William M. Leeb, CFP®
Senior Advisor - Partner, CEO, CCO
Bill began his career in financial planning in 1982, joining his dad, Howard, who had already been actively engaged in the business for more than 25 years. Bill often shares the story about his early start with investing, adding portions of his allowance to mutual funds at the tender age of six. Together, Bill and his dad created Financial Council in 1988, and today Bill is president of the firm.
Bill graduated from Towson University, earning degrees in economics and business administration with concentrations in finance and international business. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® Practitioner, a member of the Financial Planning Association, and he holds FINRA Series 6, 7, 22, 24, 63, and 65 securities registrations as a Registered Representative and Investment Adviser Representative of Commonwealth Financial Network®, Member FINRA and a Registered Investment Adviser.
Bill enjoys a long history of providing educational seminars on investment and financial planning issues to faculty and staff of Johns Hopkins University among other top-notch organizations in Maryland. As a registered principal of Commonwealth Financial Network, he is responsible for the supervision of all advisors at Financial Council.
Bill enjoys traveling and spending free time with his wife, Karen, their daughter, Laura and her family and their son, Ryan. Perhaps most precious are the moments spent with their granddaughter, Emerson, whom they visit with as much as possible. Though they enjoy all sorts of activities together, a particular joy for them is bonding with their Border Collie, Reagan and their Australian Shepherd, Koda.