Ryan holds a B.S. in business with degrees in finance and accounting from the Lumpkin School of Business at Eastern Illinois University and earned the financial planning certificate from DePaul University. He is a CFP® practitioner. Ryan serves as a member of the Fund Development Committee and as a volunteer at SecureFutures, as a committee member and volunteer at Economic Literacy Colorado, and as a committee member at the Colorado Planned Giving Roundtable. He is also a member of the Colorado Children’s Foundation.