Our Firm
Our Firm
What is Guiding Light Financial?
Guiding Light Financial, LLC is a holistic and comprehensive financial services firm whose main office is located in Milford, PA. We also meet with clients in Scranton, PA, Williamsburg, VA, and over the internet via web-conference. Guiding Light Financial was formed to provide its' clients with services and solutions pertaining to their financial planning needs, in particular, investments, insurance, and asset management. Guiding Light Financial is an independent financial services firm and does not provide any proprietary products. As a result of our independence, we have the unique ability when formulating a plan for our clients to select the best solutions and products available today to help our clients reach their goals and objectives. We have no allegiance to any product providers, market makers, or investment banks nor are we limited in choice as we construct our clients' portfolios. Therefore, we are able to provide recommendations and advice that are given in a completely unbiased nature.
We seek to develop and maintain long-term relationships with the people and families that we work with. Our ultimate goal is to provide our clients with a comprehensive resource for ALL areas relating to their finances. The very best compliment we can and do receive is a referral from one of our clients. We are in a business where trust and confidence are highly regarded. Every day we work to earn the trust and confidence our clients have placed in us. That is why we are able to provide you with the peace of mind and confidence that, together, we can achieve the goals and dreams that you have for yourself and the ones you love most.
Meet Our Team
George Steward Siracuse
President
570-296-9225
georgesteward@glightfinancial.com
George Steward Siracuse is a Financial Planner and the President of Guiding Light Financial, LLC. George is a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor, CRPC® through The College for Financial Planning and graduated from the Villanova School of Business as a Finance Major and Real Estate Minor. At Villanova George was a member of the Fixed Income Society & Real Estate Development Team. Additionally, he also played Division I FCS Football and was a member of the 2009 National Championship Team. Professionally, George started his career in financial services in 2010 as a Trading & Operations Assistant for Wunderlich Securities' Fixed Income Trading Floor in Manhattan. While at Wunderlich he completed his general securities registration licensing. In 2013 George decided to join his father at Strategic Financial Planners to pursue a career in Financial Planning; a career in which he can assist individuals, families, professionals, and small business owners to attain their financial goals. George Steward is insurance licensed, a Registered Representative, an Investment Adviser Representative, and a Registered Securities Principal of Centaurus Financial, Inc.
George is married to his lovely wife Erin, with whom he has four kids, George Richard, Theodore Moses, Lucia Saoirse, and Thomas Apollos. George is active in his church and community and enjoys fishing, hunting, golf, and college football.
Michele Polanis
Registered Assistant
570-468-1366
Invest@StrategicFinancialPlanners.com
Michele has been with the firm since 1998. She is securities registered and insurance licensed. Her main function with the firm is to act as client liaison, which involves tracking clients' flow of business, answering questions regarding statements and paperwork and processing client requests. Michele is also responsible for updating and maintaining client files, coordinating all scheduling and office communications, as well as office bookkeeping.
Michele is involved with a number of community and school organizations. She is a lifelong resident of Pike County, where she resides with her husband Gary and their children.
Tim McNeely
Insurance Specialist
570-468-1366
Guiding Light Financial’s Insurance Specialist, Tim has over thirty years of group insurance experience largely with two major carriers, MetLife and Prudential Financial, where he achieved National Sales Leader status at both companies. While group insurance success and special recognition from working with large corporations was certainly rewarding, Tim will tell you the most enjoyable part of his career was each time he had the opportunity to sit one-on-one with the employees who really needed the insurance protection, listen to their unique circumstances and provide them the necessary information to help reach informed, suitable decisions. To this end, he is happy to once again get back to those roots as part of the Guiding Light Financial family. The youngest of ten children, he was born in Huntington, NY and is now nearly a thirty year resident of Milford, PA where he and his wife (also of thirty years) Ellen have raised four children of their own… putting three through college with one more in tow. Clearly, Tim’s professional and personal background has given him a special understanding and appreciation of the value and importance of insurance protection as an integral part of prudent financial planning.
Tim currently holds Life, Health and Property & Casualty licenses. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from Providence College in Rhode Island and studied abroad in Rome, Italy at Loyola University of Chicago. He is an active member of his church and community and enjoys fishing, golf and spending time with his family.