Bonnie Ashby Sewell


We Do Exits


Williamsburg VA 23185
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703-579-7031

Bonnie has been working as a Certified Financial Planner for families since 1992. Previous to that she owned a tax practice.  She also earned the Accredited Investment Fiduciary, AIF®, designation and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®  designation, CDFA® . She served on the following boards: National Board for the Financial Planning Association (FPA), South Region Board for the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), and Foundation for Financial Planning board. She is past President on the Board of Directors for the non-profit Loudoun Therapeutic Riding (www.ltrf.org).













      • Interviewed by CNBC’s Sharon Epperson, October 2010
















      • Speaker at Investment News Retirement Income Summit “The Golden Fears”, NYC, March 2009
















      • Served as Georgia’s Secretary of State Cathy Cox’s Retirement Planning Speaker in her Investment Education Series, “Money Counts” with letters of commendation, 2004-2006
















      • Columnist for the industry’s Journal of Financial Planning through 2011
















      • Author, "Love-Jacked! Divorce Your Spouse, Not Your Dollars"
















      • Interviewed on Executive Leaders Radio, December 19, 2013
















      • Interviewed on Wharton Business Radio, May 15, 2014
















      • Panelist at the 2nd Annual Invest in Women Conference, Dallas, May 2016, and 3rd Annual in May 2017
















      • Presenter at the National Institute of Divorce Financial Analysts, Chicago, May 2016
















      • Presented to Fairfax, VA Bar Association (Family Law Section), July 2016
















      • Presented to National Conference (NAPFA), October 2016
















      • Speaker, “Math Modeling Matters in Divorce”, Shareholders Service Group Annual Conference, San Diego, April 2017
















      • Speaker, “Math Modeling Matters in Divorce”, AICPA PFS Conference, MGM Grand, Las Vegas, June 2017
















      • Speaker, “Math Modeling Matters in Divorce”, University of Santa Cruz, August 2017
















      • “Math Modeling Matters in Divorce” for 2 webinars @ www.cpaacademy.org, September/October 2017.
















      • When Your Clients Divorce-What Matters Most in 2018, presented to over 2,000 CPAs by webinar @ www.cpaacademy.org, January 2018-October 2018
















      • Speaker, “Top 5 Financial Disruptions and Solutions for Women”, Ellevate Network @ Freddie Mac, February 2018
















      • Speaker, “Financial Planning During Divorce:  Help Your Clients Get Back to the Future, Aurora Training, January 2019
















      • Speaker, “Helping Divorced Clients Get Back to the Future”, @ www.cpaacademy.org,   January 2019
















      • Speaker, “Divorcing You When They Divorce Their Spouse?”, FI360 Conference, Nashville, April 2019
















      • Invited guest, Executive Leaders Radio w/Herb Cohen, April 2019
















      • Invited host, Executive Leaders Radio w/Herb Cohen, May 2019
















      • Speaker, Tiburon CEO Summit XXXVI, Panel Discussion, New York City, April 2020












Certified Financial Planner™, CFP®





Certified Divorce Financial Analyst ®, CDFA® 





Accredited Investment Fiduciary®, AIF®





BS in Family Economics & Management, MS in Financial Planning.





I prepare expert testimony for private arbitration and court cases relating to divorce.





I also work in mediation and private negotiations.  This can include lifestyle analysis, net worth projections, income on assets, working capital, tax impact, income & spending, the financial impact of a particular scenario.





In November 2019, we are formalizing the decades’ long work we have been doing with business owners exiting their businesses.  Bonnie has been accepted to attend the CEPA (Certified Exit Planning Advisor) program at the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business.





GIVING BACK





Bonnie continues to serve as a volunteer speaker at the monthly non-profit Second Saturday divorce workshop in Fairfax, VA.





Bonnie is a sponsor for the Chipping In to End Domestic Violence annual golf tournament hosted by Cooper Ginsberg Gray, PLLC.  The proceeds go directly to the women and children at Artemis House. 





Bonnie serves as a pro bono advisor for the Building Homes for Heroes program in honor of her own father’s service in WWII’s Scouts & Raiders.  She is currently working with a veteran and his family in Kennesaw, GA.





CFP, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, and federally registered CFP{with flame logo} are certification marks owned by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. These marks are awarded to individuals who successfully complete the CFP Board's initial and ongoing certification requirements.