{"id":394765,"date":"2024-12-04T12:34:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T12:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/?page_id=394765"},"modified":"2025-10-13T19:51:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T23:51:46","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_heading et_pb_heading_0 et_pb_bg_layout_\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_heading\">About Us<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Sarasota Wealth Advisory is committed to providing our clients with customized solutions to meet their retirement goals, no matter what state of retirement they are in. Our professionals, take a fiduciary, comprehensive approach to retirement planning.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Sarasota Wealth Advisory is supported by teams that include a Chief Investment Officer and Investment Committees, Compliance Officer, Client Relations Teams, Financial Planners, Life Insurance and Annuity Professionals, CPA's, and Estate Planning Attorneys.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ringling-Bridge.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Ringling Bridge\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ringling-Bridge.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ringling-Bridge-980x613.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ringling-Bridge-480x300.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1280px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-395135\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/headshot_june.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"headshot_june\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/headshot_june.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/headshot_june-480x533.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 510px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-394772\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 class=\"pt-4 pb-2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>June Marie Braithwaite<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">President<\/span><\/strong><\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div class=\"col-lg-9 pb-5\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-9 pb-5\">\n<p>June Marie Braithwaite is a licensed Investment Adviser Representative and Certified Compensation Professional working as part of the team at Sarasota Wealth Advisory in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.\u00a0 <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">As an Investment Advisor Representative, June is held to a fiduciary standard and is legally required to act in your best interest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A graduate of the University of South Florida, June spent many years working for previous offices compensation and benefits, most recently helping employees at Boar\u2019s Head in planning for their future.<\/p>\n<p>During her time working in corporate roles, June was an advocate for educating employees on the importance of saving. She would regularly guide them on the best ways to put aside money for their golden years, and also explain ways to ensure that the money would be able to last throughout their retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Her experience and passion to help others guided June to leave the corporate world so she could focus on educating all who could use her guidance. June enjoys developing plans with her clients to protect and preserve their hard-earned assets using strategies such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fixed Indexed Annuities<\/li>\n<li>Life Insurance Planning with Living Benefits<\/li>\n<li>Tax-Free Retirement Strategies<\/li>\n<li>Portfolio Management<\/li>\n<li>401(k) Rollovers and IRAs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Residing in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, June enjoys cooking, perfecting her workout routine, spending time with friends and family, and relaxing at the beach. Much of her free time is spent volunteering for Sisterhood For Good, a nonprofit whose goal is to raise funds to grant to other nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education &amp; Certifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Investment Adviser Representative (Series 65)<\/li>\n<li>Licensed Producer, Life &amp; Health<\/li>\n<li>Certified Compensation Professional (CCP)<\/li>\n<li>B.S. Business Administration, University of South Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/headshot_alin.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"headshot_alin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/headshot_alin.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/headshot_alin-480x533.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 510px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-394773\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 class=\"pt-4 pb-2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Alin David Lozada, RICP\u00ae<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Founder<\/span><\/strong><\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_5  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div class=\"col-lg-9 pb-5\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-9 pb-5\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alin has been a resident of south Florida for over 50 years and now calls Sarasota his home, having previously lived in Fort Lauderdale. He graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in business management and finance. Alin\u2019s goal has always been to have a firm that would offer the most comprehensive strategies and tools that the financial services industry had to offer and having a team of experienced professionals, founding Sarasota Wealth Advisory to serve that purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alin has been a featured speaker at national financial industry conventions, conducting educational workshops and seminars for advisors and the public. He has also lectured the University of Miami and Keiser University on many topics regarding retirement planning. Alin has appeared in Wall Street Select, Fox Business News, ABC, NBC, CBS News, CNN, Worth, Boston Globe, Miami Herald, Sarasota Herald Tribune, Chicago Tribune, Fortune, and Money, and has hosted his own radio show, \u201cSmart Money Strategies,\u201d for many years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His designations include the Retirement Income Certified Professional from the American College, identifying him as a specialist in income retirement planning strategies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When Alin isn\u2019t in the office, he is a fundraiser and advocate for the Alzheimer\u2019s Association, Hospice of South Florida, and the Humane Society, and is a judge for the University of Miami ethics debate team, which has won numerous national ethics debate contests. He also enjoys lawn bowling, tennis, and Tai Chi.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_4 barbra_blog_1 barbra_homepage12_blog_1 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_6  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong><span style=\"color: black;\">Investment advisory services offered through Foundations Investment Advisors, LLC (\u201cFoundations\u201d), an SEC registered investment adviser. Nothing on this website constitutes investment, legal or tax advice, nor that any performance data or any recommendation that any particular security, portfolio of securities, transaction, investment or planning strategy is suitable for any specific person. Personal investment advice can only be rendered after the engagement of Foundations, execution of required documentation, and receipt of required disclosures. Investments in securities involve the risk of loss. Any past performance is no guarantee of future results. Advisory services are only offered to clients or prospective clients where Foundations and its advisors are properly licensed or exempted. For more information, please go to<span style=\"color: #000080;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/adviserinfo.sec.gov\" style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/adviserinfo.sec.gov <\/a><\/span>and search by our firm name or by our CRD #175083.<\/span><\/strong><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adviserinfo.sec.gov\/firm\/summary\/175083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #000080;\">Form ADV Part 2A<\/a><\/strong><\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov\/crs\/crs_175083.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #000080;\">Form CRS<\/a><\/strong><\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: black;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FIA-Privacy-Policy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: navy;\">Privacy Policy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><o:p><\/o:p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-394765","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"dsm_author":{"name":"carmen","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64f7eeaddec46fc55c52a2796f9d71b989aeeb0a959a8f6072b242f45b87bd12?s=96&d=mm&r=g","archive_link":"https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/index.php\/author\/carmen\/","biodata":""},"dsm_categories":[],"dsm_attachment_categories":[],"dsm_featured_image":null,"dsm_comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/394765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394765"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/394765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":395237,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/394765\/revisions\/395237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarasotawealthadvisory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}