If you have met Ann Marie Depoian then you have been motivated by her upbeat and fun take on tackling life. The Depoian Team celebrates their 25th Anniversary this month and Ann Marie's birthday is on Halloween day, so it was a no-brainer that they must be the October Featured Business of the Month! Check out this Q&A with Ann Marie to get to know a little bit more about what make the Depoian Team Special:
What's your Business name? Depoian Team
Who is/are the owner(s)? Ann Marie Depoian
How many years has Depoian Team been in business? 25 years
What type of business/services does the Depoian Team offer? Financial advisory services, including mortgage lending, debt management, insurances and investments.
How did your business come about? What made you choose to open your business? My husband Jeff got licensed first when we lived in Utica NY and our son was a toddler, while he worked full time as a restaurant manager, with the plan to leave that job and make financial services our full-time business, with me supporting in the back office. I got wrapped up in learning how it all worked and talking with the clients and listened to the stories of how we helped turn their financial lives around for the better and I was hooked! I knew I had to get my license too and help out to double our efforts. I was in licensing class 1 week after I had our daughter and a year later, I had the hang of it really well and we switched roles and I became the lead agent and Jeff became back office support as well as our office's NYS licensing teacher and coach, a notary and a CE administrator! We wanted everything in-house for our growing team and quality control is very important to us, because it's our name and reputation out there.
Why choose Irondequoit for your business’ home: That's easy! It's where we live! Our home is in Summerville.
How many employees does your business employ? Are any local Irondequoit natives? We have 30 agents and growing and they come from all over Rochester, the state of NY and various other states.
What do you want potential customers to know about your business? That we are a complementary service & we're Fiduciaries which means we have NO Quotas, NO Products we must sell, No Conflicts of interest with the Vetted Financial companies we work with and we provide high level financial service regardless of people's net worth. We are certified woman owned and work with businesses as well as government agencies. We were founded on providing financial literacy to our clients so they can make more income and make informed decisions to become properly protected, debt-free, and financial independent. That is our mission statement.
What community service has your business been involved in? What organizations do you support/donate to? We have been part of the National Human Resources Association of Rochester, NHRA for a couple of decades and are very active on the committee for the annual benefit auction, which adopts a different 501c3 company every year that helps put people back to work in some capacity.
We were youth ministers for 16 years at IUCC, I'm a part of Stella, the Women's Foundation and the Women's Council. We'd like to do anonymous giving, personally. We have been part of the Irondequoit Chamber of Commerce on and off and now sit on the board and we really like participating in and sponsoring the annual Joe Genier Charity Mini Golf Tournament.
Are there any events you are hosting you wish to tell our community about? Yes! Our 25th anniversary ribbon cutting will be on Tuesday, October 28th at 8:00 a.m.