Our Team

Barrett Ethington, CLU® is the Founder and Managing Partner of Ethington Financial Group. Barrett and his beautiful wife Melissa currently reside in Draper, Utah, and love celebrating their three children. Barrett’s many hobbies include spending quality time with family, fly-fishing the Provo River, backpacking the Wind River Range, and running/hiking/camping wherever the outdoors call him.

He is proud to be a qualifying member (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) of the international Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)* including the prestigious top of the table MDRT in 2020, 2021, and 2022, and is an avid member of the Salt Lake City Chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA). Among the many accomplishments achieved, Barrett is very proud of winning Best in State and top Financial Security Professional according to Forbes.

*MDRT, The Premier Association of Financial Professionals, is recognized globally as the standard of excellence for life insurance sales performance in the insurance and financial services industry.

*Read more about the Forbes SHOOK®Research Top Financial Security Professionals list and the ranking methodology here.

Ryan Gill spent most of his life living in Millcreek, Utah where he currently resides with his wife and 4 children. When not at work, Ryan spends his time enjoying his wonderful family. He values creating new memories with his family through traveling, serving, being outdoors and supporting his children in their personal endeavors.

An active member of the LDS Church, Ryan served his two-year mission in South Carolina. Upon his return, he joined the family business—Eckardt and Company, a successful and local building maintenance contractor. For 10 years, Ryan worked directly with building owners and property managers cultivating relationships and building trust. His management contributions coupled with his sales and marketing expertise doubled the company's revenue.

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Brodie Pearson is a partner at Ethington Financial Group, and has opened up the Southern Utah office. Brodie has been helping clients since 2012 by utilizing a system focused on guidance, protection, and solutions. He has furthered his education in the financial industry by studying at the American College, and achieving the designations of Charted Financial Consultant and Chartered Life Underwriter. He also has no intention to slow down in furthering his education where it will benefit his clients in any way.

He was born and grew up in Utah, and enjoys the many outdoor activities Utah has to offer. He married his high school sweetheart, Jodi, in 2005, and has two great kids Nyanna and Roren. Brodie served four years in the Marine Corp, where he was grateful and humbled to serve our great country. He is active in his community, and serves as a member of Local Santa Clara Kiwanis. Brodie is constantly moving and enjoys spending as much time outside as he can.

Clint Stosich, Partner at Ethington Financial Group, was born in Evanston, IL, and moved to Idaho Falls, ID, at the age of two. Clint graduated from Idaho Falls High School and furthered his education at Utah State University, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree. From a young age he participated in many sports, eventually finding his true joy in ice hockey. Even though he started the sport later than many others, Clint worked hard to improve his skills and went on to play ice hockey at Utah State University. Clint is passionate about his love for USU, and if you pass him on the street with any sort of Aggie garb, you will likely hear “GO AGGIES” from him.

A proud husband and father of two beautiful children, he lives with his family in Millcreek, UT. Clint has a variety of hobbies and interests including woodworking, gardening, and spending time with his family. Clint can still be found on the ice, playing hockey weekly with friends.

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Brandon Williams, a Senior Associate at Ethington Financial Group was born and raised in Valencia, California. Uniquely, Brandon is a triplet and the middle of four children. Brandon left his hometown to serve a two year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Dublin, Ireland. Following his mission, he attended Brigham Young University to study business and finance. He now resides in Vineyard, Utah with his wife and four young children. Brandon enjoys spending time with his family, cooking, traveling, camping, golfing and anything that takes him to the beach. 

Brandon started his sales and management career at Vivint. From its humble beginnings as APX Alarm, he helped grow their National Inside Sales team into an industry leader in smart home automation. After eight years with Vivint, he was recruited by Wyndham to help facilitate their prestigious Club Wyndham program. Within his five year career with the company, he achieved President’s Club and Million Dollar Club status four years in a row.

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Meet Benjamin H. Pettit, a compassionate and accomplished Associate at Ethington Financial Group. Hailing from the heart of Salt Lake City, Benjamin is renowned for his unwavering care and dedication to his friends, family, and cherished clients. His path to success is paved by the strong pillars of family support, an indomitable work ethic, and the unwavering love and encouragement of his beloved wife, Madelyn.

Beyond the office walls, Benjamin finds solace and joy in the great outdoors, where he can be found engaging in a myriad of activities like fishing, mountain biking, and skiing. However, it was his profound religious convictions that led him to undertake a transformative two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Philippines, an experience that left an indelible mark on his life.

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Michelle Gord is the Service Manager/Licensed Service Associate of Ethington Financial Group, and was born and raised in Ogden, Utah prior to settling down in the Salt Lake Valley to raise her family. Michelle is married with 3 children and 3 grandchildren. In her spare time she enjoys sewing, cooking, hiking, biking, camping, travel, and is always delighted to sit at a table with family and friends sharing Korean food which she acquired a love for when previously doing church service and teaching English in Korea.

Michelle’s college study of clothing and textiles led her to pursue a textiles retail career working for companies such as Weinstock’s, Banana Republic, Village Whites Shoppe at Gardner Village and Nordstrom. This led to other pursuits with other companies where she developed customer service and sales experience spanning over three decades. Prior to joining Ethington Financial Group, Michelle began her career in finance as a Licensed Agent with the New York Life Insurance Company. There, she utilized her talents and expertise in customer service to help pre-retirees create lifetime income strategies. Michelle is cheerful and compassionate, and truly feels it is a blessing to be using all her talents and abilities in her ideal career position doing service and work that she loves.

Shari Kay is a Utah native growing up in Salt Lake and South Jordan. Shari started her working career as a retirement counselor at the Utah State Retirement Office. It was here she learned of the importance of planning for the future and retirement. More recently she worked as an HR manager at Harmons Inc. in Salt Lake City.

Shari has always enjoyed working with people. She is intuitive, empathetic and excels at working with people in every capacity. Well-liked by all, she has spent her life dedicated to providing service to her family and others. She’s held various volunteer positions in her son’s schools, As the commissioner of her son’s baseball league, as well as a coach, and chaired the Utah centennial committee for Juab county.

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