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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner19 years in industry

CAROLYN JEAN COOK

Advisor at WHAT ABOUT US FINANCIAL

BELLBROOK, OH

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 6:02 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 2, 2007 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: WHAT ABOUT US FINANCIAL
Current firm class: state registeredderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Mar 31, 2007earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 19derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 6derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: Mar 31, 2007
First registration: Apr 2, 2007
Dual registered: no
Other names: CAROLYN JEAN COOK|CAROLYN COOK BARNARD|CARRIE JEAN COOK|CAROLYN C BRAY|CARRIE BRAY|CAROLYN COOK BRAY
IAPD individual key: 5278356

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
WHAT ABOUT US FINANCIAL	State registered	Jan 6, 2020	n/a	yes	BELLBROOK, OH	Current employment
BUCKINGHAM FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Mar 27, 2015	Jan 6, 2020	no	DAYTON, OH	Previous registration
BUCKINGHAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Feb 23, 2012	Jan 6, 2020	no	DAYTON, OH	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Aug 17, 2009	Jan 4, 2012	no	MIAMISBURG, OH\|MIAMISBURG, OH	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Jun 6, 2008	Aug 21, 2009	no	MIAMISBURG, OH	Previous registration
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	Wirehouse	Apr 2, 2007	Jun 20, 2008	no	CENTERVILLE, OH	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
BUCKINGHAM FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	WHAT ABOUT US FINANCIAL	Jan 6, 2020	Jan 6, 2020	0	Firm change	Other
BUCKINGHAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.	BUCKINGHAM FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.	Jan 6, 2020	Mar 27, 2015	-1,746	Firm change after gap	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	BUCKINGHAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.	Jan 4, 2012	Feb 23, 2012	50	Firm change	Other
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Aug 21, 2009	Aug 17, 2009	-4	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Jun 20, 2008	Jun 6, 2008	-14	Firm change	Wirehouse to wirehouse

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
117984:117982:OH:2020-01-02	Jan 6, 2020	Mar 27, 2015	DAYTON, OH	Firm change after gap

Relationships

Registered with (6)

→ WHAT ABOUT US FINANCIALRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jan 6, 2020 to presentfactForm ADV
→ BUCKINGHAM FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 27, 2015 to Jan 6, 2020factForm ADV
→ BUCKINGHAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 23, 2012 to Jan 6, 2020factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 17, 2009 to Jan 4, 2012factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 6, 2008 to Aug 21, 2009factForm ADV
→ UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 2, 2007 to Jun 20, 2008factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.