Chris Cooper, President and owner of Cooper Financial Services, has over 30 years of experience as a financial advisor, speaker, adult educator, and workshop facilitator. Her goal is to help people at any stage of life make better financial decisions to ensure a more secure future.
Chris is more than a name with credentials. Ask any of her 250 clients. She has been helping people with their insurance, investment and financial planning needs for over 17 years. Chris is an educator; she personally facilitates workshops and speaks at many events on current financial topics. She also supports her community by serving on the Board of Sunrise of Pasco County Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Center, and she accepts donations for Sunrise at her office.
Chris holds a Bachelors Degree and a Master of Science in Personal Finance & Management from the Univ. of Rhode Island and Penn State Univ., respectively. Her PhD credits were taken at the University of Maryland in Consumer Economics and Adult Education, where she also co-authored a book on customer service. Before moving to FL, Chris worked in government and industry management consulting positions in the Washington, D.C. area, and owned a yacht sales and charter business in Annapolis, MD.
Since establishing her financial services practice in Tampa Bay in 1994, Chris has received numerous local and national recognition awards in her industry. Most recently she was named Tampa Bay Woman of the Year in Financial Services and Cooper Financial was named as Pasco County Service Business of the Year. She also earned “Member of the Year” and “Ambassador of the Year” awards from the Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce.
Chris is a Registered Representative of The Leaders Group, a FINRA member firm, and a certified member of the National Ethics Bureau. Chris lives with her husband of 30 years, George Cooper, in Land O’ Lakes, where in their spare time they enjoy playing golf, raising orchids and their Florida wine “cellar”.