Chris Cooper
Owner and Founder
Chris Cooper & Company, Inc. & ElderCare Advocates, Inc.
Chris Cooper is the owner and founder of Chris Cooper & Company, Inc., a fee-only financial planning firm working with people who own small businesses, with persons preparing to retire, and very elderly persons. Chris provides counseling and guidance in the areas of investments, taxation, and estate preservation.
Chris Cooper is also the owner and founder of ElderCare Advocates, Inc. a private geriatric care management and long term care consulting firm. ElderCare Advocates is a free standing, non-hospital or other health care provider affiliated, firm providing comprehensive assessments & planning of long term care needs of disabled adults and the frail elderly.
Chris began his career in nursing homes and hospitals. After finishing paramedic training and a degree in nursing , he pursued an interest in how people could finance health care, primarily acute care. He found out that chronic long term care is where financial devastation generally occurs for many people, especially the retired.
Chris received a Masters of Science in Financial Services degree with specialization in financial planning in 1989 from the American College, Bryn Mawr, PA.the CERTIFIED FINACIAL PLANNER™ certification in 1990. He received a Graduate Certificate in Gerontology at Bowling Green State University in 1992.
Chris Cooper is enrolled to practice and represent clients before the Internal Revenue Service.
Chris Cooper, CFP® is a regular guest commentator for the ABC owned and operated WTVG-TV, Channel 13, in Toledo, Ohio appearing every Monday on 13 Action News at Noon. Chris has appeared on CBS's Early Show, NBC's Today show, and regularly appears on CNBC's Power Lunch. He is regularly quoted in print in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Money magazine, SmartMoney, and many other fine publications.