Bryan Bradford - Financial Planner

Bryan Bradford has spent more than 30 years helping Brighton and Livingston County families build financial confidence. In 2025, the community recognized that commitment by voting him Best Financial Advisor in the Livingston County Community Choice Awards. His office sits in the heart of downtown Brighton, and many of his clients have been with him for decades. 

Going the extra mile, Bryan holds a Bachelors of Science in Corporate Finance, and graduated with honors, Cum Laude. Some of our clients regularly drive more than an hour to meet with Bryan to take advantage of his nearly 30 years of financial advisor experience and extensive industry knowledge. He has been teaching the Dave Ramsey program since 1997.

As a U.S. Army Military Police and disabled Veteran, his life’s focus is on serving his clients by becoming their financial advocate - providing guidance and strategies to help them preserve and enhance their net worth and quality of life. Since 2014, Bryan has gone through the extensive interview process by the Dave Ramsey team to be listed as a Dave Ramsey Trusted Advisor (formerly known as a Recommended SmartVestor Pro Advisor). This is a local professional in your area that Dave and his team have selected to serve Dave’s Fans. Each and every SmartVestor Advisor goes through a careful interview process to ensure they deliver consistent and objective advice according to Dave’s philosophy, they also provide outstanding customer service, and have the heart of a teacher.

As a disabled Veteran, Bryan is community-oriented, serving his community’s local youth and Veterans. Bryan was injured in the line of duty and was honorably discharged with a prosthetic knee in 1987. In 1993, he married the perfect partner, and together they have adopted numeruous rescue dogs and support several organizations that support adoption over buying a pup from a breeder. Bryan has been involved with mentoring for Reaching Higher, the Youth Leadership Program at Brighton High School since 2010. He is a Founding Member and was Chair of Exhibitors for le Concours de Livingston, benefiting Love, Inc. from 2011 - 2014. Bryan received the Don Pobuda Award for Service to the Community as a rotarian. He was recognized by Rolling Thunder Chapter 5 for his commitment to veterans causes. He received the Karl H. Greimel Award for his work as the Chairman of the Brighton Veterans Memorial by the City of Brighton Planning Commission. 

He has been involved in raising millions of dollars for various programs in Livingston County since moving his office to Brighton in 2009. He advocated for the City of Brighton to approve the POW/MIA flag now permanently displayed at the Millpond. He instituted the Adopt a Solider for Christmas program for Veteran’s Connected. He is the founder and previous chairman of Veterans Connected, a 501c3 here in downtown Brighton.

 Bryan Bradford pays $1,300/month (or $15,600 annually) to be included in Dave Ramsey’s Smartvestor Pro program.