Randy Morris’ early career helped prepare him as a financial planning pioneer.
After graduating from the University of Colorado in 1982 with a degree in business and organizational management, he worked in Denver, Colorado, for two years as Vice-President of Executive Economic Services, Inc.
In 1985, Randy founded Executive Financial Planning, Inc. (EFP), one of Mississippi's first financial planning firms. EFP became one of the nation's largest financial planning firms during his tenure as founder and CEO.
In 2002, he created Summit Wealth Group (SWG) out of a desire to provide additional wealth management services for clients. Randy serves as the firm's CEO. SWG currently works with clients in 46 states with client assets under advisement of $1.273 billion, as of March 2022.
Peers in the financial industry have recognized Randy’s skills and accomplishments by electing him as a past President of the Mississippi Chapter of the Financial Planning Association (FPA). Randy is a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC-1985), and a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Practitioner (1987). He is also a Registered Representative, an Investment Adviser Representative, and a Registered Securities Principal with Commonwealth Financial Network® (a registered broker/dealer, member FINRA/SIPC). Additionally, he has assisted the CFP® Board of Examiners as an exam reviewer.
Randy has served on numerous boards, including Barge Timberlands International, Camp Lake Forest Ranch and Southeast Regional Committee for Young Life and Military Community Youth Ministries (MCYM). Randy lives with his wife, Nancy, in Scottsdale, Arizona where they attend Scottsdale Bible Church. They have six children: Joy, Jesse, Hannah, Scott, Randy, and Ryan, as well as 11 grandchildren.
Randy’s accolades include being recognized by Forbes Magazine in each of the past 5 years, making its "Best-In-State Wealth Advisors" list for the state of Arizona. Randy has also been recognized as a Chairman’s Level advisor through Commonwealth every year since 2007. This is a distinction based on annual production attained by just 3 percent of advisors affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network.
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