Our Team
Paul Viren
Owner and President
Owner and president of Viren and Associates, Inc. an independent financial planning firm based in Spokane, Washington has been providing a broad range of financial services to his clients since 1994. Paul is a graduate of Whitworth...
Beth Viren
Beth joined the firm in 2005 as our Business and Group Employee Benefits Manager. She is a graduate of Whitworth University and that is where she and Paul first met. They have been married since 1978! Beth works with business owners...
Mike Smalley
Mike joined the Viren team as a Financial Planning Assistant in June 2016. Prior to that he was employed by Charles Schwab in their Seattle, Washington office where he worked as a Registered Financial Associate. He has been in the...
Gwen Giddens
Gwen has been part of the Viren team since January 2009 after working in the life insurance industry for Jim O’Connell for 23 years. She is our Insurance Coordinator. Licensed in Life and Health Insurance, she uses her wealth of...
Karen Holcomb
Karen has been in the insurance industry since 1991 and obtained her life and health insurance license in 2009. She has spent this time assisting clients on both the corporate and employee service side. This experience gives her a...
Cassie Frederiksen
Cassie has been with the Viren Team since the beginning of 2013. She started as the Administrative Assistant at the front desk and moved into the role of Client Services Associate in the fall of 2014. Since then, she has worked hard to...
Holly Byrum
Holly joined the Viren team in August 2016. She started as the Administrative Assistant – Financial Services where she currently assists Paul and Mike with the preparation of client portfolio reviews, creating new accounts,...
London Slagboom
London joined the Viren team mid-2020 and is the office’s Administrative Assistant. She works with the financial services team to prepare for the firm’s meetings with clients, and performs a variety of other tasks to...
Alisha Smithson
Alisha joined our team in January 2022. As an Administrative Assistant she works closely with Paul and our advisors, primarily focusing on the 401(k) and Retirement Plans provided by many of the companies we work with. This...