Hello and welcome to the Foundation for Fiduciary Education. I’m excited to have you here! As an IRS approved, 501(c)(3) NonProfit Organization, our mission is to educate and empower families through comprehensive fiduciary financial education. We are pleased to provide you with financial education and resources you can trust . Taught exclusively by Certified Financial Fiduciaries®. If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to helping you in any way I can.

Patrick Harkin retired from the U. S. Postal Service with nearly 35 years of government service in many different positions including five as Postmaster, numerous OIC/Acting Postmaster positions and other assignments to USPS Headquarters, Region & Area Headquarters, finishing his career as Manager, Operations Programs Support for the Greensboro District. Patrick served in the U. S. Air Force and the Iowa Air National Guard. Patrick studied Accounting and Business Law at Drake University and Iowa State University. Patrick was born and raised in Iowa and moved to North Carolina in 2000 as a promotion to Postmaster of Shelby North Carolina. Upon retiring from the Postal Service Patrick realized there is a huge gap of knowledge and understanding for postal employees, federal employees and veterans about their benefits and no one true source to get definitive answers. Patrick specializes is federal benefits for current employees, retired employees and their family members. Patrick has taken training and is a Certified Financial Fiduciary® and Federal Retirement Consultantsm .