Our Team

The JMA team offers clients a broad portfolio of skills.

ANDY

Andy Loving is the founding partner of Just Money Advisors and its principle advisor. A Certified Financial Planner® and an ordained minister, Andy creates investment strategies that help clients meet their financial goals in a way that proactively contributes to justice and environmental sustainability. He has won multiple awards for helping clients put capital into financial institutions that serve poor people, both domestically and around the world. It has been observed that “Andy looks at money and imagines ways to create justice.”

SUSAN

Susan Taylor is a partner at Just Money Advisors. She helps design socially responsive financial strategies for JMA clients and manages many aspects of JMA’s overall business, bringing a background as a Ph.D. economist to the JMA team’s skill set. (She is not accepting clients at this time.) Susan writes about issues of money and spirituality (see the “resources” page) and shares her expertise and energy with a handful of non-profits that equip people to connect their money and their faith. She also serves on the Investment Committee of the Mennonite Education Agency.

JOEL

Joel Koerner is a financial advisor. Joel joined Just Money Advisors in 2015. Joel has a passion for social and environmental justice both locally and globally. Joel is excited that he can work at JMA and assist clients in investing to make the world a kinder and more just and equitable place. In his spare time, Joel enjoys reading and running. Joel is married to Maria Blough Koerner and together they enjoy hiking and the natural beauty of Kentucky’s many parks.

MARIA

Maria Koerner joined the Just Money Advisors team in 2023 and provides administrative
services to clients and the business. Previously Maria worked in the nonprofit sector for 17 years,
including the administration of the refugee resettlement program in Kentucky for nearly a
decade. On the finance side, her past work included managing federal funds, developing grantproposals and budgets, and coordinating a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site for threetax seasons. She is excited to utilize her skills and passion for social justice in a new field.
Outside of work Maria enjoys hiking and photography.

Sara

Sara Loving is the project director for Better Banking Options at Just Money Advisors. She graduated from Spalding University in 2017 with a degree in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences and was brought into the company by her parents, Susan Taylor and Andy Loving, to research and write about sustainable banking practices. Deeply passionate about all forms of social justice, Sara believes that making Better Banking practices available to more people will lead to a more sustainable and equal society. She is the primary author on the Better Banking Options blog and maintains media outreach for the project (check out the banking tab above for more info).

WALKER

Walker Loving is a relatively recent addition to Just Money Advisors, joining full-time in 2022
after graduating from the University of Louisville with degrees in Economics and Political
Science. He primarily works on assisting clients and associates in establishing accounts at Hope
Credit Union, a credit union operating principally in the US’ under-resourced deep South, aiming
to strengthen the financial health of communities intentionally abandoned by our existing
banking systems.