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David C. Bell, CWS®
Executive Vice President
dbell@cannonfinancial.com

About David
With a wealth of real world experience in the financial services industry, David brings with him expertise in the area of global Comprehensive Wealth Management with an emphasis on taxes, investments, insurance, life income planning, and trusts.
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Clark D. Brown, CWS®
Executive Vice President
cbrown@cannonfinancial.com

About Clark
Clark is one of the most enthusiastic, energetic and entertaining presenters in the business.  Whether in the boardroom presenting to your executive management team or on the main stage of your national sales conference, Clark’s style connects with everyone. His message is always clear and actionable.
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J. Phil Buchanan, CWS®, CFP®
Chief Executive Officer
pbuchanan@cannonfinancial.com


About Phil
Phil is one of the most highly sought wealth management experts in America.  He works with major financial services firms in North America and their subsidiaries abroad as a Speaker, Trainer, Consultant and Coach.
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Thomas J. (Jeff) Cobb, CWS®, CFP®, AIFA®
Senior Vice President
jcobb@cannonfinancial.com

About Jeff
Jeff’s energy and enthusiasm form the foundation for his ability to connect with advisors at all stages in their career. After 17 years of experience as an insurance and wealth advisor, Jeff has a thorough understanding of the issues and the challenges advisors face every day.
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Michael Conn
Instructor and Subject Matter Expert
mconn@cannonfinancial.com

About Michael
Michael Conn is a Financial Services professional with over 30 years experience, 15 years at the executive leadership level. He is accomplished in practice management, organizational training, recruiting, sales management and client services. He successfully ran large national and regional sales forces.
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Fran M. DeMaris, CWS®
Executive Vice President
fdemaris@cannonfinancial.com

About Fran
Fran’s unique use of illustrative stories and experience strike a chord with many different audiences from the inexperienced to the experienced and from clients to professionals.  Fran joined Cannon full time in 1994 after serving five years on its faculty.
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Lawrence T. Divers, CWS®, AIF®
Executive Vice President
ldivers@cannonfinancial.com


About Larry
Larry’s personal enthusiasm and career commitment to the wealth management industry has become recognized on a national and regional basis.  With over 25 years of experience in the investment management, wealth management, and wealth transfer industry he is one of Cannon’s most seasoned and experienced trainers and consultants.
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Linda Eaton
Senior Vice President
Performance Improvement Specialist
leaton@cannonfinancial.com


About Linda
A founding partner of The Galileo Initiative, Linda Eaton is an internationally acclaimed seminar leader and motivational speaker. Her dynamic presentation style is backed by over 20 years of experience in creating results-focused organizational programs. From keynote speeches to hands-on workshops, over 250,000 participants in 14 countries have benefited from Linda’s ability to connect life-changing concepts to everyday experience.
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Duane E. Lee, II CFP®, CWS®, CTFA, CRSP, CSOP, AFIM®, AIF®, CCTS, CISP
Executive Vice President
dlee@cannonfinancial.com


About Duane
Throughout his 30+ years in the Financial Services Industry, Duane has amassed an astonishing body of knowledge.  Duane consistently earns the highest marks from his students for his ability to clearly communicate complicated and complex subject matter.
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Daniel A. Smith, CWS®, CFP ®
Executive Vice President
Director of Personal Trust
dsmith@cannonfinancial.com


About Daniel
Daniel’s extensive real-world experience brings his classroom information into immediate, practical, and applicable form. He specializes in integrating sales and relationship management with the complexities of estate planning, estate taxation, charitable giving, and investment management issues of the High Net Worth and Ultra High Net Worth client.
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B. Lee Thrasher, CWS®
Senior Vice President
Instructor and Managing Consultant
lthrasher@cannonfinancial.com


About Lee
Lee has over 35 years of sales, business development and management consulting experience serving clients in the banking and financial services industries. His enthusiasm, energetic personality, sense of humor, and industry knowledge are obvious upon your first meeting.
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Associate Instructors

  • John T. Brantley
  • Joanne Eby
  • David Hill CWS®, CFP®
  • Harold Langlois
  • Jeff Powell
 

 

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