William A. Edwards, Jr., ChFC, founder and owner of Financial Management Consultants of Virginia, currently holds a Chartered Financial Consultant designation from the American College located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Bill started in the financial services industry selling insurance and investments on a commission basis in 1985 and began providing financial planning services in 1993. In 1998, he began Fee-Only financial planning in order to eliminate all conflicts of interest in the planning process.

Mr. Edwards is a Registered Investment Advisor Representative with the State of Virginia and is an active member of The Society of Financial Service Professionals, the Investment Company Institute (ICI), the Financial Planners Association (FPA), the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), National Association of Tax Practitioners (NATP) and is a licensed Cambridge Advisor, which is a national alliance of Fee-Only Advisors specializing in services to Middle-America!

Bill has worked with individuals and business owners in developing plans to define and achieve their goals in the areas of Cash Flow Management, Insurance Planning, Retirement Planning, Investment Planning, and Monitoring, Tax, Estate and Business Planning. He has also conducted seminars on Comprehensive Financial Planning.

Bill is married to Cindy and has two children, Erik and Erin.