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As a small team, we’re able to offer each client the personal attention they deserve.

We strongly believe that for us to truly help our clients, we need to engage with them on both a professional and personal level. That’s how we can best customize the services we offer and the products we may recommend.

We enjoy every opportunity to get to know our clients – to understand their daily challenges and to appreciate their ambitions.
Michael Hull co-founded Cedar Gap Wealth Management as an independent private wealth advisory firm after more than twenty years in financial services. He began his career in banking and most recently worked at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, for the past 15 years, where he was First Vice President and Senior Financial Advisor. Michael has received the designation of Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor℠ (CRPC®) as well as the Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor (CPFA) designation. He is licensed as a Life and Health Insurance Agent in Texas and also holds Series 7 and 66 FINRA registrations.

Michael believes that the first priority for a good client relationship is for an advisor to earn and honor the trust of his clients. Michael has grown his wealth management practice by not only putting his clients first, but by helping them understand the wealth management process of goals-based financial planning. To ensure a great experience for his clients, Michael prioritizes regular communication and timely progress updates, so they never doubt where they stand on their path towards reaching their financial goals.

Michael has a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural and Applied Economics from Texas Tech University, and is a graduate of Leadership Abilene.

Michael’s home team consists of his wife Natalie and their boys, Luke and Tyler. They attend Beltway Church. Michael is a current member on the board of the West Texas Rehab and in the past has served on and supported multiple non-profit organizations across the community. In his free time, he enjoys coaching his boys’ youth teams, shooting sporting clays, hunting, golfing and anything else outdoors. Michael is at his happiest spending time with his family.
With more than a dozen years of experience in wealth management, Ben co-founded Cedar Gap Wealth Management as an independent private wealth advisory firm serving business owners, retirees and families.

Ben began his career with Merrill Lynch, advising high-net-worth individuals and families, as well as businesses, trusts and ERISA programs, in the areas of asset management, succession planning and liability management.

Ben holds the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor℠ (CRPC®) designation awarded by the College for Financial Planning, as well as the Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor (CPFA) designation. He is licensed as a Life and Health Insurance Agent in Texas and also holds Series 7 and 66 FINRA registrations.

Ben earned his degree in Business Administration from Abilene Christian University.

An avid sportsman, outdoorsman, and competitive shooter, Ben was born in Dallas and raised in Abilene. Competing and actively volunteering at his local club, Abilene Clay Sports, Ben has served on the ACS Board of Directors as Board Secretary (2010-2016) and Board President (2016-2020). He has served on the Texas State Sporting Clays Board of Directors since 2015, working on the Committees governing Trophies and Awards and By-Laws Revisions. As a TSCA Officer he has served as TSCA Secretary (2018-2019), Vice President (2019-2020), and is currently serving as Texas State Sporting Clays Association President 2020 through 2024.

Ben is a Benefactor Life Member of the National Rifle Association, Life Member of the Dallas Safari Club, Life Member of the Rocky Mountain Goat Alliance, Life Member of the Wild Sheep Foundation, Life Member of the National Sporting Clays Association, Life Member of the National Eagle Scout Association, Life Member of Abilene Clay Sports, Member of Dallas Gun Club and a National Sporting Clays Association Certified Instructor.

Ben is active in his community, supporting multiple local charitable organizations.

Ben and his Australian shepherd, Jib, live in Abilene, Texas.

 
*CRPC® and Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor℠ are registered service marks of the College for Financial Planning.
Prior to joining Cedar Gap Wealth Management at its launch, Tiffani worked with Michael and Ben in the Hull & McAnally Group at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management for 13 years, where she was a critical part of the team. She values our long-term client relationships and focuses on meeting the needs of clients.

Tiffani has over 20 years of experience in branch operations and practice management.

As a fourth generation Abilenian, Tiffani graduated from Cooper High School, attended Texas Tech University and graduated from Hardin- Simmons University, earning her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Management.

Tiffani and her daughter Grace reside in south Abilene.