Our Team

Bill Criswell is an experienced financial advisor with a 20-plus-year background in helping families pursue their financial and legacy goals. As a partner at Garland and Greenwood Wealth Advisors, he leads a team that is dedicated to assisting with setting, documenting and striving to achieve you and your family’s goals.

Bill is a graduate of Ouachita Baptist University. He loves spending time with his wife Kelli and his sons, Cole and Carson. They enjoy being active and being outdoors doing almost anything. Pickleball, golf, cycling, hunting and fishing are a few things the family does to keep the evenings and weekends busy.

Georgia Criswell has been Bill’s clients Services Manager for 13 years. More importantly Georgia is Bill’s mother and GiGi to his boys. She is possibly the most organized human we know and keeps the ship steered in the right direction.

Cole Criswell is our next-generation in training and Planning Assistant at GGWA. Cole is studying business at the University of Arkansas. He is also working with GGWA to assist with the building of financial plans. He loves meeting and learning from our clients. He brings a new and fresh outlook to the team. He is looking forward to being in the office full-time after completing his degree.

Lori Jackson has been working in the financial industry for over 5 years. She started off working for a company in New York City. Lori has always had a passion for finances and investing from a young age, as this was taught to her by her father. She loves the diversity and the excitement the market brings on a regular basis.

As a mother of 3 boys, she knows how important it is to be organized and to make sure everything stays on schedule. She is committed to providing the utmost in customer service to our clients, as Lori possesses the attitude and skills to ensure our systems and services serve our clients in the best way.

When she is off work, she enjoys spending time with her sons playing pickleball and cheering them on in their sports and lake activities. She also enjoys writing, art, and playing with her dogs.

Mark Johnson has been in the Financial Industry for over 20 years.  He was born and raised in Little Rock, AR, and moved to Heber Springs with his wife, Kathleen, in 2007.  Mark is very active in his community by serving on many different organizations like the Rotary Club, Cleburne County Economic Development Corporation, and Sugarloaf Heritage Council, and is a member at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church.  When Mark is not busy helping clients pursue their financial goals, he likes to spend his downtime playing the drums, fishing, hiking, and, of course, playing billiards.  Mark joins us at Garland & Greenwood, where we are excited to have him and his expertise helping our clients.