Community Champion Organization
Personal Finance Expert Ellis Cropper, ChFC®
As a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®), holder of Certification in Long-term Care (CLTC®), and retired Army Major, personal finance expert Ellis Cropper brings a wealth of experience and expertise to his efforts helping business owners and individuals create, build, and preserve wealth.
Cropper is a financial professional with New York Life Insurance and also licensed with various independent unaffiliated insurance companies. He offers a range of products that can help people and organizations meet a number of financial and insurance needs, including college funding, retirement, managing funds for long-term care, lifetime income strategies, and more.
Ellis prides himself on providing custom-tailored solutions to help clients meet their personal or business financial goals is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of Ellis Cropper’s community championship. Now he also brings financial education initiatives across Massachusetts.
Right: Ellis Cropper as a graduate student speaker at the 2024 Nichols College Commencement Ceremony.
Company History
Born and raised in Louisiana, Ellis Cropper enlisted in the U.S. Army immediately post-high school graduation at age 18, with the belief that military service was his chosen path. Across his 34-year Army career, he spent 22 years in active service before undertaking a teaching role as Assistant Professor of Military Science at Widener and Villanova Universities. Cropper relocated to Massachusetts after retiring from the Army to attend Worcester State University, where in 1996 he earned his BS in Biology with a focus on Nuclear Medicine Technology. He is currently completing his MBA at Nichols College in Dudley, MA.
Ellis developed his passion for teaching financial literacy after retiring from the Army as a Reserve Officer. That was when he came to understand that true freedom comes with financial freedom. Money affects every aspect of life, and Cropper’s view is that our country will not move in the right direction until more of its citizens achieve financial stability. Financial stability frees people to become active in the world and spark positive change – setting the stage for equity and progress.
Ellis Cropper’s credentials as a ChFC®, CLTC®, and Registered Agent with New York Life qualify him to offer a variety of products and services that assist people and business owners to achieve financial stability. Now he is expanding into the financial wellness arena to bring resources and education to his own community and communities around Massachusetts. As part of this effort, in the 2023 school year he began teaching financial literacy to third, fourth, and fifth graders at Vernon Elementary School in Worcester, with plans to expand this school-based money education to middle and high schools in the future. One of his long-term goals is to help his alma mater offer scholarships to college students studying to enter the financial services sector.
Right: Ellis Cropper with Principal Craig Dottin at Vernon Hill Elementary school, where he teaches financial literacy to 3rd – 5th grade students.
Community Service Appreciation for Personal Finance Expert Ellis Cropper, ChFC®
Ellis Cropper’s benevolent contributions to the financial wellness movement have made a genuine positive impact on the Massachusetts Financial Educators Council’s ability to accomplish its vision and mission in the state. His donations of resources, time, and support allow us to achieve even more positive outcomes for Massachusetts residents and families.
Schools, beneficiary organizations, and individuals alike now may take advantage of the generous donations Ellis has made possible. Further, he is helping raise awareness around Massachusetts about the importance of financial literacy and forging partnerships that will help spur the financial wellness movement forward.
Ellis Cropper focuses his financial literacy initiatives around the concepts of financial freedom, stability, resilience, faith, equity, and integrity. He exhibits these values daily both in his work and in his community service.
Right: Ellis Cropper at Vernon Hill Elementary school, teaching financial literacy.
