Christina Povenmire founded CMP Financial prior to merging with rebel Financial in 2022.  A long-time resident of Columbus, Ohio, she believes that comprehensive financial planning not only increases her clients’ wealth but helps them gain much-needed confidence and control over their future.

An enthusiastic educator, Christina has taught undergraduate and graduate-level financial planning at Franklin University, DeVry, and The Ohio State University’s Certified Financial Planning (CFP) certification program. Her affiliated professional organizations include The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, The Financial Planning Association, The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors, and the Fee-Only Network. She also sponsors health-related and financial planning workshops for her clients and friends. She enjoys speaking at various community adult education and non-profit events and she has published articles in The Columbus Dispatch, Business First, and other publications; has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal and quoted in the Chicago Tribune, Forbes and Huffington Post.

Christina loves mountain biking and being in nature, road biking and playing tennis. Living a healthy lifestyle is very important to her as she’s like to live a long life and be present to help her three 3 daughters and her clients for as long as possible.