Greetings to our current and prospective Chapter Members and welcome to the American Financial Education Alliance (AFEA) chapter website for Topeka, KS #4859!

As an IRS approved, 501(c)(3) NonProfit Organization, our mission is to empower Americans to take control of their finances by providing local communities with objective financial education. It is our pleasure to educate our local communities and share how AFEA works to provide all Americans the education and experience they need to enhance their financial understanding and management.

AFEA specializes in providing high-level financial education classes and events at establishments of all types:

Libraries  ♦  Universities, Colleges, Junior Colleges  ♦  Businesses  ♦  Nonprofit and Fundraising Organizations

Class offerings include:

A Guide to 401k Rollovers  ♦ The ABCD’s of Medicare ♦  Advanced Estate Planning ♦ An Introduction to Annuities  ♦ Business Continuation Planning ♦ College Planning ♦ The Essentials of Estate Planning  ♦ Financial Planning Basics ♦ Investing for Women ♦ IRAs, Annuities, and Other Sources of Retirement Income  ♦ Living a Tax-Free Retirement ♦ Most Common Financial Mistakes ♦ Myths and Facts About Annuities ♦ Planning for Long-Term Care  ♦ Retirement Basics ♦ Retirement Income Planning ♦ Roth IRA Conversions ♦ Safe Money Principles of Retirement Planning ♦ Social Security Benefit Options  ♦ Special Needs Planning ♦ Understanding Your IRA ♦ Understanding Your Roth IRA ♦ Variable Annuities ♦ Women and Money ♦ Your Employee-Sponsored Retirement Plan

We invite you to attend our local workshops and become an active member by participating in our educational events throughout the community.

Thank you for visiting your local Chapter’s website; we look forward to seeing you in a class soon!

As an investment advisor representative of RetireWise Tax and Wealth Advisors, Inc., and an insurance professional, Jon serves his clients in a fiduciary capacity, always working in their best interest. Jon has over 10 years of experience in the financial services profession helping his clients make educated decisions while working together to develop proactive and tax-efficient approaches to their finances. He is partners with his father, Jeff Vogel, who began in the profession in 1986, and has benefited tremendously from his father’s knowledge and experience. Jeff founded RetireWise in 1996, and Jon is now partners with him in their firm located in Topeka, KS. Jon, Jeff, and the RetireWise team are passionate about educating their clients in the 5 Worlds of Wealth: income, investments, taxes, healthcare/protection, and estate/legacy planning. He also loves giving back to the community through avenues such as serving as the AFEA Chapter President and offering educational classes to the public.

Jon began work with Jeff while in college and continued afterwards until he felt called to attend seminary, and to begin YoungLife, a Christian outreach organization, on Washburn University’s campus. His heart for ministry carried directly over to his profession in personal finances in helping clients understand what it is they really want out of the third chapter of their life.

Jon takes time to get to know his clients, along with their hopes and dreams. From there strategies are developed to go live them out. He loves to tell them after crafting these strategies together, “Now stop worrying, and start living, we’ve got this.” Much of what he loves in his work is the continued relationship with his clients in helping them stay on the Path of More, by regularly getting together for updates and monthly educational workshops in the RetireWise events room in their office. RetireWise has a wonderful community of clients who enjoy being around each other and sharing life together.

In his free time, Jon loves being with his wife, Brittney, and their son and daughter, Forest and Marley. He loves coaching Forest and Marley’s soccer teams and simply being outdoors enjoying God’s creation. When time allows, he enjoys hiking 14ers in Colorado. He is actively involved in his church, Fellowship Bible Church, and in supporting ministries such as YoungLife and Trash Mountain.