As a Lead Wealth Advisor, Dustin Haraway specializes in business transition planning and advanced tax strategy. Before joining Balefire, he built a successful financial planning practice and merged it with the company in 2025. What’s unique about Dustin is that his advice brings together the financial and non-financial aspects of wealth, addressing sophisticated planning needs while establishing a deep understanding of a client’s values and family dynamics.
Business owners often face overlapping decisions involving taxes, succession, liquidity, estate planning, preparing the next generation, and what life should look like beyond the business. Clients rely on Dustin to bring structure and clarity to these situations, while keeping the plan grounded in their objectives. For Dustin, this work is more than a profession. It’s a true calling. His mission is to solve problems for clients and help put them on a path towards better family and financial outcomes. Reaching those outcomes rarely happens in isolation, which is why he believes in a coordinated team approach, working alongside a family’s CPA, estate planning attorney, and other outside advisors. This helps ensure all members of the advisory team are rowing in the same direction.
Dustin lives in Madison, Alabama, with his wife, Matti, and their dog, Rudy. He enjoys leading Sunday school, trying new recipes as “Chef D,” and college football Saturdays in the fall.