Mark Struthers, Sona Financial

Mark Struthers, CFP, CFA, is financial advisor and workplace wellness coach at Sona Financial. He has worked in operations, on a trading desk, with a large institutional asset management firm, and has held the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation for over 14 years, giving him unusual insight as a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™professional (CFP®) and expertise in using investments as a tool to reach financial goals. He has written education-related articles and writings published in major publications, such as NASDAQ and the Christian Science Monitor.

Mark is a father to two sons, and helping them find their passions and develop the habits to achieve their definition of success has helped him to not only grow as a person but also as a financial planner. His sons credit much of their success to a simple mantra: "Habits and time can be a powerful ally or a formidable adversary"

Mark believes that as a society we have gotten in the habit of paying whatever a college asks, without thinking about return on investment, how to save, or a smart way to pay. We also have gotten into thinking that student loans are a way of life. That habit has resulted in a $1.30 trillion hangover that is a drag on our economy and our way of life, and he hopes to help change that.