Tri-cities Influencer Podcast With Paul Casey

Jay is a financial advisor with Edward Jones and is the president of the Historic Downtown Kennewick Partnership. A funny thing about Jay is that when he was a child traveling in the car with his parents, his mother would call him Jabberwocky!    What Jay loves about his position is that you put your foot on the gas and make things happen or not. It’s really all up to you. He really enjoys being responsible for the successes and failures. He looks back and wishes he had become an entrepreneur sooner. There were two pivotal moments in his career that led him to where he is today. One of those experiences was when he was promoted from Controller to CFO. They were in acquisition mode and they were going from having three companies to four. At the time his mentor was retiring as well. The other time was when he accepted a role with a Chamber of Commerce. He ultimately became the president and organized an economic summit.      The people that have the greatest influence on him were his former CEO, Dwayne, who had