Ryan Ponsford is a highly experienced professional with over 25 years of expertise in providing businesses and families with confidence and peace of mind in their strategic and financial decision-making. He is considered as a whiteboard-loving, dot-connecting, public speaking, principle-driven expert, who seeks to make a meaningful impact on each of the individual lives and businesses he touches. Ryan has been recognized in several industry magazines, news stations across the country, and recently on CNBC as an innovator in financial literacy.

Ryan holds a degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Point Loma Nazarene University and is currently pursuing Executive MBA - Leading Organizations at The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School. His areas of expertise include strategic growth planning for businesses, overcoming the trajectory of failure that families face when transferring "stuff" from one generation to the next, and the transformative power of philanthropy.

Ryan's experience in various roles, such as Private Banker at Bank of America and Director at Main Street Philanthropy, has allowed him to hone his skills in value alignment, simplifying complex solutions, leadership in times of crisis, discernment in decision-making, and innovation in providing solutions. Ryan has crafted programs to bring the benefits of giving to companies, organizations, and main street folks across the country, increasing the potential impact that giving can have on the giver when done with purpose and intent.