Blake McKibbin, JD, ChFC® CLU®
Director, Wealth Strategist
Blake McKibbin is the Wealth and Estate Strategist at Composition Wealth. Blake serves as a resource to Composition Wealth, their clients, and their clients’ attorneys and accountants in developing wealth transfer strategies for high-net-worth families in the areas of estate planning, lifetime giving, charitable giving, and business sale/business succession planning. In this role, Blake partners with financial advisors to meet individual clients and their attorneys and/or accountants, as well as present at educational seminars.
For 17 years before joining Composition Wealth, Blake has served in several roles in the financial services industry. Most recently Blake served as Director of Advanced Planning at Parcion Private Wealth, in Bellevue, WA; served as Wealth Strategist at RBC based out of the Des Moines, IA office; as President of Syverson Strege and Company in Des Moines, IA; as an Estate and Trust Specialist at Merrill Lynch based out of the Houston, TX office; and as the VP of Advanced Markets at Farm Bureau Financial Services in Des Moines, IA.
Blake received his Juris Doctorate from Drake University Law School and his Bachelor of Science from the University of Utah. Blake maintains his license to practice law in three states (however, in his role at Composition Wealth he does not engage in the practice of law), has attained the ChFC and CLU designations.
- Active Licenses: Series 65
- Licenses previously maintained (not active): Series 6, 7, 26, and 63
- Holds the ChFC and CLU designations
Fun Facts:
- Family consists of wife Betsy, son Louis, daughter Orlynn, a giant Irish Wolfhound named Barnaby, and two cats named Pearl and Lloyd
- Worked at the Olympic Village during the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics . . . among other odd jobs in his formative years
- A native of the prairies of Central Iowa; but has always been drawn to the mountains and ocean. His family now resides on Bainbridge Island, WA which serves as a perfect jumping-off point for them to pursue their active outdoors lifestyle.