Meet the Team Behind the Planning

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Pam Horack, CFP®

Founder, Your Financial Mom

Pam Horack makes financial planning simple. After graduating college with her Bachelor of Science degree in Finance, she began her full-time financial career.

For over 20 years, she has worked in a variety of roles including customer relations, management and training and development roles in several banking, brokerage and mortgage companies.

Pam’s focus on financial education has helped her develop a style of taking complex financial ideas and making them simple to understand and implement.

At Pathfinder Planning, she developed her trademark “Mom” style of dishing out financial advice in a practical but caring way. She has been quoted in a variety of online and print publications including Yahoo! Finance, Parents Magazine, CNBC Online, Investment News and the Charlotte Observer.

With her downtime, Pam spends time reading and crafting - currently lots of cross stitch. She enjoys hiking and camping with her family and searching for items to pin to her Pinterest board titled "The Mountain House I Don't Have Yet."

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Aaron Salmon, CFP®

Director of Investment Strategies

Aaron Salmon is the Director of Investment Strategies at Pathfinder Planning LLC.

Most recently, Aaron served as chief stay-at-home Dad. Prior to that, he spent 13 years at First Union/Wachovia/Wells Fargo in Wealth Management specializing in Personal Trust Administration and Investments.

He has held his Certified Financial Planner™ certification for over a decade. Aaron is a graduate of Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC with a Business Administration degree.

In his spare time, he enjoys music, reading, home brewing fine beers and spending time outdoors with his wife Meg and two children, Alli and Will. To get away from it all, he has a habit of leading mission trips to El Salvador to build houses for those in need with Habitat for Humanity.

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Karina Moretz

Associate Advisor

Karina Moretz is Pathfinder Planning’s Associate Advisor.

Karina is a military spouse (go Navy!) and a stay-at-home mom of three. Karina started volunteering her time with the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society over 5 years ago and fell in love with the field of personal finance. Being a “numbers nerd” the career path was a perfect match.

After completing her bachelor’s in Accounting Finance from Southern New Hampshire University, she began her education for her Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) certification from The American College of Financial Services.

When she’s not spending time with her husband or children, Karina enjoys drinking a ridiculous amount of coffee, reading, and running. Karina also enjoys gardening and can be found growing flowers and tomatoes every year.

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Donald Horack

Compliance Associate

Donald serves as Pathfinder Planning’s Compliance Associate. His role is to keep up with changing rules, document them, and make sure they get done. He is attending Winthrop University majoring in Political Science and minoring in History. This responsible JROTC Cadet and Eagle Scout enjoys playing bass, camping, and spending time with his friends.