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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)16 years in industry

STEVEN JOHN WOODRUFF

Advisor at VENTURE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

West Chester, PA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 11:19 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 7
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 3, 2010 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: VENTURE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC
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: Apr 20, 2010earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 16derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 6
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: Apr 20, 2010
First registration: Dec 3, 2010
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: STEVEN WOODRUFF|STEVEN JOHN WOODRUFF|STEVEN JOHN WOODRUFF|STEVEN JOHN WOODRUFF|STEVEN JOHN WOODRUFF JR
IAPD individual key: 5771338

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
VENTURE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	State registered	Sep 25, 2025	n/a	yes	West Chester, PA	Current employment
IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC	Independent wealth	Oct 7, 2024	Aug 7, 2025	no	CHARLOTTE, NC\|West Chester, PA	Previous registration
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	National bd RIA	May 31, 2019	Jul 10, 2023	no	Wayne, PA	Previous registration
FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	Former SEC adviser	Jul 13, 2018	Apr 25, 2019	no	BOSTON, MA	Previous registration
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	National bd RIA	Jun 24, 2014	Jul 13, 2018	no	KING OF PRUSSIA, PA	Previous registration
NEWSQUARE CAPITAL, LLC	Independent wealth	Sep 17, 2013	Sep 16, 2014	no	NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA	Previous registration
NEW ENGLAND SECURITIES CORPORATION	Former SEC adviser	Dec 3, 2010	Jun 13, 2014	no	NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA	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
IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC	VENTURE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Aug 7, 2025	Sep 25, 2025	49	Firm change	RIA to state RIA
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLC	Jul 10, 2023	Oct 7, 2024	455	Firm change after gap	Ibd to ibd
FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	Apr 25, 2019	May 31, 2019	36	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	Jul 13, 2018	Jul 13, 2018	0	Bulk transfer	Ibd to new firm
NEWSQUARE CAPITAL, LLC	STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	Sep 16, 2014	Jun 24, 2014	-84	Firm change after gap	Other
NEW ENGLAND SECURITIES CORPORATION	NEWSQUARE CAPITAL, LLC	Jun 13, 2014	Sep 17, 2013	-269	Firm change after gap	Other

Team moves

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

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
288590:5393:MA:2019-04-17	Apr 25, 2019	May 31, 2019	BOSTON, MA	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (7)

→ VENTURE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Sep 25, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ IP FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 7, 2024 to Aug 7, 2025factForm ADV
→ CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 31, 2019 to Jul 10, 2023factForm ADV
→ FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 13, 2018 to Apr 25, 2019factForm ADV
→ STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 24, 2014 to Jul 13, 2018factForm ADV
→ NEWSQUARE CAPITAL, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 17, 2013 to Sep 16, 2014factForm ADV
→ NEW ENGLAND SECURITIES CORPORATIONRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 3, 2010 to Jun 13, 2014factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Aug 7, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Steven John Woodruff left Ip Financial Advisory Services Llc for Venture Financial Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-09-25)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Jul 10, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Steven John Woodruff left Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. for Ip Financial Advisory Services Llc (registered 2024-10-07)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago