Our Team
Our financial planning firm seeks to offer the highest level of exploration, personalization, guidance and stability for each of our clients. Years of industry insight and experience have honed our ability to build strategic financial plans based on clients’ specific needs and goals. Most importantly, our personal attention aims to help you successfully navigate your financial journey.
Kelli Young, ChFC®, CLTC
Founder, Financial Planner
Kelli is the owner and founder of Longevity Wealth located in North Bend, Washington and has over 30 years of experience in the financial industry with a concentration in wealth management and longevity planning.
She owes much of her success to her exceptional customer service levels, empathy for personal circumstances and drive for excellence in planning outcomes.
Understanding that each client has distinct goals, she takes a collaborative and explorative approach, which she believes is second to none. As a Fiduciary, her approach provides necessary guidance and comprehensive wealth investment management for each of her clients.
In order to provide the best financial advice to her clients, she draws on a wealth of community and professional experiences including:
- Speaking and training engagements for retired teachers, railroad workers, state patrol and firemen on longevity planning
- Meetings with local organizations including the King County Estate Planning Council and Senior Care Coalition
- Participation on several boards within the financial industry including the Raymond James Longevity Advisory Board
- Collaboration with fellow professionals, which allows her to stay up-to-date with pertinent industry topics.
- Volunteer work with struggling youth
When she is not helping to serve her community and clients, she devotes her time to her family. Spending weekends at her (ever-changing) beach home with her husband and black lab, working in the garden, walking the local trails, and spending time with her sons and their families as often as she can; especially her sweet granddaughter, who has been a wonderful blessing to all their lives.
Chantal Blankenburg
Client Relationship Director, Partner
Chantal began her work in the financial industry in 2005. She firmly believes in never cutting corners when it comes to the effort and time spent with clients. Chantal is truly passionate about helping each individual achieve their financial goals as she derives immense pleasure knowing she can make a difference in their lives.
In her spare time, Chantal loves spending time with her husband and 2 Australian Shepherds. Her three kids are grown, but she enjoys seeing them as well as her grandchildren. Her husband is a musician and she enjoys seeing him perform as well as other musicians. She also loves to travel, whether just getting in the car to see different parts of the country or boarding a plane to different parts of the world.
Stacey Bennett
Client Services Associate
Stacey has worked in a variety of support positions, with several companies, for the past 20 years. She loves helping people and bringing out the best in them. She is truly passionate about seeing people thrive in their environments. When not in the office, Stacey is with her husband, two kids, Kalen and Indi and dog Zed. They love to hike, snowboard, explore nature, and spend time adventuring to see new places and trying new things.
Jennifer Yearous
Independent Paraplanner
Jennifer runs an independent paraplanning business and focuses solely on collaborating with firms like Longevity Wealth to create and develop financial plans. She has been in the financial services industry for over 15 years and Jennifer’s vast knowledge and partnerships with a diverse range of national advisors brings a truly objective approach to her work.
When working on plans, she understands the overall picture, but her strength is paying close attention to the details. She advances her knowledge through participation in peer study groups and attending conferences and webinars. She has a Bachelor of Science in Public Health Administration from Indiana University with an emphasis in accounting, hospital finance, and statistics.
Jennifer is an avid skier and hiker, living in Sisters, OR with her husband. Jennifer travels as often as she can to remote places and enjoys reading many kinds of books and drinking exotic coffees.
Bernadette Edwards
Controller
Bernadette is an experienced Financial Manager with a proven track record of financial management and cost accounting across small, medium, and large businesses as well as non-profit organizations. Her areas of expertise include; International Business, Payroll, Budgeting, State and Federal Tax preparation and QuickBooks.
Golden State Equity Partners
GSEP’s unwavering commitment to our firm, our clients and the future of financial advice makes them the perfect partner to support our organization in providing a first-class client experience with custom strategies designed to meet your financial challenges and goals.