Angie Shay
Founder and President
Angie possesses a servant’s heart. She has always stood up and stood out as a leader who cares about others. God has given her an ability to take complex solutions and deliver them to clients in an empowering way. That very same gift has Angie speaking, many times, throughout the year to groups of other advisors. Relevance matters to her and she pursues opportunities across the country to be on top of her game in the areas of retirement and business planning. Angie is determined, dependable, steady and strives to be pure in heart. Transparency and open communication are what attracts most people to her. These characteristics make her trustworthy. Each day is submitted in prayer. Each client plan and appointment are submitted in prayer.
Professional Designations
Angie’s designations include:
Chartered Life Underwriter® (CLU®)
The premier designation for insurance professionals. Launched in 1927, the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®) is the insurance profession's oldest standard of excellence.
Chartered Financial Consultant® (ChFC®)
Comprised of nine college-level courses that address all aspects of financial planning, with a focus on the practical applications of those principles based on real-life case studies, the goal of the ChFC® curriculum is to help consultants gain a significant advantage and help their clients meet their goals.
Retirement Income Certified Professional® (RICP®)
This designation equips advisors with the knowledge to effectively manage the transition from asset accumulation during a client’s working years to asset decumulation in retirement. RICP® enables the advisor to demonstrate tremendous value by delivering smart strategies for creating secure, sustainable income for a client's retirement.
Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow® (LUTCF®)
In receiving the LUTCF designation, the advisor has mastered the fundamentals of risk management and life insurance, insurance and investment products, and risk management applications.
The descriptions of the professional designations on this page was sourced from the American College and from The National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (NAIFA)
Career Milestones
Angie has been honored with high-profile awards and recognitions:
Named as one of Forbes' Best-in-State Top Financial Security Professionals for 2023
Mentoring in Christ
Formal Mentor in the industry
Monthly magazine contributor to the "Richmond Family Magazine" financial series.
Contributing writer with Sheila Eby, “The New Face of Forty: Life in Transition.”
Profiled in “Magnificent Masters in Financial Services: Amazing Women - Sensational Stories,” a book by Ginger Cockerham and Diane Dixon.
Profiled in "Forty Things to Do When You Turn Forty," a book by Ronnie Sellers.
Agent of the Year at New York Life Richmond General Office in 2005 and 2007, the first woman in the Richmond office to receive this honor.
Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) Life and Qualifying Member - MDRT is recognized globally as the standard of excellence in life insurance sales in the insurance and financial services industry.
Invitation to Ring the New York Stock Exchange Bell, an international symbol of lifetime achievement.
Elected to New York Life’s Agents Advisory Council (AAC) in 2024.
Community Support
Angie is proud to give back to her profession and community.
Founder and actively involved with Fearless Ministries. Angie helped found this ministry in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, with the mission of bringing women together to learn how to live fearlessly in their faith.
Active member of Polish Christian Ministries
Involved with College Ministries of Virginia
Active member of Virginia Military Institute's (VMI) Moms and Prayer group, where she prays over the freshmen (affectionately called "rats") and their families.
National President (2013-14) and board member for Women In Financial Services (WIFS), the only national organization exclusively devoted to the success of women in the insurance and financial services fields.
Actively involved at Fairmount Christian Church in a variety of roles.
Angie's Personal Bio
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Miles most ever run
365
I would like to be
at the beach
2
Things per week that make me uncomfortable
7
Most animals owned
at one time
Angie has a daughter Ainsley whom she is prouder of than anything in her life. She loves water and anything to do with it. Dedicated to The HILL Ladies and their pursuit of Christ.
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