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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)39 years in industry

Mark Alan Ledson

Advisor at EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO | HOUSTON, TX

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 6:42 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 6, 2009 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Mar 20, 1987earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 39derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66|S63
First exam: Mar 20, 1987
First registration: Jan 6, 2009
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 1474605

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
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 15, 2023	n/a	yes	GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO\|HOUSTON, TX	Current employment
JCN FINANCIAL & TAX ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Independent wealth	Jul 15, 2022	Aug 22, 2023	no	Houston, TX\|BATON ROUGE, LA	Previous registration
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jun 3, 2019	May 16, 2022	no	GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO\|HOUSTON, TX	Previous registration
WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jun 22, 2011	May 6, 2019	no	PLYMOUTH, MN	Previous registration
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Feb 11, 2011	May 19, 2011	no	PLYMOUTH, MN\|CEDAR RAPIDS, IA\|HOUSTON, TX	Previous registration
THRIVENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 6, 2009	Jul 13, 2009	no	Little Rock, AR\|Rochester, MN\|MINNEAPOLIS, MN	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
JCN FINANCIAL & TAX ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Aug 22, 2023	Sep 15, 2023	24	Firm change	RIA to ibd
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	JCN FINANCIAL & TAX ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	May 16, 2022	Jul 15, 2022	60	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	May 6, 2019	Jun 3, 2019	28	Firm change	Other
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	May 19, 2011	Jun 22, 2011	34	Firm change	Other
THRIVENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC.	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Jul 13, 2009	Feb 11, 2011	578	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 3, 2019 to May 16, 2022factForm ADV
→ JCN FINANCIAL & TAX ADVISORY GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 15, 2022 to Aug 22, 2023factForm ADV
→ WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 22, 2011 to May 6, 2019factForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 11, 2011 to May 19, 2011factForm ADV
→ THRIVENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 6, 2009 to Jul 13, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Aug 22, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Mark Alan Ledson left Jcn Financial & Tax Advisory Group, Llc for Empower Advisory Group, Llc (registered 2023-09-15)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
May 16, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Mark Alan Ledson left Empower Advisory Group, Llc for Jcn Financial & Tax Advisory Group, Llc (registered 2022-07-15)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago