Our People

Dennis De Kok CFP, CRPS, CFDP Personal Financial Advisor, Financial Divorce Practitioner

Dennis was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and has lived in the Grand Rapids area for most of his life. He attended Central Michigan University, graduating with a B.S. in Business Administration in 1998.

Dennis has been working in the financial services industry for over 11 years. He works with individuals to help them achieve their long-term objectives. Comprehensive financial planning is the cornerstone of his practice; helping families achieve their dreams is a source of great pleasure for Dennis.

Dennis works with clients that are going through a divorce and tailors a financial divorce plan that will address their short and long-term needs.

Paul J. Damon CFP, CLU, ChFC
Paul was born June 6, 1959 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has lived in the Grand Rapids area for most of his life. Paul attended Hope College, graduating with a double major in business administration and psychology.

He entered the financial services industry in 1981 with IDS (formerly American Express and now Ameriprise Financial). Paul began his career as a financial advisor, became a district manager and eventually a field Vice President with American Express. He left American Express to start an independent financial planning firm in 1998. Paul has earned the advanced degrees of Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU).

Susan Perry, Client Service Manager
Susan is primarily responsible for implementing the investment paperwork resulting from client meetings with the advisors, and ensures its completion in a timely manner. In addition, she resolves problems, completes additional requests from clients, handles internal paperwork and some compliance issues. Susan has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from Central Michigan University.  She has over 13 years experience in the investment field and holds Series 7 and 63 registrations.

Vinh Ma, Financial Strategy Analyst
As the Financial Strategy Analyst, a majority of Vinh`s time is spent on analyzing client information to help create comprehensive proposals for retirement and asset allocations. He also provides proposals for managed account programs with institutional money managers and separate account managers, quotes for life insurance and long term care through various vendors, client reports for client-meetings and for quarterly updates, and research on products or programs. The rest of his time is spent on maintaining our portfolio management system, coordinating client access to our website, and helping clients with questions.

Vinh recently completed his Bachelors degree from Grand Valley in Finance.  He also holds a Series 7 and 63 registrations.

Cheri Lytikainen, Marketing Specialist
Because investing is a continuously changing environment, Family Capital Management strives to assure that its' clients are well informed. Cheri works with Paul and Dennis to develop marketing strategies that plan for individual appointments and group informational seminars in and outside of our office environment.  Cheri has a B.S. from Michigan State University.

Ruthe Mulder, Sales Assistant