Your Team

Meet Our Team

Planning a financial roadmap can only be achieved through collaboration

Tinh Vu, ChFC, CLU, EA, and CFP

Certified Financial Planner ™, Managing Director [email protected]

An immigrant to the US as a child, Tinh brings his unique personal experience to financial planning. Along with the professional knowledge he acquired through his education at Seattle University and his over ten years of experience in the taxes and financial advising industry, Tinh delivers advanced and unique strategies to customize complex financial plans for his clients. Whether it is by helping to integrate tax mitigation strategies for his clients through investment management for retirement or through investment management for retirement or estate planning, Tinh works passionately to help hundreds of families find the best fit financial strategies for their individual situations. Outside of work, Tinh is often found enjoying the outdoors, going to the park with his wife and kid, and volunteering at local churches.

Tinh received his Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) and Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) through the American College of Financial Services.
Tinh speaks English & Tiếng Việt

Sammie Nguyen

Operation Assistant
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Sammie has a strong financial background as an accountant with experience in the intricacies of tax preparation for Individual and small businesses. She began her financial journey as a tax adviser at H&R Block. As a tax adviser, she has successfully solved numerous IRS audits for clients.   Concurrently, she is joining Nav Advisers to further her learning in financial planning to support clients in their financial needs. She is currently pursuing her Enrolled Agent Certification and aims to become a leading advisor for small businesses. She has been a member of Phi Theta Kappa International College Honor Society since 2017.  Her hobbies are cooking, music, attending mass and spending time with family.


Sammie is not registered with Osaic Wealth, Inc.
Sammie speaks English & Vietnamese

Christine Steelsmith

Christine Steelsmith

Financial ParaPlanner, Operations Manager

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Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, Christine is the daughter of Cambodian refugees who fled from Khmer Rouge genocide. As a first-generation Asian American, she graduated from Westminster College with a Bachelor’s in Financial Services and went on to attend Texas A&M Commerce where she received her Master of Business Administration with an Accounting minor. Christine spent several years in the financial services industry as a Stockbroker and Portfolio Accountant for Parametric, AXA Advisers, and E*Trade. Growing up, Christine witnessed her parents build their own small business as commercial real estate investors which instilled in her a sense of entrepreneurship. She took that and worked to build Steelsmith Haus, her and her husband’s Seattle-based digital marketing company.Christine now joins Nav Advisers as our Financial Paraplanner where she can leverage her industry knowledge and her skills as an underwriting and administrative savant. Christine finds herself at home in Seattle with her family, cooking and baking her favorite recipes, and hanging out with friends over a glass of wine.Christine is not registered with Osaic Wealth, Inc.Christine speaks English.
*Not Registered Representatives and cannot offer securities and/or investment advisory services through Osaic Wealth, Inc.