P. Alison Fleming leads Lumena Financial Strategies with a commitment to long-term client relationships, thoughtful financial planning, and building a team designed to serve families across generations.
P. Alison Fleming (first name Patricia) is the President of Lumena Financial Strategies and has been a Financial Advisor since 1989. She began her career as a financial advisor with Waddell & Reed, which was acquired by LPL Financial in 2021.
For twenty years of her career, in addition to working with her own clients, she managed, trained, and mentored advisors for the company while serving as Managing Principal of the Torrance Division office. Her deep belief in the financial planning process and her desire to work one-on-one with clients led her to a crossroads in 2012. As the Division grew, management responsibilities began to detract from her ability to impact clients & lives directly.
After careful consideration, she decided to leave the Managing Principal position and return to her financial planning roots, transitioning back into the role of Financial Advisor, where she joined a close friend and colleague, Elizabeth Ruch, in San Diego. Elizabeth was approaching retirement, so the timing of the move was perfect, providing a smooth transition for clients with the continuity of service and experience that they deserved.
As a manager, Alison developed and maintained close relationships with many of the advisors she hired over the years. Two of those advisors, Walter Fletcher and Michael Warkentin, asked her take care of their clients like she had done for Elizabeth. With Walter’s retirement and Michael’s unfortunate passing, she and her team have been able to provide the service and support for clients both locally and across the country.
Although Alison now lives in the San Diego area, she also serves clients with an additional location in San Pedro, CA. Her team is structured to be able to easily coordinate between locations as well as providing remote meeting capability and full-time support.
For the past six years, she has served on the San Diego Police Foundation’s Women in Blue Executive Cabinet, which recognizes the achievements of female leaders within the public safety sector and raises funds for scholarships and department needs not covered by the city budget.
Alison is a Paul Harris Fellow and a long-time member of Rotary. She has served on boards and committees of several organizations over the years and firmly believes in the Rotary motto "Service Above Self" and the Lumena motto "Be a Long-Term Thinker, Not a Short-Term Worrier."
Alison holds a Bachelor's degree in Speech Communication from California State University, Long Beach, and has been a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner since 1996.
Alison believes financial planning is most effective when it is grounded in long-term relationships, thoughtful decision-making, and a commitment to serving clients through every season of life. Those principles continue to guide both her work and the culture of Lumena Financial Strategies.
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Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. (CFP Board) owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, CFP® (with plaque design), and CFP® (with flame design) in the U.S., which it authorizes use of by individuals who successfully complete CFP Board's initial and ongoing certification requirements.
09/19