Our Team
Christina Povenmire
Founder
Christina Povenmire is the founder of CMP Financial and a long-time resident of Columbus, Ohio. She believes that comprehensive financial planning not only increases her clients’ wealth but helps them gain much-needed confidence and control over their future. An enthusiastic educator, Christina has taught undergraduate and graduate-level financial planning at Franklin University, DeVry, and The Ohio... Read More
Christina Povenmire is the founder of CMP Financial and a long-time resident of Columbus, Ohio. She believes that comprehensive financial planning not only increases her clients’ wealth but helps them gain much-needed confidence and control over their future. An enthusiastic educator, Christina has taught undergraduate and graduate-level financial planning at Franklin University, DeVry, and The Ohio State University’s Certified Financial Planning (CFP) certification program. Her affiliated professional organizations include The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, The Financial Planning Association, The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors, and the Fee-Only Network. She also sponsors health-related and financial planning workshops for her clients and friends. She enjoys speaking at various community adult education and non-profit events and she has published articles in The Columbus Dispatch, Business First, and other publications; has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal and quoted in the Chicago Tribune, Forbes and Huffington Post (see Pressroom). She loves mountain biking and being in nature, road biking and playing tennis. Living a healthy lifestyle is very important to her as she’s like to live a long life and be present to help her three 3 daughters and her clients for as long as possible.
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Barry Jamieson
Barry Jamieson, CFP®, MA is a financial planner for CMP Financial Planning, and is responsible for managing client data and producing client plans. Prior to working with CMP, Barry worked in the healthcare policy field for more than 25 years. While working at the Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center, Barry provided expertise in long-term care, disability... Read More
Barry Jamieson, CFP®, MA is a financial planner for CMP Financial Planning, and is responsible for managing client data and producing client plans. Prior to working with CMP, Barry worked in the healthcare policy field for more than 25 years. While working at the Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center, Barry provided expertise in long-term care, disability policy and health services research. He also directed health policy and research efforts at two trade organizations. His healthcare policy background gives him expertise these important areas of financial planning, long-term care and disability, as well as a broad base of knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid. Barry earned his master’s degree in economics from The Ohio State University. He loves developing plans for clients that provide peace of mind and confidence in the future. His professional affiliations are The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards and The Financial Planning Association. Barry is a long-time resident of central Ohio, is married and has three grown children. He enjoys reading, gardening and staying physically active.
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Michelle Dillman
Administrative assistant
Michelle Dillman brings with her over 13 years of new business and annuity operations experience where she held a Series 6 license. She transitioned into IT Development and worked as a systems analyst developing processes and procedures for annuity operations. In the time she has been an administrative assistant she has amassed a great deal of... Read More
Michelle Dillman brings with her over 13 years of new business and annuity operations experience where she held a Series 6 license. She transitioned into IT Development and worked as a systems analyst developing processes and procedures for annuity operations. In the time she has been an administrative assistant she has amassed a great deal of additional experience with other financial services products and procedures. She is very detailed oriented and knows the importance of organization, prioritization, timelines and flexibility. She believes that effective communication and thoroughness are the keys to getting tasks accomplished correctly the first time.
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Who We Are
You have dreams – we help you create a clear pathway to realizing those dreams. We provide financial planning that puts you in charge of your financial life, giving you a game plan for your family’s wealth. By focusing on long-term success and working together, we help you reach important family goals. We can assist you in matters such as investing for a comfortable retirement, taking advantage of retirement plans for your business and funding your children’s education. We can work with you to address complicated tax situations or to establish a trust for your child with special needs. We look at your entire financial picture, helping you prioritize and budget for all your goals. Often, this means repositioning your current assets to make them work harder for you.
Unlike larger institutions or “Wall Street” firms, we get to know our clients personally. We provide custom strategies – not off-the-shelf advice – to help you maximize your net worth and, ultimately, to achieve your life vision.
As an independent, registered investment advisor (RIA) since 2002, we always put our clients’ interests first. We’re not affiliated with other firms with products to sell, nor do we ever receive commissions from selling products. Every day, we’re working only for you in helping you reach your goals.
You dream it. We’ll help you plan it.