CHRIS CLAYTON

Chris is the co–founder of Cornerstone Financial in Mandeville, Louisiana. The firm is now approaching 30 years old has several hundred clients. Chris obtained his thorough business knowledge from his previous career as a manufacturing representative for a Fortune 500 company. He honed his client acquisition skills over the years and was responsible for bringing on 14 Fortune 500 companies as clients.

Cornerstone Financial offers the full spectrum of financial services to residents in the New Orleans area. Chris and his staff specialize in financial planning with an emphasis toward retirement planning. Their goal is to have all aspects of a client’s portfolio working in unison and, when that is achieved, they notice people almost always feel better about their financial future.

“Our clients say they trust us and that we give them peace of mind,” said Chris. “And that is the biggest measure of our success at Cornerstone Financial. Our clients must always come first.” Chris served on the Ohio National Financial Services field advisory board as marketing chair, vice chairman, and then president when Ohio National had 12,000 agents across the United States and Canada. For 14 years, he served as secretary and vice president for the Northlake Christian School Board, and was very involved in fundraising and enterprise development, including the building of a football field, second gymnasium and several new classrooms. Chris is an Eagle Scout and assumed a leadership position in the waterfront at Boy Scout camp with no incidents. He has been married for 36 years and has three grown children and two grandchildren.

Away from the office, he enjoys travel, open–water swimming, competitive masters and senior track and field, movies, and books.