Community

SYM believes in community involvement.

We put our money where our mouth is and we put our people there, too.

SYM supports our community organizations as a company, and we also provide Volunteer Time Off to all employees to give back to the places where they work, live, and play. We’re proud to say our employees support, volunteer, serve, and lead public, not-for-profit, and community organizations throughout the Midwest.

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Paul Dornbier earns 2019 Standing Ovation Award

FORT WAYNE, IN – SYM Financial Advisors is pleased to announce Paul Dornbier, CFA®, CAIA®, as the recipient of SYM’s annual Standing Ovation Award. Each year, the Standing Ovation Award recognizes a single member of SYM’s team for the relentless pursuit of excellence in their work.

Dornbier is a Senior Investment Analyst and member of SYM’s Investment Committee.
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Brad Duling earns 2019 President’s Award

Midland, MI – SYM Financial Advisors is pleased to announce Brad Duling, CFP®, as the recipient of SYM’s annual President’s Award. SYM’s Board of Directors presents this prestigious award annually to the company’s most valuable player.

Duling joined SYM in 2011 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Central Michigan University. A Certified Financial Planner™

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Shane Bradley earns 2019 Client First Service Award

Midland, MI – SYM Financial Advisors is pleased to announce Shane Bradley, CFP®, MS, as the recipient of SYM’s Client First Service Award.

Each year, the Client First Service Award recognizes a single member of SYM’s team for exemplifying the core values that drive the success of the organization: serving clients uncommonly well, and building relationships of trust.

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“At Home With the Ackmanns” Fort Wayne Living feature …

The first morning the Ackmanns awoke in their new home on the outskirts of Roanoke, Jennifer opened the front door and called to her husband Tom. Jennifer left Fort Wayne after graduation from Concordia Lutheran High School to study education at Valparaiso University in northwest Indiana. She stayed in Valparaiso after college to teach. Shortly after their marriage, whe the couple was living in Roselle, Illinois, Jennifer mused that perhaf

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SYM Financial Advisors Welcomes Black and Slocum as Partners

SYM FINANCIAL ADVISORS WELCOMES BLACK AND SLOCUM AS PARTNERS

SYM Financial Advisors is pleased to welcome Kris Black, CPA and Jonathan Slocum, CFP®, as its newest partners. Black serves as SYM’s Chief Financial Officer. She earned a Bachelor of Science in business accounting from Indiana University Bloomington and is a Certified Public Accountant. She joined SYM in 2012.
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50 Years of Community

Partners In Community

SYM is proud to support the following organizations.

2nd Mile Missions

Baker Youth Club

Bridge Food Center

Camp Fish Tales

Cancer Services of Midland

Combined Community Services of Warsaw

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)

Dow LPGA Championship

Feed My Starving Children

Fellowship Missions

Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo

Fort Wayne Museum of Art

Fort Wayne TinCaps

Grace Shooting Sports

Greater Fort Wayne Inc.

Habitat for Humanity

Isaac Knapp Dental Society

Joe’s Kids

Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce

Kosciusko County Velo Cycling Club

Right to Life of North Central Indiana

South Bend Cubs

South Bend Regional Chamber of Commerce

Stillwater Hospice

The Legacy Center for Community Success

The United Way

Tippecanoe Valley High School

Visit Fort Wayne

Wagon Wheel Center for Performing Arts

Warsaw Community Schools

Watch Us Farm

WCHS Theatre Program

Whirlpool Foundation

Zonta Club