Meet the Team: Emily Balmages, CFP®
Welcome to our current edition of “Meet the Team.” We sat down with Emily Balmages, Director of Financial Planning at Warren Street, to learn more about her role, hobbies, and goals for the future. Join us in getting to know Emily below!
In your role as Director of Financial Planning, how do you assist Warren Street’s clients?
In collaboration with the rest of the team, I help families organize their finances. We proactively work to help them find ways they can grow their assets and portfolios, while saving on taxes.
Most importantly, our team is here to make sure clients have a professional in their corner, looking after the big-picture of their financial lives. Our goal is to take financial management off their plates, so they can focus on doing things they enjoy — whether that’s traveling, running their own business, spending more time with loved ones, or enjoying the retirement that they have worked so hard to save for. Clients can trust us to watch over the financial aspects of their lives. Most of my clients have spent the bulk of their lives working hard to get to the point where they can retire – I want to help them enjoy it!
On a personal level, as director, it’s my job to make sure we consistently deliver a high-quality experience to clients. That means keeping our team educated on industry happenings and tax law changes; managing our network of professional partners (CPAs, attorneys, and insurance agents); and researching emerging technology solutions.
How does Warren Street align with your personal values?
The top core value at Warren Street is putting our clients’ best interests first. This aligns perfectly with my personal value of “Do the right thing, no matter what,” even if it’s hard, even if it’s scary. I try to live by that rule in my personal life — and that commitment extends seamlessly into my professional life at Warren Street, where we are all Fiduciaries committed to acting in our clients’ best interests.
Another personal value of mine that I share with Warren Street is how family-oriented our group is. We are all 100% committed to our work but also 100% committed to our families, and that’s something I value a lot. Every leader here wants each person to succeed in their job, while still having a strong family life.
What do you love most about working at Warren Street?
For one, I love my clients! Often our relationships extend beyond financial conversations and we get to become close friends. I also love that I get to work with the incredible Warren Street team — truly hardworking, thoughtful, generous people.
Who or what motivates you?
I was raised by wonderful parents. They were always so dependable, generous, and considerate of the people around them. I am very inspired to reach that same level in both a personal and professional capacity.
I’m also passionate about financial literacy: simplifying financial advice to help families and individuals understand financial topics. It’s my goal to help people feel confident about their financial situations and the decisions they’re making — especially when going through life transitions such as a retirement, birth, marriage, divorce, or death. Those events can be a shock to our lives and a shock to our financial goals. Knowing I can help people weather those storms is incredibly motivating.
What are three fun facts about you?
- I can juggle. My dad taught me when I was very young. It’s a rite of passage in my family that the kids learn to juggle at a young age!
- We go to the UC Berkeley family camp in the Sierras — Lair of the Golden Bear — every year. I’ve attended since my childhood and I enjoy continuing the tradition with my family.
- My 19-year-old daughter and I became weightlifting partners during the pandemic, and we love it! We go three days a week and have a lot of fun with it.
What are your aspirations?
Professionally, I aspire to carry on Cary and Blake’s momentum with the firm, continuing to scale and grow Warren Street while still providing client-focused service, based on relationships.
Personally, my husband and I are on a mission to try every brewery in Orange County (recommendations welcome). 🙂
Have questions about your finances? Emily will be happy to meet with you and address any questions you may have. Click here to schedule a complimentary consultation with her.
Veronica Torres
Director of Operations & Chief Compliance Officer, Warren Street Wealth Advisors
Investment Advisor Representative, Warren Street Wealth Advisors, LLC., a Registered Investment Advisor
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