Contributors

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Dr. Jay Zigmont, CFP®

Dr. Jay Zigmont, CFP®, and his wife are Childfree and live in Water Valley, MS.  He has a Ph.D. in Adult Learning from the University of Connecticut and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and Childfree Wealth Specialist.  He is the founder of  Childfree Wealth, a life and financial planning firm specializing in helping Childfree Individuals and the author of "The Childfree Guide to Life and Money" and “Portraits of Childfree Wealth”. 
 
He has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Business Insider, Woman’s World, Investors Business Daily, FinancialPlanning, and many other publications. 

You can find him at www.childfreewealth.com

https://www.childfreewealth.com
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Alli Gage

Alli Gage serves as Chief of Staff for Childfree Insights, bringing her expertise across the broader ecosystem including Childfree Wealth and Childfree Trust. As a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, she excels at designing systems and processes that help businesses elevate and grow.

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Bri Conn, CFP®

Bri Conn is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® and Investment Advisor Representative of Childfree Wealth, a life and financial planning firm dedicated to helping Childfree and Permanently Childless people. She is also the co-host of the Childfree Wealth podcast.


Childfree Wealth has been featured on Fortune, Forbes, MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Business Insider, CNBC, and many other publications.


In her free time, Bri loves hiking, running, and generally anything that involves being outside. Her core values are community, education, social participation, & sustainability.


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Fiona Waller, MSW, LCSW, CFP®

With a lifelong passion for financial literacy and a background that bridges clinical expertise with personal finance, Fiona brings a unique perspective to her role as a paraplanner at Childfree Wealth®. She holds a B.S. in Chemistry and a Master's in Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis, and she spent years as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker running her own therapy practice before following her calling to help people with their finances. Now a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, she draws on her discovery of the FIRE movement and financial minimalism to guide clients toward independence. Outside of work, she's dedicated to science-based bodybuilding, rewatching The Office, and practicing minimalism.

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Maddy Roche

Maddy handles all marketing, growth, and prospect engagement for Childfree Trust®. She understands the challenges of being Childfree as it relates to estate planning and is passionate about educating her community about ways to prepare. Before joining Childfree Trust®, she was XYPN’s first employee and host of XYPN's podcast “Behind the Advisor”. In her previous roles as Vice President, Executive Business Coach she helped build and lead the departments that deepened XYPN’s membership value. Maddy was the emcee of TedX Bozeman and other national conferences, and has coached hundreds of people on how to more confidently speak in public. 

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Scott Barnes, CFP®, TPCP®, CLTC

Scott Barnes is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with over two decades of experience guiding clients through complex financial markets, from the dot-com bubble through 9/11, the Great Recession, COVID-19, and beyond. His passion for financial planning is rooted in personal experience: after losing his mother to breast cancer at a young age, he witnessed the financial strain a family can endure, and later navigated his own challenges with credit card and student loan debt on the path to financial independence. Today, he specializes in helping childfree individuals and families align their life goals with smart financial strategies, whether they're preparing for retirement, considering a sabbatical, relocating overseas, or planning for long-term care. He also holds the Certified in Long Term Care (CLTC) designation.