Meet the Ladies of The Financial Knot Team
Stephanie Vokral
Stephanie Vokral is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® practitioner who has worked as a Financial Advisor for the last 25+ years in the Columbia area. She launched her own wealth management firm in 2014, to specializes in working with Women in Transition; transitions like divorce, retirement, death of a spouse/loved one, or a job change. She joined InVestra in 2024 to continue this work with a larger team of professionals specializing in empowering women. To focus her efforts on divorce, she opened The Financial Knot® to offer a wide range of divorce financial planning services to women.
She’s a Certified Financial Planner ™ and has extensive training in investments, risk management, estate planning, tax planning, education planning, and retirement planning. She’s also an Accredited Investment Fiduciary or AIF®, giving her additional experience in fiduciary standards. Stephanie has been featured on the S.C. Business Review with Mike Switzer as well as Thirty Minutes Down South podcast, a panelist and speaker for various local organizations, including the University of SC Women’s Leadership Institute, CLUTCH CoWork Council, Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network (WREN), Central Carolina Community Foundation, local churches, and Women in Philanthropy. She is married to Jason and the proud mother of Anna Caroline. She is an active member of Columbia Crossroads Church - Chapin.
Other noteworthy mentions include:
Member of the S.C. Financial Planning Association, SC Academy of Collaborative Professionals (SCACP), International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP), Association of Divorce Financial Planners, Advisory Board for Hope Haven, and United Way of the Midlands, Women in Philanthropy and the Charleston Cooperative Family Law Association .
Past Vice President of the Columbia chapter of the S.C. Federation of Business & Professional Women’s Clubs
Past board member of NAIFA-SC
Past Member of the Women in Philanthropy Executive Committee and Greater Irmo Chamber of Commerce.
Mandy Wunder Harling
is the Director of Client Services at The Financial Knot®. She graduated from Chapin High School and the University of South Carolina with a B.S. in Business Administration. Mandy handles the operational and administrative aspects of the office. She has 30 years of experience in Development and Planned Giving, Professional Association and Board Management, and Human Resources. Mandy lives in Chapin with her twin daughters, Emily and Lucy. In her free time, she enjoys running, baking, and traveling.
