Mark Wells
Chief Executive Officer and Principal
Member of the Board
With over 32 years of experience, Mark Wells is a veteran of the financial service and insurance industry. Mark's vast experience in all aspects of the industry, from being a co-founder of two major organizations, High Mark Securities and Amerishare, has positioned him to be one of the most knowledgeable people in the field. Mark brings to Amerity Financial leadership and management skills to run a solid business. While staying abreast of current financial industry conditions, he makes changes and maneuvers the company to anticipate the future. With a solid board of individuals, Mark's philosophy is to build a group of trusted financial professionals across the country.
Mark has been married for 40 years to his wonderful wife Sherry. Together, they have two sons, both married, and four grandsons and a granddaughter. For over 32 years he has served as an active member of his home church, Family Worship Center. In his free time Mark enjoys spending time with his family and riding his motorcycle.
Paul B. Holmes, Economist
Founder and Principal
Chairman of the Board
Paul earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics in 1986 from his home state at the University of Maine. As an Economist and the Founder of Amerity Financial in 1994, with over 30 years serving retirees in the financial services industry, Paul has overseen more than $200,000,000.00 of client's money to be safely invested. He became a member of the International Association of Financial Planning (IAFP) in 1995 and is recognized as a leader in the financial and insurance services industry.
He is a successful business man who began helping his clients make money and advising them to get retirement funds out of the stock market in early 2000 and again in the fall of 2007, warning of the coming crash of the real estate market. His message: protect your retirement savings, not to listen to the mainstream media and stay out of the Stock Market with funds earmarked for retirement. Safe and competitive alternatives exist.
Paul has spent more than 8,000 hours and over 4000 client meetings with Seniors and Baby Boomers throughout his 30-year career. He is an educator sharing some of the most insightful retirement planning strategies and recognized by numerous financial institutions as one of their top Financial Professionals.
With a reputation for being honest, caring and ethical he focuses on each clients unique circumstances to customize income planning, tax reduction and asset protection strategies.
Paul is part of a team of professionals that are responsible for the service and support offered by Amerity Financial. These responsibilities include the development, implementation and monitoring of retirement investment solutions forAmerity Financial clients. Paul also mentors other financial professionals in the areas of retirement planning, income planning and estate and tax planning strategies.