Since entering the financial services industry in 2006, Ellis has focused on helping individuals, families and small businesses pursue their financial goals through a comprehensive planning process.
Ellis lives in Pawleys Island, SC with his wife Jan. They are the parents of adult twin sons Jacob and Michael. Ellis’ hobbies include fitness, golf, beachcombing and studying history and Christian Reformed Theology.
He is involved in charitable endeavors primarily by serving as a past board member for St. Christopher’s Children . This organization supplies clothing and orthodontic care to needy children in Georgetown County. He is also a Rotarian with the Pawleys Island Rotary Club where he previously served as Secretary and is a Paul Harris Fellow and Past President. He was awarded Rotarian of the Year for 2017-18. Currently, he serves on the board of Friendship Place, a Georgetown County Christian non-profit founded to alleviate and lift people out of poverty. This is done through meals, prayer, and life-coaching.
He is an active member of All Saints Church in Pawleys Island. Ellis is also a volunteer team member with Kairos Prison Ministry which disciples incarcerated individuals. He is an advisory Board Member to the Tidelands Pawleys Island YMCA.
He is also an avid supporter of the Harbor Historical Association and the South Carolina Maritime Museum in Georgetown SC.
He is motivated to provide honest, accurate advice in all life phases of financial planning. His fifteen-year involvement in his family's small business has given him a unique perspective in understanding the needs and issues of businesses and their employees.
Ellis holds the Series 7 & 66 securities registrations through LPL Financial. Ellis earned the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor designation from the College of Financial Planning in December 2012. In 1991, Ellis graduated from Wofford College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government.