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Barry Macdonald, CFP®
Financial Advisor
Hendersonville, NC


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Professional:
Barry views his business as a ministry devoted to helping solve your financial concerns.  He comes alongside you with customized income and investment strategies designed to create, preserve, manage and distribute wealth through a tailored approach.

Barry believes that each individual's situation is unique in its entirety.  His goal is to understand you - not only your needs, but your hopes, your dreams and your motives - and then to be your advocate to achieve them.
 

 

 

 

Education:
~CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM Professional Designation from CFP®
  
Board of Standards, Inc – Washington, D.C.

~CFP® Educational Requirements completed at the College of Financial
  Planning – Denver, CO

~MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY Western Carolina University, Class of 2000
  – Cullowhee, NC

~BACHELOR OF ARTS Moody Bible Institute, Class of 1995 – Chicago, IL

 

Personal:
Barry is dedicated to his children Rachel (9), Sarah (7), Rebekah (5), Benjamin (2), his newborn son Jacob (not pictured), and of course his wife of 14 years, Katherine.  An outdoor enthusiast, Barry enjoys the activities Western North Carolina has to offer.  On winter weekends you’ll find him on the ski slopes as a Professional Ski Instructor of America.  Other times of the year you are likely to meet him and his family hiking, mountain biking, or fishing.  Barry also enjoys “giving back” wherever and whenever he can.  In his most recent endeavor he completed a Century (100 mile) bike ride in an effort to raise money for Leukemia research. 

 

 

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