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Dan Hill is now entering his twenty-fifth year in the financial service industry. He is a 1978 graduate of The College of William and Mary School of Business Administration. He holds the professional designation of Certified Financial Planner", and has his Series 65 and Life and Health Insurance licenses.

Dan has been awarded the Accredited Investment Fiduciary®(AIF®) designation from Fiduciary360 (fi360). The AIF® designation signifies knowledge of fiduciary responsibility and the ability to implement policies and procedures that meet a defined standard of care.

Dan, and his wife, Susan, reside in Williamsburg, VA. Both of their sons, Derek, and Brett and his wife Sarah and their one year old daughter Landon, live in Richmond, VA. Dan has been an active member of the community with his involvement in Youth League and American Legion Post 39 baseball as a coach for twenty-seven years.

Dan is an investment advisor representative of Hill Wealth Strategies, a state registered investment advisor, serving customers in Richmond, VA and surrounding communities. Dan's mission is to provide local families and businesses with innovative financial strategies, solutions and planning that can lead to financial clarity and security.

In any successful relationship, TRUST is essential. When looking for a financial advisor, you deserve to know how we operate so you can make an informed decision about working with us. Our Firm knows and understands the serious consequences that can happen when people receive biased advice. For this reason, Hill Wealth Strategies, was founded, to legally and ethically act in a fiduciary capacity providing unbiased advice.

As financial professionals, we are committed to helping people just like you create solutions for their retirement assets. Once we understand your risk tolerance, time horizon, and goals, we'll work to develop a program that carefully balances investment strategies with preserving principal. In today's economic environment brings challenges. But along with challenges come opportunities and potential rewards.

Founder + Senior Wealth Strategist Appaiah Ballachanda never considered becoming a financial advisor. However, the struggle of a frustrated family member upset that she couldn't find an advisor willing to help her, that made him wonder how many others were ignored, and how he could change that? Appaiah wants to help you pursue your dreams. Three things set Appaiah apart from other financial advisers: 1. Appaiah's life experiences informs his family-first, global perspective. His boundless optimism is born from his journey as an immigrant, at age 32, from a region ruled by corruption, bribery, and a disregard for human life to the United States, where opportunity is available for the taking. 2. Appaiah's broad professional experience informs his unique insights. 3. Helping others pursue their goals is Appaiah's life work. That purpose is why he opened Abacus Financial in Henrico, Virginia in 2015, and that's what inspires him build a team of like-minded financial professionals who establish strong, trusting relationships with the people who serve.

Over the years, we have found that a team approach can be an effective method to help clients who have a wide variety of needs as they maneuver through a complex financial services world.

As financial professionals, we are committed to helping people just like you create solutions for their retirement assets. Once we understand your risk tolerance, time horizon, and goals, we'll work to develop a program that carefully balances investment strategies with preserving principal.

Today's economic environment brings challenges. But along with challenges come opportunities and potential rewards. Our financial advisors work closely with our clients to evaluate those opportunities and reap those rewards.

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What if you didn't need to be ultra-wealthy for personal, top-to-bottom financial guidance and investment advice? Since 1986, we've helped millions of people get the ball rolling on their financial plans — with straightforward guidance built around their story and where they're headed next. Today, we're proud to be one of America's top independent investment advisory firms as ranked by Barron's (awarded September 2025, based on prior 12-month data through June 30), with nearly 1.24 million clients and more than $326 billion assets under management (as of December 31, 2025) — and prouder still of the trust clients place in us.

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