Michael Bless was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Pennsylvania State University. He began his career at the American Heart Association’s Pennsylvania Affiliate where he established and managed a statewide Hypertension Control Program and presented on ratio analysis at national conferences. Michael eventually moved to Dallas to join the national office of the American Heart Association where he helped lead a national business planning initiative and taught Management By Objectives (MBO) at conferences around the country. In 1985, Michael joined Rauscher Pierce & Refsnes as a stock and bond broker, and ten years later, shifted to A.G. Edwards & Sons to offer comprehensive financial planning.
Michael earned his CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation in 2007 and has received President’s Club and Chairman’s Club honors at A.G. Edwards as well as Premier Advisor awards at Wachovia and Wells Fargo.
Outside of work Michael interests include painting, music, travel, history, and archaeology.