Your Partner In Becoming Financially Independent & Creating Your Ideal Life

“Meet Erik Pedersen, Founder & CEO”

Born in Colorado, he spent most of his youth playing sports. After graduating from the University of Northern Colorado with a major in finance and economics he began his journey as a financial advisor. In 2005 he was given the opportunity to move to Arizona and became a vice president with Equitable. Through the next 14 years he helped train and develop advisors into the business along with running his own personal practice. He continued that path with Principal Financial for another 6 years.

At the end of 2023 he decided to hang up the management hat and focus on helping more people live their ideal lives. At that time, we began EPIC Holistic Partners and Erik fell into the role of Founder & CEO. Erik’s primary role is to lead the organization, help foster strong client relationships, and navigate complex cases. What Erik enjoys most about this career is being able to help people. His passion for helping people create their ideal life is the reason he says he will never retire!

Erik believes in working hard and playing hard. He loves spending time with and developing his two children, Brynne & Carter. His passions are spending time with his wife, skiing, pickleball, traveling (theme parks are a must annually) and playing Texas hold ‘em.

“Meet Heather Wilson, Director of Operations”

Heather has many hometowns but has always stayed a desert girl. Growing up in Palm Springs, then moving to Las Vegas at the start of high school, to settling down here in Arizona in 2016. Heather graduated from Grand Canyon University; 3.5 years & a successful collegiate cheer career (Go Lopes) graduating in December of 2019 with a Bachelor’s & Minor degree. Thankfully, even during the unsettling times of COVID right after graduation, she was quickly picked up by to come work for the team towards the end of 2020.

As the Director of Operations and the experience of working with the EPIC Holistic Partners team, Heather truly enjoys being the “glue” that keeps us running. While the list of items on Heather’s tasks are not short, she is thankful to be in a career that allows her to make an impact on those we help in the practice. As well as the opportunity to grow in skill sets for event planning and marketing.

Currently, Heather resides in Phoenix, AZ with her husband Ryan. They are true adrenaline junkies and enjoy anything that brings a trill, which includes skydiving. When not seeking out adventure, Heather loves reading a great murder mystery book, line dancing at Scoot n Boots, providing consulting & choreography to the HS cheer teams around the valley & spending time on the mountain snowboarding.

Brandon focuses on meeting new people and “helping people who want help”. Brandon has a passion for life and loves to go the extra mile for anyone he meets. He learned about “steward leadership” in the military and takes that same approach with all clients.