The Team

Don Coplin began his career as an agent in 1982 with The John Hancock. Since then, his career has evolved from being an insurance advisor to a manager of fee-based financial advisors to a partner in private practice today. He worked for firms such as Lincoln Financial Advisors, AIG, and MONY Financial Group. In December 2000, Don joined forces with his current business partner, Levi Edgecombe, to form Edgecombe & Coplin Wealth Strategies, LLC, thus enhancing the planning capabilities for their clients. His primary responsibility in the firm is the creation, monitoring, and management of client investment accounts.

Don has a Certified Financial PlannerTM (CFP®) designation and has the Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) and Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®) designations from The American College. He is a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors and the Tacoma SW Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals. Don has taught multiple classes for the Life Underwriters Training Council (LUTC) and is a member of their Fellowship. He’s also completed its designation program, which provides him more practice management skills, along with a thorough working knowledge of life and multi-line products and services. 

Don and Levi were featured in Proactive Advisor Magazine as the cover story “Teamwork Multiplies Success” (March 17, 2016) and “The Power of Co-Op Radio Advertising” (April 14, 2016). He conducts monthly seminars on financial topics and is an occasional guest on the USA Financial Radio Show on Saturdays from 9-10 a.m., KLAY AM 1180 Talk Radio. Don's knowledge and experience has been featured as a contributing author in the book You're in Control: Planning the Most Important Retirement in the World  - Yours.

He is involved locally and that includes being a member of Sound Life Church, where he plays the saxophone in the orchestra and is involved in Royal Rangers, a mentoring program for young men. He is also a member of the church board and a member of the District Finance Committee for the NW Ministry Network for The Assemblies of God.

In addition to the saxophone, Don plays numerous other woodwind and string instruments. His hobbies are glamping (glamour camping), traveling, woodworking, and restoring cars. He and wife, Judy, married for more than 37 years, have two sons, Drew and Ben. Drew joined the firm in 2016 and is married to Krista and they have a new son, Roman. Ben is married to Kristina and they have two sons, Kayden and Jackson. He enjoys spending time with those grandsons. Although Don travels a lot, there’s no better place than relaxing in his big chair at home with his wife, Judy, and their miniature schnauzer, Nina, and beagle, Olive.

Andrew (Drew) B. Coplin began his career in finance in 2014 when he began working as an agent for New York Life. He joined his father’s firm in 2016 to carry on the tradition of helping clients in planning for their retirement.

Drew is passionate about finances and helping people. He knows it’s important to share his knowledge with others, and he wants to help educate on how to correctly plan for retirement, because clients work so hard for their money for many years. He creates comprehensive financial plans based on each client’s personal situation and goals, and discusses ways one could work toward protecting their retirement nest egg during their lifetime or how to provide for their loved ones after they are gone.

Before Drew got into finance, he received a scholarship to play football at Evangel University (Springfield, MO) where he also graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business management. After college, he played professional football in England for a year. When he returned, he continued to play indoor football for the New Mexico Wildcats, Yakima Valley Warriors, and the Kent/Seattle Predators from 2009-2011.

Drew is married to his wife, Krista, and they just welcomed their first child, Roman, into the world on June 5th.  They also have a Yorkiepoo named Zara. Prior to their move to Washington, Krista was a performer and trick rider at Dixie Stampede in Branson, Missouri. In Drew’s spare time, he enjoys the outdoors, snowboarding, skiing, mountain biking, all types of sports, woodworking, traveling, and spending time with family.