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William Kring, CFP
President

William Kring, CFP, is the founder of Kring Financial Management, Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor and financial planning practice in Atlanta, Georgia. With his team of dedicated professional advisors, William extends to his clients a comprehensive suite of financial planning and management services which include—but are not limited to—written financial strategies; investment and stock-option services; fee-based asset management; IRA rollovers and pension distributions; tax, retirement and estate planning; insurance; and inheritance and wealth transfers. William Kring is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and a five-star member of the Paladin Registry, a free, online documentation service that validates the credentials of only the highest-quality financial professionals who rank in the top 10% of their profession.

With a reputation for being one of the top financial advisors in the industry, William Kring is frequently sought after as a lecturer, expert, contributor, and mentor by a wide array of influential corporations, peers, publications, and colleges within the Atlanta-metro area and nationwide. As a favored lecturer on financial planning issues, William has addressed major companies and organizations such as the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Atlanta Bar Association. William’s notable contributions and appearances in leading local, national and global financial publications include The Atlanta Business Chronicle, USA Today, Smart Money, and Forbes. As a subject-matter expert, William Kring has appeared and submitted content for media outlets including CNNfn and MSN MoneyCentral. William is consulted regularly by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Finding Help” column on financial planning issues and sits as a technical editor for both The Journal of Financial Planning and Financial Planning Perspectives.

William Kring’s dedication to continuing financial-planning education extends not only to himself and to the public, but to his fellow professionals as well. William has served as an adjunct instructor at the College for Financial Planning, teaching Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits. For two years, William sat as technical advisor to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Money & More Financial Symposium.”

Steven Reents
Financial Planner

Steve Reents joined Kring Financial Management in 2004 as a Financial Planner. Steve advises individuals and families through building coordinated financial plans, developing investment strategies, fee-based asset management, IRA rollovers, retirement planning, and insurance.

Steve also advises small and medium sized businesses about retirement planning for employees and establishing all types of retirement plans. Steve is taking the lead role in KFM’s current, cutting edge initiative in Atlanta by bringing the new Roth 401k to companies which currently have traditional 401k plans.

Steve has earned an MBA with a major in personal financial planning from Georgia State
University and holds a degree in English from North Central College in Naperville, IL. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional and holds general series 7 and series 66 licenses with FINRA as well as a Georgia Insurance License for health, life, and sickness.

Steve has been a featured speaker at Bank of America and has appeared in Home and Family Finance magazine.

Steve sits on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Chapter of the Financial Planning Association and is a member of the Georgia State University Financial Planning Alumni Club.

He serves his community as the president of the Mableton Improvement Coalition. Other organizations with which he has volunteered are Team in Training, Community Consulting Team, and the Boys and Girls Club in Mableton.

Steve lives in Mableton, GA with his wife and son.

Kring Financial Management (KFM) is located in Smyrna, Georgia and offers financial planning, retirement planning, education planning, tax planning, estate planning, small business planning, insurance, cash flow analysis, and investment management.

KFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of National Financial Partners, (NFP). NFP (NYSE: NFP) is a leading provider of financial services to high net worth individuals and small and medium size businesses.
 

Sandy Kring
Director

Sandy Kring, Director, began working at Kring Financial in 2002. Sandy oversees financial reporting/treasury operations, human resources and office management. Sandy graduated from the University of New Hampshire and received her MBA from The Kenan Flagler School of Business at the University of North Carolina.

Prior to joining KFM, Sandy spent 13 years in Corporate Banking at Wachovia Bank. Her responsibilities included lending to Fortune 500 companies in New York and New England and the sale of treasury services products to small and middle market companies in Georgia and Florida.

In addition to her work at KFM, Sandy serves as administrator of the non-profit Arts Loan Fund, a program of The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. The Arts Loan Fund provides short term bridge financing to small and mid-sized non-profit arts organizations located in metro Atlanta. Additionally, Kring provides financial workshop training to the staffs and boards of these organizations.

Jane Nowak
Para Planner

Jane Nowak (pronounced Novak) joined Kring Financial Management as Para Planner in February 2008. Jane, a 29-year employee of BellSouth/AT&T graduated last May from the 18 month Certified Financial Planner Program at Kennesaw State University. She will be assisting Steve Reents and Bill Kring with planning and investment reviews, client services and other client initiatives.

Jane has a BA degree from the University of Connecticut and is presently studying to sit for the series 66 license exam this summer.

Jane’s hobbies include photography, reading, family genealogy and volunteer clowning. Jane appears at many local charitable fund raising events as ChickieD the clown.

Jane and her husband have two sons. They have lived in the Atlanta area for more than 30 years.