Jason Heller, Ph.D., CFP®, CIMA®, MSFS, RICP®, ChFC®, CLU®, CAP®, CMFC®, AAMS®, CRPC®, CFS®, FSCP®, AWMA®, CRPS®, BCAA, AEP®, CFBS®, CDFA®, RMA®, CIS®, CAS®, CES®, AIF®, BFA™, APMA®, CFEd®, ChSNC®, AFC®, WMCP™, LACP®, CPFA®, C(k)P®
Director of Planning Solutions Group
As the Head of Coastal Wealth’s Planning Solutions Group, a Division of Coastal Wealth, Dr. Jason Heller plays a critical role at Coastal Wealth, leading a professional team of para-planners, product line specialists, financial planners and advance market professionals, who work together to help you make informed decisions that can help maximize your client relationships. Jason’s experience includes the development and implementation of strategies to help clients achieve their goals of growing, preserving and transferring their wealth.
Prior to joining our firm, Dr. Heller worked as an Investment Specialist at MassMutual South Florida and Guardian Life Insurance after managing his own private practice for several years. In 2007, Guardian named Jason their National Investment Specialist of the year. Jason is a lifetime qualifying member of the Million Dollar Round Table and a qualifying member of the Court of the Table in years 2010/12/14/15/16/17/18/19/20 and 2021. Jason has qualified for Top of the Table once (2021).
Dr. Heller is not only a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professional (CFP®), he has earned thirty industry designations, including the Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA®), a designation given jointly by the Wharton School of Business and the Investments & Wealth Institute, along with the Retirement Income Certified Planner (RICP). Jason has received his Ph.D. from the American College (’20) in financial and retirement planning. He also has two Masters degrees in Financial Services from the Institute of Business & Finance (’05) and the American College (’16).
Jason graduated from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, where he also played college basketball. He is an avid University of Miami athletics fan. Jason is married to Jessica, a third-generation Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) agent. They live in Ft. Lauderdale with their two children, Cameran and Jackson. A conservative financial planner by training, Jason’s motto is “I would rather lose a little opportunity than lose actual dollars.”