HERNDON, Va. — Northwest Financial Advisors (NWFA), LPL Financial’s (LPL) No. 1 credit union-based investment services firm,¹ today announced its Platinum Plus Title Sponsorship for the Association of Former Intelligence Officers’ (AFIO) popular AFIO Now interview and podcast series.

The AFIO Now series offers the association’s members and the public prerecorded interviews and presentations that feature intelligence experts, historians and officers from the U.S. intelligence community. Content includes historical reviews and analyses of past and current domestic and global events, career insight, intelligence related author and national security reporter interviews.

 AFIO President James Hughes said, “We are excited about our new partnership with Northwest Financial Advisors and their sponsorship of our AFIO Now series as it ensures that we can continue to produce unique, educational and inspiring content, not only for our members, but for the inquisitive public and the next generation of intelligence officers.”

“We are honored to support AFIO’s national intelligence education and advocacy initiatives by sponsoring its AFIO Now content,” said Kevin Fisher, president and CEO of Northwest Financial Advisors. “AFIO’s mission to advocate for strong and responsible national intelligence, educate its members and the public and inspire future intelligence professionals strengthens the nation’s intelligence community, and we are pleased to contribute to such a vital organization.”

AFIO’s publicly viewable videos are available at youtube.com/user/AFIOVideos. AFIO Now podcasts may be found at: afio.podbean.com. To learn more or to join AFIO, visit afio.com.

About Northwest Financial Advisors

Serving individuals and businesses across the nation for over a quarter century, Northwest Financial Advisors (NWFA) is owned by NW Capital Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northwest Federal Credit Union. The firm offers a comprehensive range of personalized wealth management advice and solutions to help individuals and business owners work toward creating, growing and preserving their assets. LPL Financial, the nation's leading independent broker-dealer² and NWFA's securities custodian, ranked NWFA the No. 1 investment program among its credit union programs and the No. 8 investment program among its bank and credit union programs combined in 2022. Visit nwfllc.com for more information.

About the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO)
The Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO) is a nonprofit, nonpolitical, educational association for current and former intelligence professionals and supporters of the US Intelligence Community. Part of our mission is to foster an understanding of the important role of intelligence in national security and to nurture student interest in careers across the many US intelligence agencies. To this end, the channel features podcast versions of our AFIO Now episodes — a series of recorded interviews and presentations that features experts, historians, and officers from across the US Intelligence Community who have fascinating stories to tell. To learn more, visit AFIO.com.
 

¹Rankings based on total production among all LPL Financial Institution Services (FIS) advisors through December 31, 2022.
²Based on total revenues, as reported by Financial Planning magazine, 1996-2022.