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Laura Powers

ChFC® | Senior Advisor, Partner

Mother of twins. Adopter of animals. Meticulous and mindful. Always giving back and offering a guiding hand to her community, clients and colleagues.

Laura Powers, ChFC, Senior Financial Advisor, Financial Planning: a woman with long red hair wearing a blue blazer and pearl necklace working on her computer at a table.

Leads with empathy. Passionate about helping others. Loves connecting with new people. Approaches her work with a positive mindset to provide meaningful solutions.

Services individuals, families, and businesses by providing objective, unbiased financial advice. Specializes in LGBTQ+ financial planning and emerging wealth.

Laura joined Strategic in 2004 to support the senior management team. With an interest in providing more direct client service, Laura transitioned to an Operations Specialist in 2007 to help service high net-worth individuals and not-for-profit organizations. In 2009, she joined Strategic’s Retirement Plan division advising business owners on techniques to strengthen their enterprise through improvements to their retirement program. This also opened the door for Laura to begin directly advising plan participants on their own unique situations. She was promoted to Director, overseeing the department in 2011. In 2015, Laura transitioned to a Financial Advisor on the Wealth Management team to serve individual clients and their families.

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Education

Chartered Financial Consultant ^® (ChFC^®)
Master’s in Business Administration, SUNY Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, SUNY Institute of Technology

Community Service

YWCA Mohawk Valley, Board of Directors, Board Vice President, Investment Committee Chair
Basset Healthcare Network: Little Falls Hospital, Board of Directors, 4th Vice Chair
Little Falls Community Outreach, Board of Directors
Little Falls Pride, Co-Chair
RCIL, Characters Brunch Committee Member

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Urban Renewal Agency for City of Little Falls, Board Member
Tourism Committee for City of Little Falls, Committee Member
Think Local Little Falls, Committee Member
Little Falls DRI Local Planning Committee, Committee Member
March of Dimes CNY ELT – Signature Chefs Auction, Chairwoman
March of Dimes – March for Babies Mohawk Valley, Ambassador Family, Chairperson
Crouse Health Foundation – NICU Capital Campaign, Regional Chairperson
Utica Zoo – Wine in the Wilderness Committee, Committee Member
Little Falls Cheese Festival, Committee Member
Herkimer Now, Committee Member

Beneath the Surface

Claim to Fame

Repeat Tetris 99 and Tetris Invictus champion on the Nintendo Switch. Also conquered Tetris (1989 version) on the Game Boy… once.

Enjoys

Being a wife & mom, helping others, dining out, hula-hooping, community work, snuggling her cats, and hitting the road in her minivan with the family, some coffee, & several cans of Pringles!

Family

Enjoys life in Little Falls with her husband/best friend, Matthew, their hilarious twins, Logan & Declan, and two rather high-maintenance rescue cats.

Let us make our future now and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.
Malala Yousafzai

Laura Powers

Education

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