About Our Team
Based in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, DFW Retirement Planners was founded in 2004 and includes a dedicated family team that’s here to assist you with all of your money management needs. We specialize in evaluating and analyzing complex and challenging financial situations that affect retirees and those contemplating retirement, with two locations to serve you.
Our Team
The team at DFW Retirement Planners includes generations of knowledge and experience in the financial, business and insurance fields.
Dauphinais Poe – Co-Founder and President
Dauphinais, President of DFWRP, has led the team from the very beginning of our firm back in 2004. Her leadership has helped our company grow from a tiny office in Fort Worth to having two offices in both Fort Worth and Dallas. Dauphinais oversees many, many things for our firm but her pride and joy are our Annual Client Appreciation Events. Her ability to pull off these amazing events are a huge asset to our team.
Dauph is responsible for the operations side of DFWRP. She leads our efforts in supporting charities in the metroplex. When she is not leading the team, Dauphinais enjoys spending time with her husband Jim and their eleven grandchildren. She also loves movies, bowling, crafting, and attending all the grandchildren’s various sporting events.
Britni Levensailor – Vice President & Financial Professional
Britni is Vice President of DFWRP, and was the first employee of DFW Retirement Planners back in 2004. She is a licensed financial professional and a host on our weekly radio show. Britni is also part of our Senior Planning Team and a valuable member of our management team.
During her time as a financial planner, Britni has earned several distinguished awards including:
• 2015 Gold Eagle Member
• 2016 Broker’s International Award of Excellence
• 2016 Top 5 Women’s Producer
• 2017 F&G Power Producer Award
Her exemplary attention to detail and exceptional product knowledge helps ensure that quality retirement plans are assembled for our clients. Britni and her husband, Lance, are proud parents of their two sons, Slade and Jax. Together they enjoy traveling, dining with friends, and fishing. In her spare time, she also coaches her son’s soccer team.
Monique Levensailor – Chief Operating Officer
Monique has been a valuable member of the management team at DFW Retirement Planners since 2005. She attended undergraduate school at University of Texas at Arlington. She graduated in 2007 with earning a Bachelor of Business Administration with a degree in Management.
As Chief Operating Officer, Monique oversees the entire Operations side of the firm. She handles accounting and bookkeeping for 10 different companies, manages the back office team and ensures that the team is running efficiently. Her wealth of knowledge in this field is what sets her apart. Monique has been in the financial services sector all of her professional career beginning back in 2005. Monique’s family based businesses rely heavily on faith, honesty and integrity.
Monique and her husband, Stephen, are the proud parents of their daughter, Jade and son, Lucas. In her spare time, she enjoys playing volleyball, fishing and camping.
Betty Lynch – Financial Professional
Betty has been a member of our Fort Worth planning team since 2013. She is a true believer in, “The Golden Rule is the foundation of Ethics”. Betty identifies with the client’s investment objectives and is a true educator for clients.
Prior to joining DFW Retirement Planners, Betty had a very successful business in Health and Fitness for 32 years. She received her licensing through Baylor Sports Medicine Center.
As a licensed professional, her goal is to coach and educate families throughout the Metroplex in order to achieve a healthy retirement. Betty and family reside in Fort Worth. She enjoys working out, running and spending time with her three daughters and their grandchildren.
Alan Maples – Financial Advisor
Alan is a member of our Fort Worth Planning team. After graduating with a BBA from Texas A&M, he worked in banking and real estate, before deciding to return to school for his law degree from Baylor.
Alan opened his own law practice (which still continues today) with a focus on Estate Planning. More recently, he has obtained the Certified Professional Landman designation, the highest designation awarded by the American Association of Petroleum Landman and is a licensed Financial Professional.
Alan believes his education, training and experience enables him to take a holistic approach to wealth management and preservation. In his spare time, Alan and his wife of 25+ years enjoy spending time outdoors at their family ranch in the Texas Hill Country.
Corrine Fancher – Director of Marketing
As Director of Marketing, Corrine oversees the marketing team here at DFWRP. She helps develop all aspects of our marketing plan, workshops and client appreciation events. Corrine has been a member of our team since 2009 and assists in training of all new DFWRP team members. She also handles all contracting and vendor relationships of the firm.
Corrine has over 20 years of experience in customer service, financial services and management fields. Her attention to detail, ability to multi task and customer service skills make her a perfect fit for the DFWRP team. When Corrine is not working, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, fishing, camping and exploring the outdoors. Her and her husband of 15 years, Dallas, have two children, Gracie and Allen.
Daniella Savoie – Director of Operations
Daniella is our Director of Operations at DFWRP. She is truly a support role for the whole company. She oversees reception, office management, processing of new client accounts, existing client’s paperwork, case review with the sales team, coaching/training, and she is the assistant to Britni Levensailor, Vice President. Daniella is the point of contact to anything pertaining to the sales team and operations. She services all our Fort Worth and Dallas clients.
She has over 20 years of experience in finance, management, financial services, operations, coaching, mortgage and personal loans, and collections. Her prior management skills, her attention to detail, and her ability to catch on quickly have proved her to be a huge asset to our firm. Outside the office, Daniella stays busy with her twins, Colt and Abby, and her husband, Jacob, of more than 16 years. In her spare time, Daniella enjoys going to her son’s soccer games, watching her daughter perform on her competition dance team, scrapbooking with a group of ladies, shopping, family vacations, cooking, and crafts.
Pilar Lopez – Office Administrator
Pilar joined our team as Client Event Coordinator in September of 2016 but then in 2019 transitioned to our Office Administrator position. She handles scheduling appointments, provides general administrative and clerical support, completes customer service inquiries, and assists other team members as needed. She works at our Fort Worth office but is always available to our Dallas clients and team also.
She brings over 15 years of customer service in the retail and financial industries. Pilar will always greet you with a smile whether it’s in person or you can feel it over the phone. Her calm and positive energy spreads through the office and at times is known as our daily dose of “Vitamin C”. In her spare time, she enjoys dancing, music and spending time with family and friends camping, being on the water and just being outdoors. She resides in Fort Worth with her husband Jay and their daughter Alexa.
Nicole Barnett – Client Services Associate
Nicole joined our team in June 2017 as the receptionist and has since been promoted to Client Services Associate. She comes to us with over 27 years of experience in Customer Service in Administration. She works closely with the Client Services team to assist with client paperwork, scheduling of appointments and customer service requests. She works out of our Fort Worth office but is available to both of our Fort Worth and Dallas clients.
While Nicole is not at work, she enjoys spending time with family attending and playing sporting events. She and her husband, Chance have a son, daughter, son-in-law and two precious grandsons, Ellis and Reid.
