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JASON HOWELL COMPANY

"In everything we do, we believe in financially empowering  people who have become first generation success stories." 

- Jason Howell, Founder

Having spent a lot of time in the Washington, DC area, we are aware that many people who are first generation weatlh suffer from a kind of "financial imposter syndrome." Successful entrepreneurs are always looking over their shoulder; government contractors worry about the next contract; former Capitol Hill staffers privately wonder if they should "feel bad" for the money they now make. Imposter syndrome is common among people who work for the many corporate headquarters based in this area as well. These feelings get in the way of properly managing wealth.

The way we empower is first through empathy and - only if necessary - a little humor. We listen. We offer access to our knowledge, experience and our networks. We believe that people who are the first in their family to earn some real wealth can be powerful forces for good in the world. Because they know what it takes. We chose wealth management as a way to serve those "forces of good." Co-owners Jason J. Howell, CFP®, CPWA®, CSRIC® and Douglas W. Tees, MBA, CFP®, CAP weren't born into families that used wealth advisors but after years - and former careers - they eliminated their own financial imposter syndrome and became wealth advisors themselves. 

What exactly do we do for our clients? See our "Process and Outcomes" below. 

PROCESS & OUTCOMES

Our client relationships begin with a conversation (empathy and humor), a follow up and a decision on whether to work together. If there's a fit, we begin the process of sharing access.to knowledge and networks.

You will get access to our alternative and sustainable Investment Strategy, and three (3) tools (i.e. deliverables) for empowering meaningful wealth: 

1. Your Family ROADMAP (FR) which identifies 40 to 60 recommendations to form your financial plan (the "what")
2. Your Family Implementation Guide (FIG) which priorities (by month) the implement those recommendations (the "when")
3. Your Family Constitution (FC) which clarifies how those recommendations connect to your values (the "why")

Beyond these "deliverables," our relationship will eventually grow into us becoming confidants, cheerleaders and a consistently objective presence in your financial life. The outcome? We empower you to become powerful example of good in your world (and ours). 

How did we get started and where are we going? Continue below. 

OUR FIRM HISTORY

The Jason Howell Company family wealth management firm began as an idea. When it's namesake learned you could start what is known as a "registered investment advisory (RIA)" company, he had only 9 months prior gotten started working at New York Life Insurance Company (NYLIC) as an agent. Less than a year earlier he had just lost an election to become Virginia's 8th Congressional District's first Independent U.S. Congressman. After the election he was invited to breakfast by a 3rd generation NYLIC agent. That agent suggested "meeting his boss." Jason figured that if he couldn't write the financial laws to protect all families at once, he could at least help individual families, one at a time as a financial advisor. 

After two and a half years of learning how the insurance brokerage business worked and studying other service models, he decided to start an RIA. Yes, instead of just joining an established one, he started his own. In November of 2015, the fee-only, fiduciary Jason Howell Company (JHCo.) was founded. The goal of JHCo. was and is to help families make informed decisions (without commission sales of financial products). Keeping the interests of clients above the advisor was the premise for the 2016 Department of Labor "Fiduciary Rule." Not long after the JHCo. launch, Jason was invited to speak about the "Fiduciary Rule" by ABC network's News Channel 8. 

In 2017 Jason took on an employee and by 2019, a partner: Doug Tees. Since joining the firm Doug has become an important part of what is now an ensemble practice. This means that all JHCo. clients receive the attention of both advisors . The partners also lead the team of other wealth professionals - estate planners, tax accountants, insurance agents, etc. - to protect and serve client families. 

Since 2019 the firm has experienced and survived the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the historical Federal Funds rate increases of 2022. In between both Jason and Doug have earned multiple letters after their names, calmed clients during violent market swings and created dozens of Financial Roadmaps, Financial Implementation Guides and Family Constitutions. We've also earned some good press.

With access to the knowledge and tools used by "big box brokerages," Jason Howell Company is positioned to compete with the largest RIAs and private banking entities in the world. 

To learn more about our history and to consider joining our future, book a meeting below for an introductory call.