio serves the client, not the other way around. Since no system remains static, Jason believes an open, transparent relationship with his clients is of the utmost importance.
Dawn Baker
After growing up in Muncie Indiana, Dawn Baker now considers herself a full-fledged North Carolinian. A business graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, Dawn entered financial planning after realizing that most of her peers had little financial knowledge. She has been a personal financial advisor since 1998 and Branch Manager of Baker Financial Group since 2000.
Her desire to understand and solve problems combined with her can-do Midwestern attitude makes her a formidable advocate for clients. She knows where the pitfalls are and helps clients avoid the hazards so they can achieve their financial goals. She extends these organizational skills to her entire branch and has been invited to speak at national conventions of her broker-dealer to address successful branch management strategies.