Our Team

David McKnight

Author

David McKnight graduated from Brigham Young University with Honors in 1997. Over the past 20 years David has helped put thousands of Americans on the road to the zero percent tax bracket. He has been featured in Forbes, USA Today, The New York Times, Fox Business, Bloomberg Radio, MarketWatch, CBS Radio, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Nasdaq.com, Reuters, Investor’s Business Daily and numerous other national publications. David was a Focus Speaker at the worldwide annual meeting of MDRT in Toronto, Canada and is a multiple Top of the Table qualifier. His bestselling book The Power of Zero has sold over 200,000 copies and the updated and revised version was published by Penguin Random House. When it was launched in September of 2018, it finished the week as the #2 most-sold business book in the world. In 2019 The Power of Zero was ranked as the #9 best financial resource in the country by Forbes Magazine. This book was recently made into a full-length documentary film, also entitled The Power of Zero. As the President of David McKnight & Company, he mentors hundreds of financial advisors from across the country who specialize in The Power of Zero retirement approach. He and his wife Felice have seven children.

Vice President of Advisor Development

Greg Gillis is a graduate of Hendrix College and is a Certified Financial Planner™. Prior to joining David McKnight & Company he worked for a retirement planning firm where he designed financial strategies for advisors and their clients across the country.

Kenneth McFarland graduated from the University of Utah in 2010 and later went on to earn a Masters in Business Administration. Before joining David McKnight & Company he was an account manager with Intermountain Health Care in Salt Lake City, UT.

Taylor Evans graduated from Dixie State University with a degree in Business and currently lives in Saukville, WI with his wife Toree and their daughter Emree.

Spencer Jablonski graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Human Resources. Prior to joining David McKnight & Company he was a retirement plan administrator for a national company, administering plans to small businesses throughout Wisconsin.

Larry DeLegge

Vice President of Business Development

Larry has been in the financial services industry since 1998 and has been personally mentored by David McKnight since 2013. As a Certified Power of Zero advisor he teaches The Power of Zero University Workshop at colleges and universities throughout Illinois and Wisconsin. He has been with the Power of Zero Marketing Program since 2015.

Kelsey Hansen

Director of Finance

Kelsey Hansen graduated from Brigham Young University in 2010 where she studied Business Management. Before joining David McKnight & Company she worked as a Customer Relations Specialist in a credit union for 8 years.

Farid Aliyev

Corporate Events Coordinator

Farid has been working in the financial services industry since 2011. His passions outside of the corporate world are playing soccer, football and attending car shows. Farid also enjoys spending time with his family, friends, and his fiancé Estefany.