The goal of our team is to make you feel like family by getting to know you and your goals, answering your questions, and always putting you at ease. Because we work so closely with our clients, we tend to think of them as our friends. So don't be surprised if you get a phone call from us just saying "hi."

William A. Gibbs III (Bill)

Bill Gibbs is the President and Wealth Manager of Coast Financial Group, opened in September 2004. He has more than 23 years' experience in the investment arena. He started his career in the financial market with E.F. Hutton and advanced to senior vice president and branch manager for Wachovia Securities before starting Coast Financial Group. Prior to his current career, he was vice president and director of marketing and sales with Levi Strauss & Co. He also served as a board member of NuWave Corporation and Prophecy Corporation. He is a four-time recipient of an award of excellence from his broker dealer Commonwealth Financial Network.

Bill is active in the local community. A former president of the Brunswick Rotary Club and former board member of Habitat for Humanity, Safe Harbor Advisory Board, Child Cancer Fund Board, Christian Ministries Foundation, and Covenant Financial Services, he is currently on the board of directors of the Salvation Army and an active member of the Jekyll Island Rotary Club. He has also served as a mentor at Burroughs-Molette Elementary School. In his spare time, Bill enjoys golfing, fishing, boating and walking the beach with his Labradoodle, Eddie.

As Sales Assistant, Gail Johnson helps manage marketing, sales and client relations. She assists with client meetings, seminars, events, and client services. Gail joined Coast Financial Group in 2009, after more than 20 years as a mortgage loan originator. She has a B.S. in psychology from Georgia Southern University.

Gail was raised in Atlanta, lived in Darien for several years, and moved to St. Simons Island in 2001, where she is active in the St. Simons Island Community Church. She is married and has two children - a son in Washington, D.C., and a daughter at Valdosta State University.

Sandy Mason

Sandy is the Marketing Assistant who ensures that all customer records are up to date, secure, and backed up at all times. An area native, Sandy currently works for us from Atlanta where her husband, an Army major, is in charge of all physician assistants in the U.S. Army. The Masons have two daughters and a son, and plan eventually to return to their St. Simons Island home.