Patrick Marody to hang up his skates
After 8 years and 3 state championships as a youth hockey coach, Patrick Marody has decided to hang up his skates. “I have thoroughly enjoyed every minute of coaching young hockey players. I was able to fulfill a dream of mine to give back to a sport that was so good to me when I was a young hockey player. Hockey totally shaped who I am as a man, husband and father. It was my pleasure to provide kids with the skills they needed to be good hockey players but more importantly to share with them the life principals they needed to be fine young men that happen to play hockey.”
While he may be hanging up his hockey skates, Pat Marody is not giving up his coach’s whistle. “I am focusing my efforts now on giving back to an industry that has been so good to me. The financial planning industry is a true passion for me and I am eager to share my enthusiasm, experience, and coaching talents by building a winning team of financial advisors.”
The financial planning team that Marody is looking to build must include players that possess the following characteristics:
-Energetic
-Positive Attitude
-Self Starter
-High Morals and Ethics
-Enjoy Helping People
-College Graduates with Financial/Economic background who are looking to make their mark on the industry
Or
-Current Financial Professionals who are disenchanted with their industry and are looking for a fresh, inspiring perspective and approach
Or
-Business Professionals who are looking for a career or industry change to be in an industry with an entrepreneurial spirit
If this is you or you know someone that fits this description, please give Patrick Marody a call at 248-482-3614 or email, Patrick@financialarch.com.
Jill Love, Rod Marlow's wife has been awarded Detroit Professional Photographer of the Year
Jill Love, owner of J. Love Photography in Dexter, has received this year's top annual award from Detroit Professional Photographer's Association (DPPA), which has a membership of over 200 professional photographers.
This award is based on the highest total cumulative scores from the annual print competition held in November.
A jury of five members, each with a Master's degree in photography from the Professional Photographers of America, gave Love's images the highest cumulative score of all entries. In addition, the judges awarded one of Love's entries the highest individual score of the competition.
According to Tom Hicks, Chairperson of the annual print competition, this prestigious honor has been awarded for seven decades by the DPPA, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to enhance the professional photographic industry.
Love's fine art and portrait work is on display at Artistica 3203 Broad Street, Dexter, MI as well as at her studio, both located in Dexter. Jill Love can be reached at info@jlovephotography.com or click here for her website.
FAI Softball Team Wins Championship!
Thursday, August 6th: The Financial Architects Men’s softball team finished the season in Brighton MI with a victory in the championship game, beating T-Bones Grill 14-13 in a 7th inning battle. Every player gave their all in the playoffs, contributing to the 3-game winning streak that allowed them to take 1st place. They are looking forward to next year!
Good news: very few injuries!
FAI Clients Publishes Children’s Book
C. Fran Card, director/founder of Christian Cradle, Inc. and a Financial Architects client, recently wrote a children’s book called Ceana Has CP. Fran wrote the book after her granddaughter, Ceanna, was born with Cerebral Palsy. When she wasn’t able to find a children’s book about CP, she decided to write one herself, just for her granddaughter.
Fran has spent her entire career working with children. In addition to being a mother of seven sons, Fran has been a school teacher, counselor and foster parent. Today she runs Christian Cradle—an adoption agency where she met Ken Grace back in 1986 when he and his wife started the process of adopting their two sons, Adam and Jordan.
Click here to order the book!
A Hit at the Woodward Dream Cruise
Over 100 people joined us for this year’s Rev Into Yesterday event at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Royal Oak. Every year the Woodward Dream Cruise gets bigger and bigger and it was great to see all the classic cars and join with our friends for the celebration. We’re already counting down to next year! (Click here to see more photos of the event)
with our clients!
John and Carole Haupt
John and Carole Haupt have worked with Ken Grace for +15 years. They have a beautiful 1981 Vette with 350 CID and only 72,000 miles. They love to drive it in the Woodward Dream Cruise. (Click here to learn more about the Haupts and their 1981 vette)
with our clients!
Dave Perrine
Dave Perrine has been a client of Financial Architects for a number of years, working with Patrick Marody and Chris Cousins. Dave has a passion for drag racing. (Click here to learn more about Dave Perrine and his passion for drag racing)
with our clients!
Colleen Egan
Colleen Egan has been an avid, no that’s not quit accurate…..a rabid Vette aficionado for years! She blames the whole thing on her dad, Jim. You can see her helping him wash their “give me a ticket” red 64 coup. (Click here to learn more about Colleen Egan and her coup)
with our clients!
Jim and Karen Demmith
Jim and Karen have been clients since 2002. They were married in 1969. The car they drove in their wedding was this 1962 Mercury Convertible. Big Red has a tri-power on it’s 390 CID. (Click here to learn more about the Demmiths and see photos from their car collection)
with our clients!
Kirk Jabara
Kirk has been a planning client of Ken Grace’s for a number of years. Kirk is a partner in Fulcrum Partners, a Michigan based M&A advisory firm serving owners of privately held, lower middle market companies. (Click here to learn more about Jabara, his 67 and 08 Mustangs and his company, Fulcrum Partners)
with our clients!
Paul Coleman
“I am only the second owner of this car! " says Paul Coleman. Coleman has worked been a client of Chris Cousins for years and has passed his love for car collecting on to his son, Jeff, who has has taken up the hobby. (Click here to learn more about Coleman, his 57 Ford Sunliner and his family)
with our clients!
John McElhinny
John McElhinny is the Sales and Engineering Manager at McNaughton McKay Electric, Eastern Region. He has been a client of Ken’s for a number of years. At any given time, John may have as many as eight or nine cars. He has a sweet 67 Vette in the reassembly stages right now.
This 1971 Trans Am is special as it is one of approximately 800 built that year with an automatic transmission. This T/A is numbers matching and powered by 455HO. It also has air, tilt, AM-FM 8 Track.
with our clients!
Dr. Bob Singelyn and Diane Singelyn
Clients of Ken Grace for a number of years, the Singelyn's own this 1967 Corvette. (Click here to learn more about the Singelyns, their dental practice and more photos of their Corvette)
with our clients!
Terry Smith
Terry Smith has always had a passion for Ford cars, and Mustangs in particular. His 1967 convertible is a 5 speed 302 CID with deluxe interior and the turn signal hood option. Pat, Terry’s wife has worked at Financial Architects for over ten years.
Financial Architects and the Woodward Dream Cruise
Every August the Woodward Dream Cruise--the world’s largest one-day celebration of car culture--attracts more than 1 million visitors and more than 40,000 muscle cars, street rods, custom, collector and special interest vehicles. Last year, several clients, friends and associates of Financial Architects attended the event. Are you a fan of muscle cars and the Dream Cruise? Stop by and see us this year at our Rev into Yesterday event! If you have a classic car, send a picture with a description to ken@financialarchitects.com.
From left to right: Don Courtley and his 1968_Tempest Custom; Raffi Der Manuelian and his 1968 Dodge Charger; Terry Smith and his 1967 Mustang and Ken Grace with his 1967 GTO.
Terry Smith's 1967 Mustang and Ken Grace's 1967 GTO.
Kucera embarked on mission trip to Africa
Mike Giving a Helping Hand
Mike Loved The Elephants
Mike Kucera, our Retirement Plans Division leader, took a mission trip to Malawi, Africa in the Spring of 2008. His group worked in a village providing clothing, housing, medical supplies and other care. They also delivered fun, recreational items like soccer equipment to the children in the area. Malawi has an AID's crisis and Mike and his team hope their work made a difference in the lives of a few Malawians.
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