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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner31 years in industry

CHERYL WEST LANGSTON

Advisor at EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES

ASHBURN, VA | RALEIGH, NC

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 12:37 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 7, 2009 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES
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: Nov 1, 1994earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 31derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 3
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66|S65|S63
First exam: Nov 1, 1994
First registration: Dec 7, 2009
Dual registered: no
Other names: CHERYL WEST LANGSTON|CHERYL DAWN WEST|CHERIE WEST
IAPD individual key: 2552890

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
EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES	Independent wealth	Oct 11, 2022	n/a	yes	RALEIGH, NC\|ASHBURN, VA	Current employment
WEST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Independent wealth	Oct 11, 2019	Sep 23, 2022	no	MCLEAN, VA	Previous registration
BB&T SECURITIES, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jan 2, 2018	Oct 4, 2019	no	MCLEAN, VA\|CHARLOTTE, NC\|STERLING, VA	Previous registration
BB&T INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Jun 19, 2017	Jan 2, 2018	no	CHARLOTTE, NC\|STERLING, VA	Previous registration
USAA FINANCIAL PLANNING SERVICES	Former SEC adviser	Aug 2, 2012	Jun 13, 2017	no	VIENNA, VA	Previous registration
BB&T INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Dec 7, 2009	Jul 9, 2012	no	CHARLOTTE, NC\|PINEHURST, NC	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
WEST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES	Sep 23, 2022	Oct 11, 2022	18	Firm change	RIA to RIA
BB&T SECURITIES, LLC	WEST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.	Oct 4, 2019	Oct 11, 2019	7	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
BB&T INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	BB&T SECURITIES, LLC	Jan 2, 2018	Jan 2, 2018	0	Bulk transfer	Other
USAA FINANCIAL PLANNING SERVICES	BB&T INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	Jun 13, 2017	Jun 19, 2017	6	Firm change	Other
BB&T INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.	USAA FINANCIAL PLANNING SERVICES	Jul 9, 2012	Aug 2, 2012	24	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINESRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 11, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ WEST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 11, 2019 to Sep 23, 2022factForm ADV
→ BB&T SECURITIES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 2, 2018 to Oct 4, 2019factForm ADV
→ BB&T INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 19, 2017 to Jan 2, 2018factForm ADV
→ USAA FINANCIAL PLANNING SERVICESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 2, 2012 to Jun 13, 2017factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Sep 23, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Cheryl West Langston left West Financial Services, Inc. for Edelman Financial Engines (registered 2022-10-11)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago