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Ben Berry is a financial strategist dedicated to empowering individuals and businesses to achieve financial control and stability. Recognizing the limitations and volatility of traditional investment and retirement planning, Ben and his wife, Erica, embarked on a decade-long exploration of more ethical, rational, and reliable wealth-building methods. This pursuit led him to develop strategies focused on predictable, long-term growth, independent of market fluctuations.

As a Bank on Yourself® Professional and licensed insurance agent, Ben is the owner of Berry Financial Services in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He specializes in crafting personalized financial strategies that diverge from conventional approaches offered by stockbrokers, lawyers, and other financial advisors. His expertise encompasses a range of solutions, including strategic real estate investments, effective college funding strategies designed to minimize financial burden, and the development of secure, lifetime retirement income plans.

Ben works with clients seeking predictable wealth accumulation and financial self-sufficiency, with a particular focus on generating tax-free retirement income. He provides proven, tax-efficient financial solutions designed to help clients regain control of their financial destinies and achieve their long-term financial goals.

Bryan Powers has been an entrepreneur since 2000, owning a recording studio, a live music venue and a couple of restaurant franchises to include Lenny’s Sub Shops and McDonald’s.  In 2013, Bryan started Family Home Solutions, a Real Estate Investment Company that expanded into a Local Property Management Company, Realty Brokerage and a Real Estate Acquisitions and Dispositions company.  Powers currently shares ownership in over 200 single family rental units and AirBnb properties in 3 states as well as a 356-bed student housing apartment syndication.  In 2018, Powers co-created the Angler Aid Brand, a fishing first aid and safety company that is now widely distributed online and through Bass Pro Shops.

Since 2023, Powers is co-owner of the Mobility City franchise markets in Southwest Missouri and Arkansas.  Mobility City is a Boca Raton based franchise system that has quickly become Southwest Missouri’s Premiere Mobility Products store and has plans to open a second location in Northwest Arkansas by May of 2024.  Bryan has also served on the board of two local non-profit organizations as well as serving on the advisory council of 2 national franchise systems.

Bryan is a Husband, Father of 3, and Grandfather of 1 and loves time at the lake with family, travel, and music composition.

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Jon Thiele is a W-2 employee, who is passionate about the company he works for, not just for their mission, but for the opportunities that the company has allowed for his career to expand to include fields outside of what he went to school for (which was Architecture). Although he is an Architect, licensed in California and Florida where he and his wife and two kids currently live, he has spent the last couple of years in the Financial Planning & Analysis side of business and has most recently taken on the role of Chief of Staff to one of the Finance VPs. Jon met Mark just before the COVID pandemic began in 2020, and started his journey with Bank on Yourself®. He continues to study ways to be “not so average” with his finances, and he looks forward to passing down this knowledge to his children, as they get older.

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Harry Looknanan Jr. works in commercial banking at the country’s largest financial institutions.  He enjoys the conversations with the owners of companies, listening to their story of starting in the garage and helping them solve their biggest problems. When he’s not banking, he enjoys spending time with my wife and Bentley (Dodson-Australian Shepard) indoors in the summer, and outdoors in the winter. He also scuba dives and binge-watches Sci-Fi movies in his free time.