
Erin Wood, CFP®, CRPC®, FBS®
Erin Wood has over two decades of experience humanizing financial planning. As SVP of Advanced Planning at AssetMark, Erin leads innovation for new wealth solutions, secures strategic industry relationships and oversees a team of specialists who work directly with advisers and their high-net-worth clients. Erin focuses on delivering tailored strategies for estate planning, tax efficiency, retirement planning and multigenerational wealth transfer to help financial advisers keep up with evolving client demands.
Erin's career spans both practice ownership and enterprise leadership. Her career began as a financial planner in Milwaukee, where she built her own advisory firm for over a decade. She later transitioned to building high-performing financial planning teams at enterprise firms, most recently serving as Head of Financial Planning & Advanced Solutions at Carson Group before joining AssetMark.
She has served with the CFP's Financial Advice Working Group and as an adviser for the Women in Leadership Program at the University of North Dakota. Erin holds the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® designation. She also earned a BS in communications and finance and a graduate certificate in financial psychology and behavioral finance.
Latest articles by Erin Wood, CFP®, CRPC®, FBS®
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How to Check Your Financial Baggage for the New Year
savings If you're already faltering on your financial New Year’s resolutions, here's a way to get to the root of the problem and learn a little about yourself along the way.
By Erin Wood, CFP®, CRPC®, FBSⓇ Published
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Give Story – Not Stuff – for the Holidays
retirement Your financial plan is about more than making money and getting stuff. It's built around your values, goals and relationships. Shouldn't your gift-giving be the same way?
By Erin Wood, CFP®, CRPC®, FBSⓇ Published
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Wealth Shame: When Wealth Changes Your Life (and Not Everyone Else's)
retirement Defined as a real or perceived distance when you make more money than your family or community of origin, wealth shame can be a painful transition.
By Erin Wood, CFP®, CRPC®, FBSⓇ Published
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Youth Sports Vs. College Costs – What's a Parent to Do?
college In a word: prioritize. Work with your child to find what is most meaningful and what makes the most sense. Then concentrate your budget dollars accordingly. My tried-and-true postcard test can help.
By Erin Wood, CFP®, CRPC®, FBSⓇ Published
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To Define Your Retirement Goals, Take the Postcard Test
Making Your Money Last You've got to really know yourself to understand what's important to you, where you're going and how you can get there. A simple test could help shed some light on your path.
By Erin Wood, CFP®, CRPC®, FBSⓇ Published
Making Your Money Last