Our Qualifications

John Steele, CFP^®, CRC^®,  CRPC, ChFEBC

John Steele, CFP^®, CRC^®,  CRPC, ChFEBC  is president of The Retirement Planners.  Mr. Steele has more than 27 years experience in advising people about personal money management, investing, estate planning, and retirement planning.

John Steele retired as a Chief Data Processing Technician from the Navy in 1985.  He then graduated from the College of Financial Planning in Denver, Colorado, and holds the designations of Certified Financial Planner(TM) and Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor.  Mr. Steele is a Registered Representative, a General Securities Broker, a General Securities Registered Principal, a Registered Investment Advisor, an Office of Supervisory Jurisdiction supervising in Kansas City, Missouri, and St. Clair, Missouri, and a licensed Life and Health Insurance Agent.

Danny Steele, RFC, VP Marketing

Danny Steele  joined the Retirement planners as a registered representative after leaving the industry for a few years.

Danny Steele is a retired Illinois School Superintendent currently licensed in the State of Florida as a Public School Administrator, Public School Teacher, Registered Representative, Investment Advisor Representative and a licensed Life, Variable Annuity and Health Insurance Agent. 

Danny served 8 years in the Navy as a Data Systems Technician before working in the careers of Financial Services and Education.