Mitchell C. Hockenbury
CFP®, MBA, RICP®, RSSA®
1440 Financial Partners
Financial Planner
Mitchell C. Hockenbury
CFP®, MBA, RICP®, RSSA®
1440 Financial Partners
Financial Planner
My passion is helping others achieve their goals. As a fee-only financial planner, my focus is to offer unbiased financial advice to help you achieve your life goals. - Mitchell C. Hockenbury, CFP®, MBA, RICP®, RSSA®
Fee-Only financial planner with offices in Kansas City and Omaha serving clients locally and across the country

Mitchell C Hockenbury is a fee-only financial planner with offices in Kansas City, MO and Omaha, NE serving clients locally and across the country. He meets face-to-face with individuals, families, and small business owners in Omaha and Kansas City. He aligns himself to his clients by taking the fiduciary oath and is never paid a commission of any kind. 1440 Financial Partners provides comprehensive financial planning, investment advice, retirement planning, budget assistance, and determining the optimal time to take Social Security benefits. Mitch has a passion for taking complex financial terms and explaining them in plain English so you can organize, grow and protect your assets.
Mitchell Hockenbury CFP® has a passion for helping others achieve their financial goals. He has the ability to translate complicated financial and investment strategies into plain English and works with individuals and families to create the plans to meet those goals. He began his career in financial planning while putting himself through college working at an online brokerage firm. Upon earning his undergraduate degree in Finance and Banking, he went to work as an investment adviser. He now holds an MBA, is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner, and a Retirement Income Certified Professional®
Mitchell is a career military man first enlisting in the Marine Corps and later being commissioned in the Army as an Infantry Officer. He has multiple combat tours as an Infantry Platoon Leader during the surge of Iraq, and later, as an Infantry Company Commander where he led the last fighting force out of Iraq in December of 2011. He has been awarded numerous medals and badges. During his entire military career, he has worked with hundreds of soldiers to help improve their financial well-being.
Mitchell C. Hockenbury is a Member of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors

The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) is a leading professional association of Fee-Only financial advisors - highly trained professionals who are committed to working in the best interests of those they serve.
NAPFA members live by three important values:
- To be the beacon for independent, objective financial advice for individuals and families.
- To be the champion of financial services delivered in the public interest.
- To be the standard bearer for the emerging profession of financial planning.
1440 Financial Partners assists individuals, business owners, and professionals in the financial planning process as well as investment management. We do this by partnering with our clients to determine their needs and goals.
Our hope is you will spend some time getting to know us through our website. We want you to learn a little about us, our philosophy, our services, and our pricing. We feel being open and honest up front is the right thing to do, and is how we would want to be treated. Additionally, we hope you will decide to reach out to us to set up an introductory meeting.
Fee-Only, Fiduciary, Independent: Three Important Criteria to Consider When Choosing a Financial Advisor.
Specialties
- Comprehensive Financial Planning
- Retirement Income Planning
- Investment Management
- College Education Planning
- Tax Planning
Ideal Clients
- Retirees and Near Retirees
- Growing Families
- Business Owners and Executives
- Sudden Money Situations
- Novice Investors
Working Together
- In-Office Meetings
- Virtual Meetings
- Clearly Defined Fees
- No Product Sales
- Complimentary Initial Consultation
Professional Designations & Affiliations
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Mitchell Hockenbury is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professional - Click for Verification
CFP® professionals are held to strict ethical standards to ensure financial planning recommendations are in your best interest. What’s more, a CFP® professional must acquire several years of experience related to delivering financial planning services to clients and pass the comprehensive CFP® Certification Exam before they can use the CFP® designation.
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Mitchell Hockenbury is a NAPFA-Registered Financial Advisor
The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) is a leading professional association of Fee-Only financial advisors—highly trained professionals who are committed to working in the best interests of those they serve.
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Mitchell Hockenbury is a member of the Garrett Planning Network. Click here to learn more.
Everyone needs competent, objective financial advice from time to time. The Garrett Planning Network has a nationwide membership with hundreds of independent, Fee-Only financial planners providing advice to people from all walks of life, without minimum account requirements, sales commissions, or long-term commitments. Our members proudly embrace their fiduciary duty, always placing their clients' best interests first.
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Mitchell C. Hockenbury is a Retirement Income Certified Professional® (RICP®)
A professional designation for experienced financial advisors and investment managers who have passed coursework to become experts in retirement income planning. A Retirement Income Certified Professional® helps retirees and near-retirees develop and implement a plan for managing the financial assets they have accumulated for retirement and a set realistic budget to help meet life goals.
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Mitchell C. Hockenbury is the Author of Tactical Influence: How I Countered an Insurgency with Words
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Mitchell C. Hockenbury is Regularly Quoted in the Media. View Media Mentions.
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Mitchell Hockenbury is Quoted in the New York Post: "Millions handle this ‘frightening’ financial issue all wrong"
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Mitchell Hockenbury is Quoted in MarketWatch: "15 money moves to make in 2019"
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Mitchell Hockenbury is Quoted in Forbes: "Balancing The High Cost Of Child Care And College Savings"
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Mitchell C. Hockenbury is Quoted on Barrons: "Here’s What 8 Different Emergencies Cost. You Probably Can’t Afford Them."
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Mitchell Hockenbury is Quoted in MarketWatch: "3 in 4 parents make this financially disastrous mistake"
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Mitchell Hockenbury is Quoted in MarketWatch: "5 things you can do right now to stop feeling so overwhelmed about money"
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Mitchell Hockenbury is Quoted in US News and World Report: "4 Things Not to Do When You're Drowning in Debt"
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Mitchell Hockenbury is Quoted in MarketWatch: "Want to slash your spending in half? Consider this."
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Mitchell Hockenbury is Quoted in Martha Stewart Weddings: "Do You Need a Wedding Planner and a Financial Planner?"
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Mitchell C. Hockenbury is an Author, Speaker, and Financial Planner
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Mitchell C. Hockenbury is Quoted in InvestmentNews: "Advisers wary of becoming gatekeepers to private markets"
Contact Mitchell C. Hockenbury
Office Locations:
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1201 NW Briarcliff Parkway
Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64116 -
12661 Scott St
Omaha, NE 68142