The educator’s educator.

Why the white coat.

Federal benefits are not complicated because anyone wants them to be. They’re complicated because Congress, OPM, the Office of the Actuary and a stack of agencies have spent decades layering retirement, healthcare and survivor rules on top of each other.

Shawn’s practice is built on a simple idea: a federal employee deserves the same careful, plain-spoken diagnosis that a good doctor would give a patient. Not a sales pitch. Not a worksheet. A diagnosis.

A 39-year practice.

Shawn entered financial services in the late 1980s and spent the first half of his career learning every corner of the industry — from insurance and annuities through investments and estate planning — before specializing in federal benefits in the late 2000s.

Since then he has trained thousands of advisors, brokers and agents who today serve federal employees nationwide. He founded FedEd Academy™ to bring real, exam-grade education to the industry, and the Registered Federal Benefits Specialist℠ designation to give graduates a credential their clients can trust.

Why this site.

For most of his career Shawn taught the teachers. Dr. Fed Ed turns that classroom outward — bringing the same straightforward guidance directly to the federal employees who actually have to make the decisions.

If you read one article here, listen to one episode of A Second Opinion, or sign up for one week of Office Hours, the goal is the same: you walk away knowing what to do next.