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About

Built so families wouldn't have to navigate the deep end alone.

Noah's Ark Financial is a one-advisor firm in Poughkeepsie, NY, built by Peter Guggisberg for Hudson Valley families. Every call is with Peter directly. Every plan is mapped to a real family, not a template.

Peter Guggisberg, founder of Noah's Ark Financial

In short

  • Lifeguard and swim instructor before becoming an advisor
  • 10+ years guiding Hudson Valley families
  • Single-advisor firm by design
  • Based in Poughkeepsie, serving NY + neighbors

The story

From the lifeguard chair to the planning table.

Before financial planning, Peter spent his early career as a lifeguard and swim instructor. He taught kids and adults how to move through water, what to do when the unexpected hits, and how to stay calm when you can't see the bottom.

He started noticing that families were going through something similar with money. Smart people, doing everything they could, still felt like they were treading water. They didn't lack effort. They lacked a plan they could trust when life shifted underneath them.

So he changed careers. Same instinct, different setting. More than a decade later, Noah's Ark Financial is the firm he built around one idea: the right plan is a life vest for your family. It doesn't stop the waves. It gives you the security and confidence to keep moving forward when they come.

The firm is single-advisor on purpose. Every conversation happens with Peter. Every plan is mapped to a real family. You won't be passed to a junior associate, you won't get a cookie-cutter recommendation, and you won't hear sales language designed to push a product.

How working together feels different

Three things Noah's Ark Financial does differently.

One advisor, every call.

You won't get rotated to a junior associate. When you call Noah's Ark Financial, you reach Peter. That's the entire point of the firm.

Plans in plain English.

You'll never be handed a 40-page PDF you can't read. Peter walks you through the numbers, the trade-offs, and what each choice costs and protects, in language that makes sense at your kitchen table.

Local context built in.

Hudson Valley families face specific things: NY state estate tax, the mortgage-to-income ratios in Dutchess County, what private school in this corridor really costs. Peter's plans are mapped to where you actually live.

Free first consultation

Talk with Peter. No pitch, no pressure.

Bring whatever you have. Old policies, vague worries, a 401k you haven't looked at in years. Thirty minutes is enough to see what's possible.