Creative Financial Centre of Michigan

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Bonnie Smith Has A Wealth Of Financial Experience.

Bonnie Smith began her career in the financial services profession in the early 1960's, assisting another financial representative. Since 1992 she has become directly involved with her clients helping them with comprehensive financial planning as well as investment and insurance implementations. Her business is conducted under the name Creative Financial Centre®, in Grand Blanc, Michigan.
Bonnie's husband, Eric, is a long-time UAW member. As a result, while her practice is certainly not limited to union members, she has a special place in her heart to serve those people by helping them to properly arrange and utilize their benefits, including in-depth 401(k) retirement planning.
Working with union members has Bonnie working in several states with members of large corporations and smaller companies in the manufacturing and service industries. She has been a speaker at numerous union conferences teaching basic money management, budgeting, 401(k) allocations and positioning assets for estate conservation. She is an instructor for the Comprehensive Education Program offered through Huntington University, Huntington, Indiana.
In addition to the Comprehensive Education Program, Bonnie offers modular educational workshops on cash management, risk management, investment concepts, retirement planning, asset allocation, estate conservation, and Biblical Principles on Christian Financial Stewardship.
The operative word describing Bonnie Smith is "serve". She truly has a "servant heart" and desires to help each of her clients to achieve more than they dreamed possible. At the same time she is attempting to motivate her clients to become better stewards with the resources they've been entrusted, she tirelessly serves her family, her church, and is an active member of various professional financial organizations.
A person can serve; but if they don't have knowledge, they might lead unintentionally in the wrong direction. Bonnie would never want that to happen! As a result, she obtains many hours of continuing education annually. She has obtained the designations of Certified Senior Advisor and Christian Financial Consultant and Advisor (CFCA®). She will HELP you.
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