Meet the Team

PRINCIPAL

I was born and raised on the sugar clay of the Loess Hills. Educated in the traditional way, elementary, middle, high, most named after dead presidents. They were simple days when you knew all your neighbors. We walked back and forth to school. We sat down at the end of the day as a family said a prayer and enjoyed a meal my mother had cooked.

I rolled and tossed the news of the day, Council Bluffs Nonpareil and the Omaha World Hearld as soon as I was able. Read quite a few honing my Midwestern worldview. If I delivered your paper chances are I mowed your lawn and shoveled your snow when the grass was gone. I said a few speeches for the Optimist Club. Learned the Optimist Creed a compass I still use today. Speeches about energy, it’s past, present and future, birthed in the backseat of a powder blue rambler in the gas lines of the 1970’s.

Dad worked six days a week to keep everything covered, leaving one important piece to my mother. Come Sunday morning dad still in bed. She would walk my sister and me down to the corner church. They taught me about Spirit, Love, Faith and Forgiveness. Work ethic from my dad and Spirit from my mom. They are still together serving in that same church and living in the same home I grew up in. Did I mention no shower, no dishwasher, no garage…

I am a product the 80’s. Cast my first vote for Ronald Reagan. Started college and got my first “real job”. I attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha which I left early to pursue a career here in Kansas City.

I have now lived in Kansas City (Overland Park) longer than I lived in my hometown. After my internship with the pension administration firm I moved into independent practice aligning with firms big and small. Hung a few awards, helped a few people, learned to make the call.

Today you most likely find me sitting with a friend in my tree house (office), on my front patio in the morning sun crafting that one prefect sentence of an unfinished novel, on bleachers watching my daughters tossing some ball around, or happily and simply mowing my own lawn.

PRINCIPAL

Lawrence Hamtil has served clients in all aspects of financial services during his career, which started in 2002. In 2005, he joined Dennis Wallace of Fortune Financial Services, LLC, In 2008, Dennis and Lawrence made the decision to become fully independent by founding their own Registered Investment Advisory (RIA), Fortune Financial Advisors, LLC. His financial commentary has been referenced in Barron’s, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere. You can connect with Lawrence via email at lawrence.hamtil@fortuneadv.com.

PRINCIPAL

Stan has an extensive background in tax and accounting, including a 16-year career as an Internal Revenue Agent with the IRS and is still an instructor for the Becker CPA Exam Review Course.

When not sitting behind a desk, Stan, and his wife, both avid sports fans, enjoy traveling. Some of their favorite excursions include San Diego, Colorado Springs, Guam and Sicily. Stan is a proud veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Joint Task Force Katrina, and the trips overseas were part of his duty as a Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy Reserve.

PARTNER AND EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE

As a Partner and Executive Associate for Fortune Financial Advisors, I bring a background of 17 years in the Financial Industry. I started my career as an Operations Manager with a local financial firm that grew to managing over 100 Registered Representatives. This gave me the unique opportunity to work closely with a variety of clients.

At Fortune Financial Advisors, the close relationships built with our clients allows our team to help those clients define their life decisions and goals. With each of us having our own special style and approach, I feel is what sets us apart from other firms. I like to equate that becoming a client of Fortune Financial Advisors is like becoming a member of our family.