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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)13 years in industry

JOSHUA BLAIR SCHMALZ

Advisor at FOUNDERS FINANCIAL ALLIANCE, LLC

Wheeling, WV

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Relationships: 3
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jun 2, 2014 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

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Current firm: FOUNDERS FINANCIAL ALLIANCE, LLC
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Feb 6, 2013earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 13derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 5derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 2
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Feb 6, 2013
First registration: Jun 2, 2014
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 6005207

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
FOUNDERS FINANCIAL ALLIANCE, LLC	Independent wealth	Apr 26, 2021	n/a	yes	Wheeling, WV	Current employment
WESBANCO SECURITIES, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Oct 24, 2014	May 11, 2021	no	ST CLAIRSVILLE, OH\|st clairsville, OH\|Parkersburg, WV\|Vienna, WV\|BARNESVILLE, OH\|PARKERSBURG, WV\|RAVENSWOOD, WV\|WHEELING, WV\|CHARLESTON, WV\|Mineral Wells, WV	Previous registration
HUNTINGTON FINANCIAL ADVISORS	Bd affiliated wealth	Jun 2, 2014	Nov 3, 2014	no	WHEELING, WV\|SHADYSIDE, 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
WESBANCO SECURITIES, INC.	FOUNDERS FINANCIAL ALLIANCE, LLC	May 11, 2021	Apr 26, 2021	-15	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
HUNTINGTON FINANCIAL ADVISORS	WESBANCO SECURITIES, INC.	Nov 3, 2014	Oct 24, 2014	-10	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ FOUNDERS FINANCIAL ALLIANCE, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 26, 2021 to presentfactForm ADV
→ WESBANCO SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 24, 2014 to May 11, 2021factForm ADV
→ HUNTINGTON FINANCIAL ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 2, 2014 to Nov 3, 2014factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:1052d3a8-a8ff-fe10-8b16-eac6f2892011
First observed: Jun 2, 2014
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 6 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

JOSHUA BLAIR SCHMALZ

Advisor at FOUNDERS FINANCIAL ALLIANCE, LLC

Wheeling, WV

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Search this name across graphsid dfx:ria:1052d3a8-a8ff-fe10-8b16-eac6f2892011

Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 5:25 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

FOUNDERS FINANCIAL ALLIANCE, LLC

Independent wealth

Apr 26, 2021

n/a

yes

Wheeling, WV

Current employment

WESBANCO SECURITIES, INC.

Bd affiliated wealth

Oct 24, 2014

May 11, 2021

Previous registration

HUNTINGTON FINANCIAL ADVISORS

Bd affiliated wealth

Jun 2, 2014

Nov 3, 2014

WHEELING, WV|SHADYSIDE, OH

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

WESBANCO SECURITIES, INC.

FOUNDERS FINANCIAL ALLIANCE, LLC

May 11, 2021

Apr 26, 2021

-15

Firm change

Ibd to RIA

HUNTINGTON FINANCIAL ADVISORS

WESBANCO SECURITIES, INC.

Nov 3, 2014

Oct 24, 2014

-10

Firm change

Other