Wesley Lentz is the Board of Directors VP for SW Michigan SFSP Chapter

October 27, 2009

Wesley Lentz has been appointed as the Vice President on the Board of Directors of the Southwest Michigan Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals.

The Southwestern Michigan Chapter, Society of Financial Service Professionals, has announced their board members for 2009-2010. Danielle Redmond Streed is the President and Wesley Lentz is the Vice President of the Southwestern Michigan Chapter. Mary Beth Fleury has been appointed as Treasurer and Angela Shannon is Director for the Committee Chairs and Directors.

Danielle Redmond Streed, J.D. is an Estate Planning Attorney with the family firm of Redmond, Redmond & Yokom. Streed has practiced in the Kalamazoo area since 1991 and is a member of the Michigan and the Kalamazoo County Bar Associations. She focuses her practice on wills, trusts, medical and financial powers of attorney, probate and estate administration, and charitable giving. Streed is also a frequent seminar speaker and has authored several estate planning articles.

Wesley Lentz, CFP, J.D. is a Partner at The Wiser Financial Group, a financial services firm located in southwest Michigan. Lentz has been involved in this business for the past 11 years. Prior to that he was a practicing attorney from 1992-1998. The last few years of his law practice were concentrated in the areas of estate planning and general litigation. Lentz has the unique ability to connect with people in a manner that enables them to achieve their goals on a personal and professional basis.

Mary Beth Fleury, ChFC, CLU, CPCU, CASL has been a State Farm Agent in Three Rivers, Michigan since 1995. Mary is a member of the Kalamazoo chapter, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, Three Rivers Lions Club, and Three Rivers Chamber of Commerce. Her designations include: Chartered Financial Consultant, Chartered Life Underwriter, Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter, and Certified Advisor for Senior Living.

Southwestern Michigan Chapter, Society of Financial Service Professionals also announced the appointment of the Committee Chairs and Directors, they include: Matthew L. Rzepka, CPA, CFP; James Gasaway, CLU, QPA, QKA, CFP; Michael E. Damschroder, CLU, ChFC, CFP; John Lugauer, CFP; Angela M. Shannon, LUTCF ;and Brett Plew, CFP.

The Southwest Michigan Chapter, Society of Financial Service Professionals is an organization dedicated to promoting high ethical standards and responsibility to our profession by providing an advanced continuing education program to all credentialed financial service professionals. The Society of Financial Service Professionals is the only professional organization in the industry that requires its more than 27,000 members to be credentialed or actively pursuing a designation or degrees. Visit the Southwest Michigan Chapter online at or call 269.373.9090.