Our Team
The people behind
the philosophy.
Intentional combines the personal attention of founder-led advice with access to specialized private wealth resources. Every relationship is built around understanding the person behind the wealth, with the expertise and coordination to address what matters most.
Founder
James Roberts
Founder, Intentional LLC
James has been in the investment services industry since 2007. Based in Fort Mill, SC and serving clients across the Charlotte region, Charleston region, and nationally, he's spent nearly two decades seeing what most advisors miss: the numbers are rarely the problem.
The reason James entered this industry and the reason he stayed are completely different things. He came in his twenties for the obvious reasons. To build a career, make a real income, and help people along the way. Reasonable enough.
What kept him here was something he didn't expect to find. The clients who struggled most weren't the ones with the smallest portfolios. They were the ones whose wealth had grown far beyond what they'd ever planned for. No framework for what it actually meant. The money was there. The clarity wasn't.
That gap is what Intentional exists to close.
The shift
Why investment returns matter.
And why they're not enough.
"Wealth is supposed to fit your most treasured identity. Your identity is not supposed to fit your wealth goals."
James spent years doing what the industry trained him to do: optimize portfolios, manage risk, build plans. He was good at it. But something kept surfacing in client conversations that no financial model accounted for.
People would hit the numbers they'd spent decades working toward and feel nothing like what they expected. Or they'd make financial decisions that directly contradicted everything they said they valued. Not because they were irrational. Because nobody had ever helped them understand the relationship between who they are and how they use their wealth.
That realization changed everything about how James works. Investment returns still matter deeply to him. The mechanics of tax strategy, estate planning, and liquidity are not afterthoughts. But they're in service of something bigger now: helping each client build a financial life that actually reflects who they are.
That's the work. That's what keeps him in this industry.
THE INTENTIONAL APPROACH
Founder-Led Advice.
Specialized Resources.
Complex wealth requires more than one perspective. It also requires someone who understands how all the pieces fit together.
At Intentional, James Roberts, CFP®, CExP™, provides personal oversight of client relationships and the planning decisions that matter most. For clients with more complex needs, we collaborate with specialized professionals at Raymond James, drawing on additional expertise in estate and legacy planning, tax-aware strategies, investment research, and other areas of private wealth.
These professionals are employed by Raymond James, not Intentional, LLC. Their expertise complements the planning and advisory services provided by our firm.
This approach allows us to combine the personal attention and accountability of an independent advisory firm with access to broader private wealth resources, without losing sight of the individual and family behind the wealth.
The Team
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Lily Spiering
Executive Assistant
Lily keeps the firm running with the kind of precision and care that high-touch client relationships require. She is the first point of contact for scheduling, coordination, and ensuring that every client interaction with Intentional is seamless from the first conversation forward.
Her role is straightforward in title but significant in practice. When clients reach out, Lily is who makes sure nothing falls through the cracks.
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Every Intentional relationship begins the same way. A conversation with James. No pitch. No agenda. Just an honest look at where you are and where you want to go.
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