An Experienced Team

Uncommon knowledge.  It‘s the kind of financial smarts that comes from over 30 years of experience.

 

Our Business Strategies Team is made up of individuals who have walked in your shoes -- former business owners and CEOs who understand the challenges facing you every day.

 

Sarah M. Cato, CFP®, ChFC®
Director, Business Strategies Group

Sarah helps business owners to develop and implement strategies that can enhance, protect and capture business equity, while at the same time coordinating personal and business planning to better build and protect their overall wealth.  Sarah specializes in integrative planning with an emphasis on pre-retirement and retirement planning, and comprehensive business succession strategies and implementation.  With her years as an entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO, she brings her “inside the trenches” knowledge to her work with the business community. 

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William S. MacCartee
President, First Financial Group Benefits

William (Billy) MacCartee provides businesses of all sizes with Long Term Cost Containment Strategies. His expertise is in providing business owners and CFO’s with cutting edge group benefit products.  A 15-year veteran of the group benefits industry, Billy started his career with Mid Atlantic Medical Services, Inc., better know as Optimum Choice. Billy is the former President of Monument Benefits in Bethesda, Maryland. He is a popular speaker at industry events, and has been featured in publications and on Montgomery County Public television for his knowledge about group benefits.

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Iradge Izadi
Retirement Strategies Specialist

Iradge Izadi

A core member of the Business Strategies Group, Mr. Izadi’s focus is on the development of sound, efficient financial strategies for corporations and individuals and the design and implementation of retirement plans for small and mid size companies.

 

 

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