Meet the Spring Planning Team

Julia Chung, CFP®, FEA, TEP
Financial Planning & Family Enterprise Consultant

Julia provides a unique approach to personal, corporate, and family enterprise financial planning services. With well over 25 years in the world of finance, she brings an unparalleled amount of experience, knowledge, and skill to her deep discussions with the people she supports everyday.

Julia’s focus is on providing clear, understandable education, support, and clarity at just the right times to empower people to make the decisions that will bring them closer to the life they really want.

Career & Board Experience

Julia’s career has taken her through investment counseling, accounting, trust, and banking firms. She’s also engaged in businesses, as owner, employee, and family “volunteer” that include media, retail, wholesale, service, and even the arts.

Julia is a prolific writer, having held the position of Business Editor at two publications, co-authoring 3 ebooks on money and business, and of course, regularly writing our blog and newsletter. She also likes to teach, regularly speaking with a variety of organizations, media outlets, and more to share ideas about planning, business, finances and more. You can see some of it on our media page here.

Julia is a founding member of the Financial Planning Association of Canada, currently the President and formerly the Vice President.

Julia has been a Board Director with Family Enterprise Canada since 2020, and is the Chair of the FEA Community Council.

Education & Designations

Julia really loves going to school. She blames her mother’s family, which is chock-full of academics. Her designations include the CFP (Certified Financial Planner), FEA (Family Enterprise Advisor) and TEP (Trust & Estate Practitioner). She’s decided to stop collecting letters now that there are more after her name than in it.

That hasn’t stopped her from continuing her education, which includes programs through CPA Canada and CPA BC that include U.S. Tax & Estate Planning, CFO Operational Skills, Corporate & Trust Tax Planning… and more. Julia has engaged in programs that include training in conflict resolution, mediation, behavioural finance, succession planning, complex family systems… and so much more. For detailed and updated education, you can find Julia’s LinkedIn profile here.

Ria Stroppa brings a unique blend of financial planning expertise and deep human understanding to the Spring team. With nearly four years of experience in advice-only financial planning and more than 20 years working in psychology-related roles, Ria approaches planning through both a technical and deeply personal lens. She holds a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology and is passionate about helping people align meaning and money through thoughtful, holistic planning.

Ria believes great financial planning is about far more than numbers. Her work focuses on creating clarity, building trust, and helping clients feel understood as they navigate complex financial decisions. Her background in counselling naturally complements Spring’s transformational, human-led approach to planning and supports clients in understanding not just where they are going, but why it matters to them.

Ria lives on Vancouver Island with her husband and young son. She works closely with Julia and Ashlee to support clients with long-term, relationship-focused financial planning.

From chaos to organized bliss, Ashlee is a strategic planner skilled in multitasking and prioritizing work who keeps the Spring team moving in operational excellence. She is often the first person you virtually meet at Spring, and the one who will ensure you are well taken care of during your journey with our team.

Ashlee is a results-oriented business professional who has a unique blend of technical, operational, and administrative experience that allows her to ensure whatever needs to get done is checked off the to do list. She is a creative problem solver who thrives on the thrill of the challenge.

Ashlee and her family live in beautiful North Vancouver, BC taking in both ocean and mountains at every chance.