Our Team
John Thompson
John specializes in coordinating the financial care of clients, tax review and working with specialists inside the Firm as well as the clients’ other advisors. He started the Thompson Financial Group almost 25 years ago. John serves as a member of the team for portfolio allocation and selection for client portfolios.
John has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Kentucky.
John is married to Kim and they have two girls, Katie, and Elizabeth as well as a son Jack. John volunteers at Christ the King Church and he also enjoys hunting and spending time with family and friends.
Mike Thompson, CPA
Mike focuses on working with clients to create long-term, personalized financial plans. When the planning process is complete, Mike provides asset allocations to diversify risk for his clients. Mike has been a CPA for over 25 years and has over 20 years of financial planning and investment management experience. He has extensive experience as a tax preparer, has worked for a large regional bank as well as an international brokerage firm before moving to the independent arena to better serve his clients’ needs.
Mike has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Kentucky.
Mike is married to Melody and they have twin boys Chris and Andy. Mike also enjoys golf and working on the family farm.
George D. Pierce, MBA, CPA, CFP®
George helps everyday people solve their financial problems and reach their most important life goals. He founded Pierce Financial Planning to provide sound, straightforward and unbiased financial planning, and advice to people from all walks of life. George has been a CPA for over 30 years and a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner since 1991. He has advised individuals, business owners and employees on a wide range of financial issues including taxes, investments, IRAs and qualified retirement plans, employee stock options, college financial aid, employee benefits and insurance.
After advising affluent clients as a bank trust officer, in May 1991 George decided to change his focus and help people of more modest means. His goal was to make a real difference in peoples’ lives and not merely add another percentage point to a client’s portfolio. To facilitate his ability to reach and help people from all walks of life and income brackets, in June 2001 George joined The Garrett Planning Network (GPN), a nationwide network of like-minded, fee-only planners. Following the GPN model, George provides as-needed, hourly Fee-Only Financial Planning and Advice for Every Day Life™ to middle-income Americans.
James A. (Jim) Smith, MBA, CFP®
James A. (Jim) Smith, MBA, CFP®, has a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a Master’s of Business Administration from the University of Kentucky. He has earned the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation and is a registered investment advisor.
Jim has over 25 years’ experience in financial planning and tax preparation. He has assisted individual clients in investments, tax planning, retirement planning, and estate management.
Jim has also served a variety of business clients with start- ups, accounting and payroll and has extensive experience in tax preparation in individual, business, estate and trusts.
His philosophy throughout his career has been to learn his clients’ goals and to team with the them to develop practical efficient strategies to realize those goals.
Jim moved frequently in his younger years but his family eventually settled in Middlesboro, KY which he claims as his hometown. Jim and his wife, Beverly, enjoy traveling and following UK athletics.
Linda Hume
Linda primarily concentrates on tax, bookkeeping and payroll services for our clients. She retired from state government with 30 plus years of experience in finance and administration. She has an extensive background in preparing financial statements, budgets and annual audits.
Linda has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Kentucky.
Linda is married to Dave and they have two children, Ben and Sara. While working part time, Linda enjoys her semi-retirement reading and playing golf.