Rianka Dorsainvil, CFP®

Rianka Dorsainvil, CFP®

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Rianka R. Dorsainvil, CFP®, is a dynamic leader and the visionary Founder and Senior…

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  • Money, Culture, and Beyoncé’s Homecoming
    Apr 17, 2019

    Money, Culture, and Beyoncé’s Homecoming

    Beyoncé’s new documentary on Netflix, Homecoming, aired this week. The documentary takes a deeper look into Beyoncé’s…

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  • 5 Tax Tips for Entrepreneurs
    Mar 22, 2018

    5 Tax Tips for Entrepreneurs

    As entrepreneurs, we wear multiple hats in our business—we are the visionary, technician and manager—all rolled into…

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    Washington D.C. Metro Area

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    Rockville, MD

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    Bethesda, MD

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    Blacksburg, VA

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    Richmond, VA

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    Richmond, VA

Education

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    Activities and Societies: • President, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. • Vice President, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. • Vice President, Student Government Association • Order of the Gavel, Leadership Honor Society • Director of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, S.G.A. • Chair of Community Service, National Association of Black Accountants • Undergraduate Representative, Task Force on Race and the Institution – Implementation Team

    • Scholarship Recipient and Peer Mentor, Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program
    • Scholarship Recipient and Peer Mentor, Presidential Campus Enrichment Grant Scholarship
    • Scholarship Recipient, Pamplin Leader
    • Volunteer-Mathematics Tutor, Talent Search/ Upward Bound
    • Intern Advisory Board, Eastern Region Representative

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

Publications

  • A Simple Guide to Combining Finances in Your relationship

    PBS NewsHour

    Each of us has something I like to call our “money story.” We learn about money from the time we’re just a few years old all the way through our adult lives, and the experiences we have along the way — both good and bad — shape how we think about and what we do with our money.

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  • How to Find and Keep Your Ideal Mentor

    InvestmentAdvisor

    After connecting with the right person who can guide and teach you, the next step is to make the relationship beneficial to both parties. Read more...

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  • 3 Essential Components of Financial Planner Satisfaction

    InvestmentAdvisor

    There are three components financial planners need in the workplace to build a successful career. I call them the three C’s: culture, community and compensation. From an employer standpoint, strengthening these three aspects can mean higher talent retention and improved productivity. Let’s take a look at each of these in more detail and see how young planners and firm owners can leverage them to achieve greater success.

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  • PODCAST: Digital Marketing for Financial Planners - E18 | Rianka started her RIA to do more

    Digital Marketing 4 FP

    I had such a great time chatting with Jake Wagner of Digital Marketing 4 FP about how and why I decided to launch my firm, Your Greatest Contribution. Most people see the tip of the iceberg above water, but never what is underneath. In this podcast, I am an open book with Jake about the highs and lows, challenges and success as an entrepreneur. If you are a financial planner, entrepreneur or have a side hustle, this podcast episode is dedicated to you!

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  • 4 Ways Young CFPs Can Balance Passion and Practice

    Think Advisor

    Many millennials are adamant about succeeding in the workplace while also figuring out a way to spend time on things that fuel their passions. For many of us, that means finding a profession and company that can help us meet those needs. For others, it means having a profession that offers the flexibility to make our personal lives more fulfilling on our own time. The financial planning profession can fulfill both of those desires, provided you are in the right firm and have negotiated the…

    Many millennials are adamant about succeeding in the workplace while also figuring out a way to spend time on things that fuel their passions. For many of us, that means finding a profession and company that can help us meet those needs. For others, it means having a profession that offers the flexibility to make our personal lives more fulfilling on our own time. The financial planning profession can fulfill both of those desires, provided you are in the right firm and have negotiated the right situation.

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  • 5 Tax Tips Entrepreneurs Can’t Do Without

    Creator Magazine

    As entrepreneurs, we wear multiple hats in our business—we are the visionary, technician and manager—all rolled into one. Although we might be playing many roles, our key responsibility is to make sure our business has a solid financial foundation. And an important part of that foundation, that is often overlooked, is getting a handle on our business taxes.

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  • How Young Financial Advisors Can Invest in Themselves

    Think Advisor

    One of the most overlooked parts of advancing one's career is self-investment. While this is true in nearly every field of work, it is even more common among young financial advisors who are so busy nurturing client relationships that they can forget about their own futures.

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  • Why the Financial Advice Industry Should Focus Less On Diversity and More On Inclusion

    InvestmentNews

    By engaging diverse professionals, we can tap into their passions for the benefit of the profession.

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  • For Young Planners, The Time To Lead Is Now

    Journal of Financial Planning

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  • Keep Top Talent At Your Firm

    Journal of Financial Planning

    There is no perfect equation to attracting and retaining new talent. However, understanding the needs and demands of today’s new practitioners may help your firm secure talent that you can groom and support; in exchange, those planners will help your firm reach new heights.

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  • Impacting the Next Generation

    GreenMoney Journal

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  • Who Are the Next Generation of Planners and Clients?

    Journal of Financial Planning

    NexGen planners are poised to change the profession by embracing their millennial peers as clients and helping established firms do the same.

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  • A Young Planner’s Advice to the Profession

    Wealthmanagement.com

    Key ways seasoned financial planners and firms can help the next generation of planners, themselves and their firms.

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  • Meet A Financial Planner: Rianka Dorsainvil – Lean In, and Dare Greatly

    GoGirl Finance

    Rianka Dorsainvil had not planned to become a financial planner. She is proof that exposure to personal finance can generate passion for the subject and lead to a purposeful career.

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Honors & Awards

  • 2017 Women to Watch Rising Star

    InvestmentNews

    The inaugural Rising Star Award is bestowed on Rianka R. Dorsainvil, founder of Your Greatest Contribution.

    This new award recognizes an emerging leader in the financial advice industry who is still in the early stages of her career, but shows ongoing and exceptional growth in contributions to the profession. The winner of this award has already demonstrated leadership qualities, is expected to be a driving force in the future and is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work…

    The inaugural Rising Star Award is bestowed on Rianka R. Dorsainvil, founder of Your Greatest Contribution.

    This new award recognizes an emerging leader in the financial advice industry who is still in the early stages of her career, but shows ongoing and exceptional growth in contributions to the profession. The winner of this award has already demonstrated leadership qualities, is expected to be a driving force in the future and is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

    She also demonstrates a passion for her work, her firm and the industry at large.

  • Ten to Watch

    WealthManagement

    A group comprised of ten innovators and influencers set to change the industry in 2018.

  • 10 Young Advisors To Watch

    Financial Advisor Magazine

    For the second year, Financial Advisor has found 10 new young advisors, and though their themes are similar, the robo onslaught has raised new issues. The question of what constitutes a firm’s value has changed as millennial advisors sell themselves, bringing technology along as friend, not foe. This is one way of trying to help less moneyed, savvy people in their own cohort navigate the strange world of finance and budgeting—a world that looks strange and hostile to many of the young.

  • Top CFP Holder Under 36

    WealthManagement

    The industry continues to struggle to attract young, talented advisors, especially on the independent side. But the FAs here, who all carry the CFP designation, are the exception. These up-and-coming advisors have built solid practices from a young age and continue to grow by catering to the next generation of clients. They’re all age 36 or younger and members of the Financial Planning Association.

  • 40 Under 40

    InvestmentNews

    The InvestmentNews 40 Under 40 project aims to provide a glimpse of the tremendous potential in the financial advice industry by finding often unrecognized young talent doing remarkable things. The key attributes the editorial staff looked for among the 1,200 nominations were accomplishment to date, contribution to the industry, leadership and promise.

  • Financial Planning Association (FPA) Diversity Scholarship Recipient

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    Criteria for the scholarship include raising awareness of the profession in diverse communities; serving diverse communities with financial planning; and increasing professional opportunities for diverse communities within the financial planning profession.

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