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Angie Shay

CEO


“Leave it better than how you found it.”

Angie leads with a servant’s heart and a sincere care for people that guides every relationship she builds. God has given her the ability to take complex financial strategies and translate them into clear, empowering guidance for her clients. That same gift allows Angie to speak throughout the year to groups of fellow advisors, sharing practical insight and encouragement rooted in experience.

Staying relevant matters deeply to Angie. She intentionally pursues opportunities across the country to remain diligent in her growth and understanding of retirement, business, and estate planning, so she can better serve those entrusted to her care. Determined, dependable, and steady, Angie values transparency and open communication as essential elements of trust.

Faith is the foundation of Angie’s life and work. Each day, every client plan, and every appointment are approached with intention and 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.

Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® (CAP®)

The Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® (CAP®) designation provides full time philanthropists, coordinators, and wealth advisors with a common body of knowledge and a shared credential, enabling them to collaborate effectively with clients on legacy planning. The cross-disciplinary workplace curriculum spans and synthesizes the arts and sciences of philanthropic planning, including taxation, finance, fundraising, purposeful planning, family office dynamics, psychology, and strategic philanthropy.

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)


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, 2007, 2021, and 2025, 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 and 2025.

Read more about the Forbes SHOOK® Research Top Financial Security Professionals list and the ranking methodology here: https:// www.forbes.com/sites/rjshook/2025/07/10/methodology-americas-top-financial-security-professionals-2025/


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.

  • Board member for College Ministries of Virginia

  • National President 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

Angie is a proud mom to her daughter, Ainsley, and now joyfully answers to her favorite title yet—MayMay—to the best twin grandbabies. Some of her sweetest moments are spent with blackberry-stained smiles, little hands, and the beautiful reminder that becoming a grandparent has been one of the greatest gifts of her life.

Family and community matter deeply to Angie. Her son-in-love, Jack, played an instrumental role in transforming the firm’s new office building into the welcoming and purposeful space it is today. At home, Angie is rarely far from Levi, her beloved pup and loyal companion—especially during their cherished morning walks.

Angie finds life in meaningful connection. In her free time, she loves spending quality time with people and with Jesus, mentoring other representatives, and continually learning. She is always reading a new book, seeking growth, wisdom, and perspective. Water restores her soul, and faith remains the foundation of her life and work. Each day, every client plan, and every appointment are approached with intention, prayer, and gratitude.

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Our Location

9316 Chamberlayne Road
Mechanicsville, VA 23116

804.935.5318
angie@THEPATHFinancial.com

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

— Jeremiah 29:11 —

Disclosure

Angelia Shay is an agent licensed to sell insurance through New York Life Insurance Company and may be licensed with various other independent unaffiliated insurance companies in the states of CT, DC, FL, GA, KS, MA, MD, MT, NC, NJ, OH, PA, SC, TX, VA, WA, and WV. No insurance business may be conducted outside the states referenced.

Angelia Shay is a Registered Representative of and offers securities products & services through NYLIFE Securities LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC, a licensed insurance agency, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Company, 9316 Chamberlayne Rd, Mechanicsville, VA, 23116, 804-935-5318. In this regard, this communication is strictly intended for individuals residing in the states of DC, FL, GA, MA, MD, MT, NC, PA, SC, TX, VA, and WV. No offers may be made or accepted from any resident outside the specific states referenced.

Angelia Shay is also a Financial Adviser with Eagle Strategies LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Company, offering advisory services in the states of DC, FL, GA, MA, MD, MT, NC, PA, SC, TX, VA, and WV. As such, these services are strictly intended for individuals residing in the states referenced.

Angelia Shay is a Member Agent of The Nautilus Group®, a service of New York Life Insurance Company.

The Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), The Premier Association of Financial Professionals®, is recognized globally as the standard of excellence for life insurance sales performance in the insurance and financial services industry.

The Path Financial Strategies is not owned or operated by NYLIFE Securities LLC or its affiliates.

Neither The Path Financial Strategies nor its associates are in the business of offering tax, legal, or accounting advice. Please consult your own tax, legal, or accounting professional before making any decisions.

For more information about NYLIFE Securities LLC and its investment professionals.

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