Creative Financial Strategies Welcomes Mason Hardy
May 20, 2011
COLUMBIA, SC – May 20, 2011 – Creative Financial Strategies welcomes Mason B. Hardy to the firm as Associate Vice President. Mr. Hardy will provide financial planning services to individuals, families and institutional clients. He holds licenses as a General Securities Representative, Registered Investment Adviser Representative, and a resident license with the South Carolina Department of Insurance.
A graduate of The University of the South in Sewanee, TN, Mr. Hardy served as the President of the South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations (SCANPO). While at SCANPO, he became a Certified Association Executive (CAE) and raised significant support from local, regional and national sources to develop capacity building programs for nonprofit organizations.
Mr. Hardy also previously served as the Executive Director of the Tuomey Foundation in Sumter and the Newberry Hospital Foundation where he initiated record-breaking annual giving campaigns and special events as well as securing multiple successful grants. In addition to his foundation experience, Mr. Hardy served as the Director of Public Relations for Nexsen Pruet law firm and as a Director of Government Relations for the South Carolina Hospital Association.
He is a graduate of Leadership South Carolina, the Riley Institute’s Midlands Diversity Leaders Initiative through Furman University, and the Nonprofit Leadership Institute at Francis Marion University. He currently serves on the Board of Leadership South Carolina and the Central South Carolina Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). He is an active member of the Columbia Rotary Club and Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Columbia, SC.
Creative Financial Strategies
Creative Financial Strategies is a South Carolina based firm of professional financial services practitioners. The firm serves both corporate and individual clientele seeking broad-spectrum advice and implementation services in the areas of comprehensive and area focused personal planning, wealth management, employee financial education, and executive benefit financial education and planning. Corporate clientele range in size from midsized, closely held firms to some of South Carolina’s largest employers to Fortune 200. For more information visit our Website at www.4Decisions.com.
