Chiesman, Laura

Laura Chiesman, is President & WealthCoach™ of First Wave Financial. For over 25 years, she has developed financial planning and wealth management strategies for individuals and families to enable them to achieve their immediate and lifetime financial goals.

As a business owner, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM (CFP®) professional and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® (CDFA®), Chiesman brings a unique perspective to comprehensive plans that deliver WealthConfidence™ and peace of mind in uncertain times.

As a WealthCoach™ Chiesman tailors each person’s WealthPlan™, a financial plan and wealth management strategy, to their resources, needs and goals. When working with business owners, she partners with The Transition Strategists (a consulting firm that works with owners in the U.S. and across the globe) to create business transition and succession strategies that support an owner’s desire to maintain important relationships and create a clear path to a bright future for owners, their businesses and their successors.

As president of FirstWave Financial, Chiesman leads her team of financial professionals as they deliver independent, objective and trusted planning and investment strategies designed to help their clients transform financial complexity and confusion into simplicity and confidence. As a volunteer, she brings the same energy to her community. She is a governing board member of Genesis House, a shelter for women and children, and serves on the Community Foundation for Brevard board, an organization that matches nonprofit organizations to philanthropists. As the 2019 Campaign Chair and the 2021 Executive Board Chair for the United Way of Brevard, Chiesman was privileged to help raise millions of dollars to improve the health, education and financial stability of thousands of Brevard County, Florida, residents.

Chiesman is an active member of the Oceanside Charter Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association and the Women Presidents’ Organization, a global peer advisory group whose members own multimillion-dollar companies in a wide range of industries. By investing time and energy in one another and their businesses, members drive everyone to the next level. Chiesman’s commitment to these organizations reflects her willingness to share what she has learned in her career and to learn from other entrepreneurs.
Chiesman is a speaker and author on the topics of wealth management and financial issues, investment and retirement planning, life events and transitions, and business succession.

For resources and information about Chiesman’s work in wealth management and financial planning, visit www.firstwavefinancial.com.