Meet the Timothy Financial Team

Kristopher D. Johnson, CFP^®, Principal
Kris is a Senior Financial Advisor with Timothy Financial Counsel, Inc. and has been serving our clients since 2002. He takes the lead in virtually all new client engagements and also serves as the investment analyst for every client of TFC. He serves the Chicagoland area from our Wheaton and Chicago offices.

Prior to joining Timothy Financial Counsel, Inc., Kris worked for an investment advisory firm where he managed assets for the firm’s clients. In that capacity, he was responsible for portfolio allocation as well as individual security selection.

Kris earned his Bachelors degree in Business Administration with a Finance concentration from Taylor University and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner and NAPFA Registered Financial Advisor. He has been quoted by several publications and investment web sites including Morningstar.com, Money Magazine, The Motley Fool, BusinessWeek.com and InvestmentNews.

Kris and his wife, Meghan, live in Roselle, Illinois with their three children, Caleb, Meredith and Shane.

Hoan Taussig, CFP^®, Principal
As a Financial Advisor, Hoan serves all TFC clients from our Wheaton office while also managing the business as the operations manager. With her expertise in finance, accounting and technology, she is an integral part of the team at Timothy Financial Counsel, Inc.

She joined Timothy Financial Counsel, Inc. in 2007 and has over 10 years of financial experience with an array of responsibilities throughout her career. She was most previously a senior accountant but has also worked in cost analysis, financial forecasting, loan underwriting, small business accounting and various other capacities.

Hoan graduated from Wheaton College with a Bachelor's degree in Business/Economics and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner and NAPFA member. She is also a major contributor and editor for our Timothy Financial Blog.

She lives in Wheaton, Illinois with her husband, Tom, and their two children.  They are active members of Wheaton Evangelical Free Church.

Mark Berg, CFP^®
As the President and Founder of Timothy Financial Counsel, Inc., Mark oversees the financial planning process and management of the firm. He spends the majority of his time serving existing clients, but also focuses his efforts towards serving new clients in a secondary role supporting the TFC team. In certain circumstances, he takes on new clients at a different rate.

Prior to starting TFC, Mark served as a Client Manager at a high-end, fee-only financial planning firm, Ronald Blue & Co and has provided fee-only counsel since 1995. He holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Wheaton College and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner and NAPFA Registered Financial Advisor where he serves on the National Board of Directors for NAPFA (2008-2011).

He speaks at schools, churches, and conferences on financial planning and stewardship. He has been quoted by a variety of publications, such as Crain's Chicago Business, Dow Jones Newswire, The Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger's, The Chicago Tribune, Reader's Digest and Consumer Reports. He has also been interviewed by ABC 7 News and NBC television and wrote a regular column for the Wheaton Sun newspaper.

Mark and his wife, Cheryce, live in Wheaton, Illinois, with their three sons, Joshua, Ryan and Luke and are active members of College Church in Wheaton.