For Veterinary Practice Owners

Our Veterinary Advisory Team

Veterinary practice decisions often affect the business, the owner's personal wealth, and the eventual transition at the same time.

Trinity brings together financial planning, practice financial analysis, transaction and succession planning, and retirement-plan expertise so the owner does not have to coordinate each decision in isolation.

You do not need to know which team member or service you need. The first conversation starts with the practice, the owner's question, and the decision that needs attention.
Practice economics Personal planning Ownership transitions Retirement plans
Meet the team

Different expertise, one coordinated owner conversation.

The biographies below are working drafts. Final titles, experience details, role descriptions, credentials, and headshots should be confirmed before publication.

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John Chalk, Jr., CPA, JD, CFP®

Strategic ownership, succession, transaction, and tax-aware planning perspective

John is brought into veterinary-owner decisions that require strategic judgment across practice ownership, succession, a potential sale, and the owner's broader financial plan. His tax and legal background helps him identify planning implications and organize questions for the owner's CPA and legal counsel. He provides senior perspective when practice value, transaction structure, estate considerations, or the timing of an ownership transition materially affects the long-term plan.

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Max May, CFP®

Owner-level financial planning, practice decisions, and transaction modeling

Max helps veterinary owners connect personal financial planning with practice cash flow, ownership value, and major transition decisions. He is often involved when an owner needs to understand what a practice decision means for personal assets, taxes, income needs, family goals, and long-term financial flexibility. His work may include Practice Financial Analysis, sale and LOI modeling, succession scenarios, and ongoing planning before or after a transaction.

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Alec Maixner

Practice financial analysis, benchmarking, practice-value analysis, and modeling

Alec turns practice financial statements, owner compensation, operating data, and benchmark information into a clearer picture of profitability, cash flow, and practice value for planning purposes. He develops analysis used in growth, succession, sale, and transaction decisions and helps organize the financial information owners need before those decisions become urgent. His work gives the broader advisory team a more reliable practice-level foundation.

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Morgan Webb, CFP®, CFS, EA

Retirement-plan strategy, investment considerations, and provider coordination

Morgan helps veterinary practice owners evaluate how retirement-plan structure connects to owner savings, employee benefits, practice cash flow, tax planning, and the owner's personal financial plan. Her work may include reviewing SIMPLE IRA, SEP IRA, 401(k), profit-sharing, and cash balance considerations while coordinating technical design and administration with the TPA, recordkeeper, payroll provider, CPA, and other plan professionals.

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How the team works together

One lead relationship, supported by the right internal expertise.

The team model should make the owner's decision easier to coordinate, not create more handoffs. Final wording should reflect Trinity's actual lead-advisor and communication process.

StartBegin with the owner's question

The conversation starts with the practice, the timing, and the decision that needs attention.

LeadIdentify a primary advisor

One person remains accountable for the relationship and the overall planning sequence.

SpecialistAdd the relevant expertise

Practice analysis, transactions, succession, or retirement-plan expertise is included when needed.

CoordinateWork with outside professionals

Financial questions are organized for the owner's CPA, attorney, bookkeeper, TPA, or other advisors.

DecideMaintain one action plan

The owner receives a coordinated sequence rather than disconnected recommendations.

Draft operating principle: The owner should have a clear primary Trinity contact. Other team members participate when their expertise is relevant, rather than requiring the owner to manage separate internal relationships.
One practice, connected decisions

The team is built around the decisions that commonly overlap.

Not every engagement requires every discipline. The purpose of the team is to bring in the right perspective without losing the connection between the practice and the owner's personal plan.

01

Practice economics

Profitability, owner compensation, cash flow, benchmarks, debt, real estate, and practice-value analysis for planning purposes.

02

Personal financial planning

Liquidity, taxes, investments, retirement income, estate coordination, risk, and family planning around ownership.

03

Ownership and transactions

Succession, internal transitions, sale preparation, buyer processes, LOI analysis, and transaction modeling.

04

Retirement and employee benefits

Owner savings, employee benefits, practice cash flow, plan structure, investments, fees, and provider coordination.

Representative team engagement

Staff the work around the decision, not around a rigid service silo.

Illustrative example

A practice owner evaluating a future sale

The engagement may begin with practice financial analysis and a clearer view of normalized cash flow and practice value. The owner may then need personal planning and transaction scenarios showing how different timing, sale terms, taxes, real estate, and post-sale income affect the family plan. Senior strategic perspective and coordination with legal and tax professionals may be added as the decision develops.

The owner should experience one coordinated process even when several disciplines are involved.

This example is illustrative only. The team members, services, scope, and outside professionals involved depend on the owner's facts and the agreed engagement.

Explore the relevant planning area

Start with the decision that is actually in front of you.

The team page should transfer trust. The service pages explain the deeper process, analysis, and scope.

Plan personally

Connect the practice to personal wealth

Coordinate cash flow, investments, taxes, retirement, estate planning, risk, and future ownership decisions.

Review owner and employee benefits

Practice retirement-plan strategy

Evaluate plan structure, owner and employee contributions, practice cash flow, investments, fees, and provider roles.

The first conversation

Start with the practice and the question, not a service label.

You do not need to know which person or planning area should lead before reaching out.

What to share

The decision in front of you

Describe the practice, ownership structure, timing, current concern, and any financial or transaction information already available.

Who may join

The appropriate Trinity team members

The first call can include the person or people most relevant to the issue. A spouse, partner, or other advisor may participate when appropriate.

What happens next

A defined scope and next step

Trinity identifies the information needed, internal team involvement, outside-professional coordination, proposed scope, and fee before work begins.

No complete document package is required before the first conversation. Part of the initial discussion is determining which information and expertise are actually relevant.

Start with the question in front of you.

Trinity can help determine which part of the veterinary advisory team should be involved and what the next planning step should be.

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