Thornapple Financial Center, Inc. and Money Concepts

Susan A. Foster is owner and president of Thornapple Financial Center and Money Concepts. She has been in business at this location since 1986. Susan has a degree in accounting from Ferris State University. She is a tax preparer, an accountant, and a financial planner she can also meet your life insurance needs.

Susan is a member of MAFSP (Michigan Association of Financial Service Professionals), NSA (National Society of Accountants), and is an Acredited Business Accountant. She has also been in the top 50 sales leaders for Money Concepts, on a consistent basis, for the past many years.

In January 2008, Susan became Money Concepts co-regional director for the Michigan region.  She and John Anderson are in charge of 30 reps across our state.

John C. Anderson became a partner in July of 2003. He is a tax preparer, accountant and a financial planner. John has been preparing taxes for over 30 years and has been a financial planner for 13 years.

John is a member of the Michigan Association of Financial Service Professionals (MAFSP) and is continually in the top 30 sales leaders in Money Concepts, in the entire United States. John is licensed in securities, life and health insurance. He can also help when selling or buying single stocks.

John is co-regional director of the state of Michigan for Money Concepts.

Jessee Bays joined our team in January 2008.  He has lived in West Michigan for over 30 years, graduating from Grand Rapids Central High School and Grand Rapids Community College.  Jessee is married to Julie and they have three kids.

Jessee is licensed to sell securities, life insurance and annuities.  He is also able to buy or sell single stock.  He looks forward to servicing the Middleville community as well as West Michigan for all your financial needs.

Jessee wants you to know, “My number one goal is to take care of my clients.  The only way I can do that is by putting their needs before my own.”

Cindy Ordway joined Thornapple Financial in January 2007.  She went to tax school in the fall of 2008 and is now our third tax preparer.  Cindy is currently working on her licensing exams to become a representative with Money Concepts.

Beth Berkimer is our full-time CPA.  She has been a member of our Thornapple Financial Center and Money Concepts team since July of 2001. Beth works primarily with Quickbooks software for our client’s accounting needs.

Beth is a Quickbooks Pro-Advisor for Quickbooks 2008 and 2009.  She prepares financial statements, balances checkbooks, prepares payrolls and all of the related tax returns for payroll, as well as all personal property tax forms. She works closely with John and Susan for tax and financial planning issues that affect our accounting clients.

Kris Foote has been at TFC since January of 1997.  Kris is married to Will and they have four children.      They have lived in the Middleville area for more than 20 years.

She started as a part time employee with TFC working the reception desk during tax season however, after going to tax school, she became a year-round employee working the front and checking tax returns during tax season. Starting in August of 2004 Kris became Susan’s Money Concepts executive assistant.

Kris attends continuing ed meetings and seminars in order to better serve our clients, staff and regional reps.

Jasmine Patterson-Woods is the newest member of our team, joining in December 2008.  Jasmine grew up in the West Michigan area, graduating from Grand Rapids Baptist High School.  She attended nursing school in New York, recently moving home to be near family and friends.  She is currently pursuing her bachelors in nursing degree.

Jasmine is our new receptionist.  She will be greeting you and answering the phones, as well as heading up our accounts receivables department.

Tony DuBois

Mike Pino joined Money Concepts at Thornapple Financial Center in January of 2009, after 24 years of investment management at Wall Street firms.  He can apply ongoing extensive research applied to portfolio management of stocks, bonds and asset allocation of 401ks and retirement savings according to your needs.

Mike works closely with the TFC professionals to incorporate all strategies into your total financial plan, including tax status and insurance coverage.