Brannon Lloyd, Principal
Brannon Lloyd is a well-known college planner and educator who has literally “grown-up” in the financial planning business. As a Senior Planner with College Financial Advisors, Brannon is able to use his many years of experience to help parents create a plan to pay for College without having to sacrifice their retirement. Brannon has conducted planning workshops for employees of Continental Airlines, ExxonMobil, Memorial-Hermann, NASA, and the City of Houston. He specializes in helping clients qualify for financial aid regardless of their income level.
Brannon attended the University of Houston and is an active member of the Lutheran church. He spends time volunteering for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, The Community of Hope, Feed the Homeless, and the Houston Food Bank. Brannon sits on the board of the Houston Boychoir and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. He is a member of Toastmasters International and enjoys educating audiences on little known tips and techniques that can be used to defray college expenses.
Before joining the firm, Brannon worked for the Department of the Navy and spent two years at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow assisting with procurement for the State Department. In addition to his native English he speaks Spanish and Russian, and is trying, without much luck, to learn Mandarin Chinese.
Jeremy Farmer, Principal
Houston native Jeremy Farmer is the co-founder of College Financial Advisors, LLC. From its inception in 2002, Jeremy and his company have helped literally hundreds of families plan and pay for their children’s college educations. Civic-minded, entrepreneurial, and a polished public speaker, Jeremy is routinely asked to speak at community events, and presents dozens of free workshops on the topic of college planning each year. A frequent media contributor, Jeremy is also the host of his own radio show “The College Planning Power Hour.”
Jeremy is one of the nations leading experts on getting into and paying for college-as well as helping students choose their careers and command top money in their fields.
In addition to being the author of several books on college planning, he is also famous for helping families that haven’t been able to save enough for college.
He says “I’ve worked with everyone from single moms to CEO’s, nurses and teachers, mechanics to doctors, and also preachers. You’d be shocked how many families just got busy with day to day living and haven’t saved enough for college. And, beyond that, a lot of the time they’re getting very minimal help from their guidance counselors, if any at all. So we work to really help those kids figure out what they want to do for the rest of their lives, as well as helping the parents figure out how to get the most amount of aid.”
A self-described car-buff, Jeremy enjoys running, and boating in his downtime. He is also a loyal fan of the Houston Astros, Texans and Rockets. Jeremy and his wife, Karen, are international travel enthusiasts, and reside in Cypress, Texas.
Dr. Jerry Daniels, Student Advisor
In his position as student college advisor, Dr. Jerry Daniels oversees the college application process and helps students select appropriate colleges, prepare the resume, write required essays, complete applications and navigate the unique challenges that each student will face between highs school applicant and college freshmen. Jerry’s passion is helping students succeed. He says, “The decisions we make are only as good as the information we use to make them. I provide the information critical to making good decisions about education after high school”.
Jerry is an East Texas State (Texas A&M Commerce) graduate with a Masters of Science Degree also from East Texas State . In, addition, he holds a PhD from Texas A&M University. In his accomplished career as an educator, he has held positions from the high school to college level and received numerous awards including Fort Bend ISD secondary teacher of the year in 1996. His experience has allowed him to develop a detailed understanding of what is expected of the student at the secondary level of education as well as at the institutions of higher learning. The years of working with high school and college youth in Fort Bend ISD and at Texas A&M have helped him develop an easy rapport with students and parents alike.
Jerry is an avid reader and novice comic book collector. And you might just find him at the movie theater in his spare time, he also loves a good movie that “makes you think”.
Deniz Lopez, Supervisor/Office Manager
Deniz Lopez has been with company for going-on 2 years and, through that time, has come to know and understand much about the financial planning that families have to go through when wanting to send their children to a university. She’s taken on the title of Office Manager and works to create a friendly, communicative, and fun environment for staff and clients alike. While she’s not the most visible staff member in the company, she’s usually somewhere behind the scenes making sure all things are up and running on the inside.
In her spare time, Deniz is a grassroots organizer tackling themes like immigration reform, Know-Your-Rights campaigns, and cultural enrichment and awareness projects for the Black and Latino community. She’s also a writer/poet who has been invited to collaborate & speak on panels, radio shows, and local and national stages.
Kris Knopp, Web Services and Product Development
In addition to managing her own company (Inspired BIZ Solutions), Kris Knopp is responsible for web design and internet marketing as well as product development for the company. As a parent of two college bound students herself, she knows firsthand the value of having this team of experts on your side when it comes to helping your student get into college. Her mission is to help The College Money Guys get their knowledge and assistance to as many parents as possible.
Her professional experience within the coaching and internet marketing world includes work in training, program development and management at Coachville School of Coaching, LLC. and Director of Content and Programming at Compass, Inc a personal development company dedicated to improving the lives of women.
Prior to her work in coaching, Kris received her Certified Public Accountant designation and worked in Fortune 100 Corporate America.
Inspired Biz Solutions specializes in helping experts and entrepreneurs get their businesses on the web and turn their expertise into products that change lives.
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