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61 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | AUGUST 23, 2021 Benjamin Howarth Q: What is your biggest professional accomplishment since receiving this award? S ince winning the 40 Under 40 award in 2014, I am most proud of the relationships that our wealth management team continues to build with our clients. Our vision is to work with clients on their journey through life and help them open the doors of fi nancial opportunity in order to achieve their goals, be happy and live a great life. I can't imagine going through my journey called life without all of them. I feel honored and privileged that our clients have chosen us to be their guide to help them on their pathway. We have seen our clients' children grow up, go off to college, get married, as well as our clients retire and truly live a great life. Our team's biggest accomplishment since the award is those long-lasting relationships that we have built and continue to build, and for that I am eternally grateful. Year Won: 2014 Current Title: Vice President Company: Financial Advisor, Barnum Financial Group Current Age: 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 Jarrett Solomon Q: What is your biggest professional accomplishment since receiving this award? S ince receiving the 40 Under 40 award, I was fortunate to be named as a partner at Connecticut Wealth Management. Alongside my teammates, we approach wealth management diff erently through the services we deliver, how they are delivered, truly putting our clients' needs fi rst. Working with business owners, executives, physicians and other individuals and families with complex fi nancial needs, it continues to be rewarding and professionally satisfying to get to know clients at a personal level and infl uence their lives in positive ways. Seeing the look on our clients' faces when we tell them they can retire comfortably or own their dream home will never get old and continues to off er fulfi llment. Our fi rm has grown considerably over the last few years, but it continues to be incredibly humbling that my teammates and I have been the recipient of such good fortune. Year Won: 2014 Current Title: Partner Company: Connecticut Wealth Management Current Age: 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 a solo practitioner, wearing all the hats of a business owner with no employees. Fast forward to today, and we have grown our wealth management and financial planning firm exponentially, created The OakBridge Group brand, and have added several team members to help our clients achieve their financial goals with more efficiency and confidence. Our next chapter has us relocating our main office to Avon, the town where my wife and I are raising our three rambunctious boys. We have been building our new location over the last 18 months, not far from the base of Avon Mountain right off Route 44. The goal is to become a staple in Avon and become the premier, client- centric wealth management firm in the Farmington Valley. We are thrilled to become a part of the fabric of this wonderful community for decades to come. Not Federally Insured | No Financial Institution Guar- antee | May Lose Value The OakBridge Group, A private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC Ameriprise Financial cannot guarantee future financial results. Investment advisory products and services are made available through Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC, a registered investment adviser. Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC. Member FINRA and SIPC. © 2021 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. All rights reserved. Jason J. Warnke BFA™, CRPC®, CFS® Year Won: 2014 Current Title: Private Wealth Advisor Company: The OakBridge Group Current Age: 44 40 Q: What is your biggest professional accomplishment since receiving this award? T he biggest professional accomplishment that I have achieved since being named a recipient of the HBJ 40 Under 40 award has been letting go of the reins and working on our business much more than simply in it. Seven years ago, it was just me. I was operating as Jennifer Fiereck Year Won: 2014 Current Title: Principal/ Owner Company: J. Fiereck Photography LLC Current Age: 43 40 and community advocates. I remember a wave of mixed emotions coming over me as I accepted the award on stage that evening, a raucous and jubilant crowd of more than 500 people celebrating the impressive accomplishments of our community's up-and-coming leaders. I remember feeling proud to be recognized for my entrepreneurial spirit — for taking a chance and following my dream. I remember feeling thankful for the support of my husband, family, friends and clients for helping make my dream a reality. I remember feeling validation as a new mother, realizing that the pursuit of my professional goals makes me a better mother and role model for my children. But most of all, I remember feeling blessed to be an American and live in a country where we have the freedom to pursue our dreams. Congratulations to this year's 40 Under 40 class and God bless America. Q: What did the 40 Under 40 award mean to you? A s a Hartford Business Journal 2014 40 Under 40 alumnus, I am humbled to be in the company of so many of our region's talented and influential business leaders, entrepreneurs WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

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