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About Us
1st Cornerstone Financial is an innovative wealth management firm that serves a wide variety of individuals and entities. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality service for wealth management. 1st Cornerstone Financial has over 30 years of combined experience. We hope you will find us extremely friendly, competent, and professional. In an ever-changing market and business world, it is important to know that you have a high quality team of advisors on your side. With a broad range of investments, the advisors of 1st Cornerstone Financial put you back into the driver’s seat of your future. We hope that after meeting with us you will feel confident that we will provide you with a service you can rely on. Give us a call or fill out the contact form to the right.
Meet Our Team
Nick Peterson
Nick is an Investment Advisor Representative with CoreCap Advisors, and holds series 65 registration, and insurance licenses in many states across the country. His clients enjoy his laid-back objective optimism and holistic planning style. As a result, clients enjoy affiliating with Nick and feel confident in bringing up personal matters in addition to introducing friends and family.
Nick has worked in the accounting field since 2003. First, as a staff accountant under a CPA and then for a Toyota dealership, and later became the Senior Accountant for NP Accounting Services in 2006. NP Accounting merged with a couple other CPA firms to form Peterson and Associates, CPA, Nick was President for 10 years, holding many leadership positions outside the firm including with the non-profit CPA Plus Network, Tactical Leadership Alliance, Strongbrook Financial and worked closely with DFY Real Estate clients.
Nick Peterson is a family man and enjoys spending time with loved ones. His hobbies include OHV Riding, club airsoft, hiking, camping, and painting. Professionally, he finds satisfaction in helping others enjoy the blessings of financial confidence.
Al Harris
Born & raised in Ohio, Al moved to Utah to be closer to his first love, Mountain Biking. He put himself through college by wrenching on bikes. Al graduated first in his class from UVU, hung up his pedal wrench & picked up his calculator. He experienced both sides of the finance world at Peterson & Associates, CPA as a business tax accountant and Reaction Data, a healthcare startup, as the Chief Financial Officer. While in college, he became registered as an investment advisor representative and has over 10 years of experience helping clients navigate their financial future. His love for mountain biking is only exceeded by his love for his classic BMWs, his wife and 3.5 children.
Jesse Sitterud
Jesse is a seasoned professional in the insurance and financial services industry with over 13 years of experience. He graduated with his B.A. from Brigham Young University in 2006. He excels at working with high income individuals and families to simplifying retirement income planning and wealth creation. Jesse previously sat on the board for NAIFA Central (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors) and is regularly sought after as a speaker at industry events. He provides mentoring to new and veteran financial professionals as well. When Jesse is not building financial confidence and stress-free retirement plans for his clients, you can find him spending time with his beautiful wife Jennifer and his five adorable kids. Jesse is a lifelong fan of BYU sports and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He also loves to hunt, golf, and read.
Kristi Fitch
Kristi studied travel and tourism through Steven’s Henagar Business College which has led to many years as a travel consultant. While living in California she managed a large travel agency in Century City and Beverly Hills. Her clientele included several high profile music and movie production accounts. This led to an opportunity to change directions when she started doing corporate travel exclusively for a large law firm in downtown Los Angeles. Since California, Kristi has successfully opened and sold a successful travel agency in Utah. Kristi is the glue that holds Peterson Harris, Inc. together. She is responsible for everything that happens behind the scenes to make sure clients have the best experience possible.
Nick Peterson and Al Harris are investment advisory representative of and provides advisory services through CoreCap Advisors, LLC. Peterson Shafer Inc and First Cornerstone Financial are separate entities and not affiliated with CoreCap Advisors.