Reliant Wealth Team
With a combined 60+ years of experience, our team partners with you to create your own, personalized road map for budgeting, saving, investing, and growth. As a team, our clients benefit from our various areas of expertise and perspectives. Together, with our like-minded interests, values and passions, we create a culture to make a difference in our clients' lives.
Kevin B. Cooley ChFC®, RICP®
Partner and Wealth Management Advisor
As your Wealth Management Advisor, Kevin will help prioritize your goals before developing a personalized financial plan. My team will make every effort to help you achieve financial security within both the protection and accumulation phases of your financial plan. We believe in a comprehensive planning approach, which includes a suite of tailored solutions for our clients.
Kevin entered the industry in 1990. He specializes in providing comprehensive financial and wealth management advice to individuals, business owners, physicians, and individuals near retirement.
Our financial team is dedicated to helping individuals and business owners achieve financial security within the protection, accumulation, retirement income, and estate planning phases of their personal and business financial plans. We believe in a comprehensive planning approach that includes a suite of tailored insurance and investment solutions for our clients.
Shane D Liggio CFP®, CPA, CLU®
Partner and Wealth Management Advisor
Shane has been in this industry, with Northwestern Mutual, since 1998. His background, of being a CPA, leads him to want to educate his clients and improve their financial security. He does this through thorough factfinding and helping his clients develop a financial plan for them to follow. He believes that “a vision, without a plan, is just a dream.”
Shane works with business owners and individuals to help guide them on their journey of financial independence. As our team is introduced to our clients, we will help them protect the people that are most important to them and introduce them to wealth management solutions that are specific to each one of their goals. Our goal is to provide a road map for our clients to follow through with financial planning. This team approach, helps our clients stay on track to meet their financial goals and dreams. We want to build lasting relationships with our clients. We believe that these relationships are built on trust and that these relationships will impact multiple generations for our clients’ families.
William Todd Blanchard MBA, ChFC®, RICP®
Partner and Wealth Management Advisor
Todd's goal as a Wealth Management Advisor is to empower his clients by aligning intentions with meaningful actions through proactive planning, to ensure they reduce economic vulnerability and build enough wealth to live their best lives, now and in the future. Todd's objective in working with his clients is to listen to their personal hopes and dreams in the financial realm, ranging from from helping to protect their business and family, to helping to ensure that retirement will become a reality. After learning about his clients and each of their unique financial situations, Todd works closely with them to develop and implement a comprehensive written financial plan. The goal in creating a written plan is to bring clarity to them that will help them achieve their financial ambitions. Throughout the planning process, Todd's goal is to develop long lasting relationships with his clients; to walk with them through life’s challenges and adventures in order to ensure that we remain on track to accomplish those objectives.
Nichole joined Reliant Wealth Management in April of 2023. Nichole is a graduate of McNeese State University earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting. She was previously employed in southwest Louisiana’s industry sector for more than 11 years in payroll and accounting.
Nichole resides in Moss Bluff with her husband Jared and two boys, Brantly and Brody. Nichole and her family love camping in Toledo Bend and spending time outdoors. She also enjoys being involved in her church and serving where needed to support her boys’ recreational sports.
As Director of Insurance Operations, she manages all life, disability, and long-term care insurance underwriting processes and billing. She is also responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the Reliant Wealth brand image that includes the use of digital marketing platforms and engaging in various channels to connect with our clients. Nichole’s kindheartedness shines as she seeks to connect busy, well-intended professionals that want to ensure financial security for their families and businesses with our Reliant Financial Advisors. Her outreach allows a partnership between our clients and advisors to create and implement tailored strategies leading to the financial outcomes that impact our clients’ lives.
Haydee joined Reliant Wealth Management in October of 2019. She was raised in Reeves, LA and now resides in Lake Charles with her husband, Eric. Haydee enjoys traveling, hiking, exercising, and everything outdoors and adventurous. As the Director of Investment Operations, she is responsible for scheduling appointments, office administration, and client service inquiries. She manages all of the investment servicing and onboarding. She is also responsible for drafting and updating personal financial plans.
Licenses
Louisiana Life & Health
Series 6 & 63: Mutual Funds and Variable Contracts