Kathleen Tepley, Certified Founders Group Associate
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About Kathleen
Kathleen Tepley
email: [email protected]
tel: 949-299-1505
web: https://OthershipInstitute.org
Kathleen Tepley, Executive Director – The Othership Institute
Kathleen is the Founder & CEO of Los Angeles Consulting Group (LACG), an international business development practice serving family offices, closely held operating businesses, philanthropic foundations, and differentiated service providers in the private capital markets.
LACG hosts two distinct business development advisory practices, both managed by Kathleen. The network enhancement practice offers strategic counsel and curated introductions to relevant business partners within LACG’s ecosystem. Through the event curation practice, Kathleen and her team conceptualize and produce public and private events for the global private capital community.
These events, such as the Lido Family Office Investment Symposium, held in Beverly Hills and Santa Monica from 2010 to 2019, are designed to enhance clients’ brand and growth awareness. The Original Mixer is a true networking activity for business professionals that is held thrice a year in Los Angeles.
Kathleen also supports Family Office initiatives in the community. In 2021, after supporting the Family Office Association in Greenwich, Connecticut, she joined as the Managing Director to spearhead its next phase of growth. And now runs the US initiative for the Global Family Office Community (Vahe Vartanian) out of London.
Kathleen’s business partners value her personal warmth, tireless dedication, and sterling reputation within the industry. More importantly, they appreciate her ability to convert genuine, empathic connections into sustainable, mutually beneficial success stories, which serve as an inspiration for others.
With a long history of charitable giving and volunteer work, Kathleen is also an active advisory member and participant in other Exit Planning Communities, such as the Conejo Valley and Greater Los Angeles EPI Leadership Committees, and the family office community, including The Global 51 (TG51) and the Global Family Office Community.
Financial Advisor | Founder, Eclipse Financial Advisors
Integrated Financial Planning
Ashten Barber is a financial advisor and founder of Eclipse Financial Advisors, where she helps individuals, families, and business owners bring the different pieces of their financial lives together through integrated financial planning.
She began her financial services career in 2014 and spent nine years with Fidelity Investments, where she helped create more than 5,000 financial plans for families navigating a wide range of financial decisions. Prior to financial services, Ashten spent nearly a decade with the Utah Driver License Division, where she progressed into management and earned the Certified Public Manager® designation.
Ashten’s approach is built around a simple belief: every financial decision affects another one. Rather than looking at investments, taxes, estate planning, insurance, and business decisions independently, she helps clients understand how those areas work together.
Ashten works collaboratively with CPAs, estate planning attorneys, insurance professionals, business advisors, and other specialists to coordinate the different areas of a client’s financial life. This integrated approach helps ensure decisions are made with an understanding of how they affect the client’s broader financial picture.
Through Eclipse Financial Advisors, Ashten provides comprehensive financial planning and investment management with an emphasis on clarity, coordination, and long-term relationships.
Professional Accreditations: Certified Public Manager®, FINRA Series 7, 63 and 66 registrations.
Outside of work, Ashten enjoys spending time with her husband and two teenage sons, continued learning, and taking advantage of California’s beaches whenever she can.
