Lazetta Braxton
MBA, CFP®
MD, USLazetta Rainey Braxton, MBA, CFP®, is the Financial Planner for the Rest of Us®. Unlike many advisors who focus only on the super-rich and 1%, Lazetta partners with every day people who desire the financial freedom to influence, experience, give, and make a difference for their family and future generations, to create wealth for the common good.
As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM practitioner with more than 18 years' experience in wealth management services, Lazetta offers personalized financial advice, investment management, and educational services to individuals, families, businesses, and institutions. She offers a safe space for clients to connect with their values to develop a realistic plan to preserve, grow, and manage their finances for a secure and abundant life. In 2008, she founded Financial Fountains, a fee-only financial planning and registered investment advisory firm that serves clients from around the country.
Lazetta has been featured in national publications including Financial Planning Magazine, InvestmentNews, Morningstar, and Essence, and has been quoted in the CNBC.com, Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger's, Black Enterprise, and Diversity Women. Lazetta's articles and blogs have been published by CNBC, Nightly Business Report, USA Today, Money, the Journal of Financial Planning, and The African American Lectionary. She regularly speaks on financial planning topics for national audiences.
Lazetta was named one of Investment News' 2015 Women to Watch, distinguished leaders who have "advanced the business of providing advice through their leadership, passion, creativity, and willingness to help other women along the way." She is also the 2015 recipient of the Association of African American Financial Advisors' Leadership Legacy Award.
As an advocate of financial literacy and diversity in the financial planning profession, Lazetta serves as President of the Association of African American Financial Advisors (Quad-A), as well as a member of the CNBC Digital Financial Advisor Council, the CFP Board Women's Initiative Advisory Panel, the Financial Planning Association Diversity Committee, and the Foundation for Financial Planning Grants Committee.
Lazetta holds an MBA in finance and entrepreneurship from the Wake Forest University School of Business, a BS in finance and international business from the University of Virginia, and a Certificate of Achievement in Personal Financial Planning.
Lazetta Rainey Braxton, MBA, CFP®, is the Financial Planner for the Rest of Us®. Unlike many advisors who focus only on the super-rich and 1%, Lazetta partners with every day people who desire the financial freedom to influence, experience, give, and make a difference for their family and future generations, to create wealth for the common good.
As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM practitioner with more than 18 years' experience in wealth management services, Lazetta offers personalized financial advice, investment management, and educational services to individuals, families, businesses, and institutions. She offers a safe space for clients to connect with their values to develop a realistic plan to preserve, grow, and manage their finances for a secure and abundant life. In 2008, she founded Financial Fountains, a fee-only financial planning and registered investment advisory firm that serves clients from around the country.
Lazetta has been featured in national publications including Financial Planning Magazine, InvestmentNews, Morningstar, and Essence, and has been quoted in the CNBC.com, Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger's, Black Enterprise, and Diversity Women. Lazetta's articles and blogs have been published by CNBC, Nightly Business Report, USA Today, Money, the Journal of Financial Planning, and The African American Lectionary. She regularly speaks on financial planning topics for national audiences.
Lazetta was named one of Investment News' 2015 Women to Watch, distinguished leaders who have "advanced the business of providing advice through their leadership, passion, creativity, and willingness to help other women along the way." She is also the 2015 recipient of the Association of African American Financial Advisors' Leadership Legacy Award.
As an advocate of financial literacy and diversity in the financial planning profession, Lazetta serves as President of the Association of African American Financial Advisors (Quad-A), as well as a member of the CNBC Digital Financial Advisor Council, the CFP Board Women's Initiative Advisory Panel, the Financial Planning Association Diversity Committee, and the Foundation for Financial Planning Grants Committee.
Lazetta holds an MBA in finance and entrepreneurship from the Wake Forest University School of Business, a BS in finance and international business from the University of Virginia, and a Certificate of Achievement in Personal Financial Planning.
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