Jordan Spencer, CFP® is the Founder and Financial Planner at Vox Financial Planning in Edmond, OK.

Spent my life up through my twenties in politics, working in campaigns coast to coast – I even resided in Las Vegas for a spell. At some point, my old political party went a little cuckoo (understatement). I just couldn’t do it any longer.

During this period I was dabbling in financial planning. And I remembered details from childhood, how I was mesmerized by the latest stock prices in the newspaper, or couldn’t quite comprehend how taxes worked (“Who’s FICA. Why is he getting all my money?”).

Doing meaningful work mattered to me and financial planning became my path. After starting in the business years ago, I stumbled into a few clients who called themselves “general counsels” or “in-house attorneys” and loved them. They were smart, good people, who were trying to see around corners for their clients, just like I was trying to do for them. It was fun to work together. Thus, Vox was born!

Other tidbits? Oh gosh…

I’m an Okie by birth and temperament: when a tornado is coming at your house, it’s not that crazy to go out back and watch it. Promise. I earned my Eagle Scout in my teens (ask me about my Eagle Project). Went to a small liberal arts college out East (Patrick Henry College). I met my lovely wife, Anne, in our high school years but we didn’t start dating until after college. I saw her on facebook and thought “oh, she’s still cute. We should talk.” We did talk, and married in 2015. She’s still just as cute :) She is the best medical speech pathologist around.

A year into our marriage, we welcomed a little rescue dog into our lives – Lollie Belle Spencer. I wasn’t raised with small dogs so I can’t say this about all of them, but she is my kind of little dog. How can such a tiny animal hold such sway over your heart?

I am a yuuuuuge fan of OU football. I live out of Field Notes (ask me about this too! Their National Park Series is a work of art in your pocket). Words matter to me. I love a good turn of phrase and wish I could write half as well as those I enjoy. Non-fiction is by far more fun to read than fiction, in my opinion, but I’m also a numbers and taxes dude, so sip on that one slowly. I am endlessly fascinated by these creatures called human beings and all the ways they show themselves: in standup comedy, distilling bourbon, or in a sonnet. I believe deeply that Love is our origin and our destination. I am grateful to exist. And if our paths ever cross, I look forward to meeting your existence too :)