OUR TEAM
JEFFREY GOLDFARB CFP® CAP®
Branch Owner RJFS
CEO Goldfarb Financial
Jeffrey Goldfarb is founder of Goldfarb Financial. A native of Buffalo, NY, his passion for financial planning began at eight years old where he was captivated by stock market updates delivered in the lobby quotron at Bache & Company.
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The image stayed with him – even while attending Boston University’s School of Education and subsequently teaching hearing impaired and autistic children. Jeffrey later returned to Buffalo to follow a career in finance – founding Jeffrey M. Goldfarb & Associates (now Goldfarb Financial) in 1988. He is an active community member with roles including past president and cofounder of Sportsmen’s Americana Music Foundation and International Institute Board of Directors.
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Jeffrey has a BA degree in Political Science from the University at Buffalo and M.Ed. from Boston University.
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Check the background of Jeffery Goldfarb on FINRA’s BrokerCheck.
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Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, Certified Financial PlannerTM, CFP® and CFP® in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board's initial and ongoing certification requirements.
Raymond James is not affiliated with the above organizations and/or charitable causes.
ADAM GOLDFARB CHFC
Branch Manager RJFS
Chief Sustainability Officer Goldfarb Financial
Adam Goldfarb, Financial Advisor Raymond James, assists individuals, families, small businesses, nonprofit organizations and entrepreneurs through important transitional periods in professional and personal development, beyond retirement, and beyond succession.
He is an active community member serving on the boards of the Big Easy in Buffalo, Hillel Buffalo, WNY Sustainable Business Roundtable, WNY Planned Giving Consortium, and past board service with the University at Buffalo’s Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Alumni Association and the Rotary Club of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. Additionally, he sits on the Raymond James Sustainable Investing Council and the EPA Environmental Financing Working Group.
He has a BA in Classics and Philosophy from Colby College, an MS in Higher Education Administration from Buffalo State College and received his Chartered Financial Consultant designation from the American College of Financial Services.
He is married with two rescue fur babies and two human daughters. In his spare time he is practicing martial arts as a 2nd degree black belt in tae kwon do, being a foodie with his wonderful wife and visiting new and exciting worlds binging through books.
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Check the background of Adam Goldfarb on FINRA’s BrokerCheck.
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Raymond James is not affiliated with the above organizations and/or charitable causes.
ARI GOLDFARB M.S.
Investment Executive RJFS
Communications Director Goldfarb Financial
Ari Goldfarb received a B.A. in English from the University of Maryland and received an M.S. in Economics from the University at Buffalo in December 2018.
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Outside of work he publishes fantasy novels under the pseudonym R.K. Gold. He has a rescue furbaby Logan and you can reach out to him professionally or just to talk books, sports, and movies.
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Check the background of Ari Goldfarb on FINRA’s BrokerCheck.
MICHELE GOLDFARB
Branch Associate RJFS
Michele Goldfarb received a B.S. in Political Science / Public Administration from Northeastern University.
Michele is a Fundraiser, Community Volunteer, and photographer.
Raymond James is not affiliated with the above organizations and/or charitable causes.