Presenters
Inspire. Empower.
Mark Flowers, CFP®, CDFA™
Second Saturday Leader and Financial Planner
The Second Saturday Divorce Workshop program was founded in 1989 by the non-profit WIFE.org (the Women’s Institute for Financial Education). Second Saturday has helped thousands of individuals navigate the divorce process, and has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships and programs to help women become financially independent. I am the local leader here in San Mateo County.
We are a unique resource group in the Bay Area, offering workshops to inform and educate, offering professional divorce services, and offering educational tools to empower you. People think that divorce is about the law, but it's really about three things: family, emotion, and money. For this reason, each of our workshops features three professionals- a financial planner, a therapist, and a family law attorney.
We are dedicated to helping everybody through the divorce process, regardless of their circumstances.
Nancy Mass
Family Law Attorney
Ms. Mass is a Certified Specialist in Family Law and a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Ms. Mass handles all aspects of high-asset dissolutions, including those involving complex financial issues, property characterization, business valuation, child custody child support, and spousal support, from the inception of a case through settlement or trial. Ms. Mass also prepares prenuptial and postnuptial agreements and works with clients as a consulting attorney, as needed. She represents clients in domestic violence actions, as well.
Ms. Mass was previously associated with Hammer & Jacobs in San Jose, where she also practiced family law exclusively. Prior to that, Ms. Mass' practice focused on civil litigation, which included defending businesses in tort and employment litigation actions.
Ms. Mass graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 2002. Ms. Mass graduated cum laude from University of California at Los Angeles, having attained a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in English and French.
Debby Simmons
Ph.D., LMFT
Debby is the clinical director of Primrose Healing and Wellness. Debby has been a licensed psychotherapist and an educator for many years. Her compassion for clients along with her strong clinical skills are strengths that clients will see. She has had extensive experience working with individuals, couples, and families. Debby has a special interest in working with couples. She helps couples who are struggling with their relationship to decide if they want to make it work or end the relationship. Whether a couple wants to work on the relationship or end it they need strong communication skills to help them problem-solve and make decisions. If couples decide to end the relationship, she helps them to mediate this process. She also helps couples with co-parenting.
