The Speaker

With a dynamic career spanning multiple industries, Melissa Wilson-Fisher brings a diverse skill set and a passion for empowering individuals and families to achieve their goals. As a licensed Agent with New York Life Insurance Company, she specializes in offering tailored financial solutions, including life insurance, annuities, and lifetime income strategies, to help clients build secure futures.

Prior to her tenure at New York Life, she served as an Admissions Representative and High School Recruiter for Lincoln Tech, where she honed her skills in networking, relationship-building, and public speaking. She successfully guided graduating high school seniors toward continuing education opportunities by fostering strong relationships with educators and counselors in the community.

Earlier in her career, she thrived as a Luxury Jewelry Consultant with Brilliant Earth, where she provided an exceptional client experience, managed high volumes of sales leads, and consistently exceeded individual and team performance goals. Her ability to build trust and rapport with clients in a high-touch environment has been a hallmark of her professional journey.

As the Owner and Lead Artist of M.A.W. Beauty Hair & Makeup Studio, she led an award-winning business for over eight years, delivering personalized services to clients for weddings, events, and photography sessions. This experience sharpened her entrepreneurial skills, including marketing, customer service, and small business management.

She holds a Certificate in Marketing from the Community College of Rhode Island and a Cosmetology License from the Arthur Angelo School of Cosmetology. Additionally, she is licensed to sell insurance in the states of Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Nevada, and continues to expand her expertise in financial services to better serve her clients.

Throughout her career, one consistent theme has emerged: her unwavering commitment to helping people look, feel, and live their best. Whether through financial planning, education, or customer service, she aims to provide meaningful support and solutions tailored to individual needs.

The Workshop

Preparing For The Future In Retirement : Friday, September 26, 2025 09:00A

(This workshop is presented AT NO CHARGE as a separate add-on session for retired law enforcement officers and members of the community. Attendance is restricted to the first 30 registrants. Registration information is available by CLICKING HERE)

It's never too early to begin preparing for Retirement! We are living longer in retirement. Time spent in retirement could exceed our working years. It's important to think about and consider making a plan to make sure your income lasts throughout your working years.

Preparing for the future means building momentum toward whatever you want to pursue. Your retirement years bring the promise of realizing the goals you worked so hard to reach, but they also come with a host of questions. And your company retirement plan is only one piece of the retirement planning puzzle. And people who are done with corporate or government life, but who have grown weary of the retired life as well, sometimes find themselves in an in-between state, not finished but not knowing where to go.

In this session we'll examine:
• The modern retiree lifestyle
• Taking stock of expenses in Retirement
• Examining Health Care costs in Retirement
• Strategies to consider for Social Security
• Explore ways to maintain a positive mental disposition in retirement
• Cover effective tools to handle emotions of loss, lack of purpose, boredom, and discontentment
• Review ways to grow wealth in retirement that don’t sacrifice your downtime, and allow your financial instruments to grow as you age, allowing you to leave a legacy not just live out your days.

You can thrive in retirement.