William E. Eastburn, CFP^®, ChFEBC^SM

Financial Planner

A resident of Newport News since 1966, Bill attended the University of Virginia, and graduated from Christopher Newport University in 1984 with a BA in International Culture and Commerce, minoring in Economics.

Bill has undertaken extensive education in financial planning and investments, culminating with his achieving the CFP® certification in 2012 and then his ChFEBC^SM in 2019.

Additionally, Bill served as Vice-Chairman and Trustee for the Newport News Employee Retirement Fund for over 4 years. He is also a former member of the Board of Trustees for the Virginia 529 Plan.

Although Bill has volunteered in many capacities, and for different organizations over the years, his longest-running commitment has been to serve as a Sponsor for the International Maritime Officers' Program (IMOC) at the Yorktown US Coast Guard base for over 20 years. In this role, he's acted as a sponsor for over 50 foreign naval officers attending the course.

Bill is also an active member of the Sister Cities of Newport News organization.

Bill is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional and has been serving clients' investment, insurance, and financial planning needs since 1995. He focuses on helping high net worth individuals and families with comprehensive investment, insurance and estate planning strategies. Additionally, he has over 20 years' experience in working with civil service and government contract employees to plan for both before and during retirement.

Previously, he worked at Nations Securities, a division of Nations Bank, predecessor to Bank of America and at Langley Federal Credit Union.