
Gary Madvin, MS, CLU, ChFC
Chairman of the Board and Managing Partner
Gary Madvin is a senior business development executive with broad-based experience and exceptional credentials. He has served as an advisor and consultant to a number of firms in diverse industries including law, medicine software development, electronic design and manufacturing.
In 1981, Mr. Madvin founded FMS Financial Partners, Inc. (FMS), a pioneering financial planning company on the West Coast. Since it's founding FMS has emerged as a large regional insurance and securities firm and is recognized as a major contributor to the national firm of NFP Corp.
Mr. Madvin is a Registered Representative with Kestra Investment Services, LLC and an Investment Advisor Representative with Kestra Advisory Services, LLC. He is a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), and General Securities Principal. He continues to be a leading insurance and securities producer.
Mr. Madvin is currently pursuing his PHD in Philosophy. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Education from Wayne State University in Michigan, a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy from California State University Northridge, a Master's Degree in Philosophy and Ethics from California State University Los Angeles as well as a Master's Degree in History from California State University Northridge. He has lectured at California State University Northridge and has previously taught classes in Philosophy and Business Ethics at Valley College in Van Nuys, California.
Mr. Madvin is a founding member of the Advisory Board to the center for Small Business and Entrepreneurship in the College of Business Administration and Economics at California State University, Northridge.
Mr. Madvin is a co-author of Finding Happiness with Aristotle as Your Guide: Action Strategies Based on 10 Timeless Ideas, published 2012
California Insurance License #0350405.