Episode 21: Travis Dauchy, Vicky Oakes, and Bryan Rendzio
On today’s show, we have Travis Dauchy with Atlas Wealth Advisors talking about college savings plans and their benefits not only as an obvious way to help your children pay for the rising costs of college, but these tools can also be used by grandparents as a way to gift money to grandchildren and save tax dollars! Did you know that as a grandparent, you can open a 529 plan and name your grandchild as the beneficiary? Travis talks extensively about various tools to reduce tax burden later in life by planning NOW. If you’d like to reach out to Travis for more information or to set up an appointment, you can call him at 904-244-9568 or email tdauchy@atlaspw.com
Bryan Rendzio, mediator at Ansbacher Law and former St. Johns County judge, joins the show to talk about mediation and the goals each party needs to have going into a mediation. According to Bryan, “There's a continuum between happy and unhappy and that's content. I'm not a fan of telling anyone that if you both leave unhappy, it was good mediation. I think if you leave content, it was a good mediation.” Bryan also talks about his time as a judge and his involvement with the Betty Griffin Center, a nonprofit helping survivors of domestic and sexual violence. If you’d like to get in touch with Bryan, call his office, 904-428-4833. If you would like to know more about the Betty Griffin Center, go to their website, www.bettygriffincenter.org.
Vicky Oakes, Supervisor of Elections, joins the show and shares valuable information about voting in the important elections this year! We talk about the three different ways to vote and we dig into voting by mail! Did you know that the elections office open up several meetings and the public is allowed to observe the opening and counting of vote-by-mail ballots. We even talk through accommodating voters with disabilities as well as voting security. If you want to know more, reach out to the supervisor of elections office by visiting their website, www.votesjc.gov.
