Joe Eskridge is a senior private wealth advisor for the Private Wealth division of Blue Trust in our Lynchburg, VA office.

Prior to joining Blue Trust in 2026, Joe was a partner at HSC Wealth Advisors for almost 15 years. Joe graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA degree and then from Wake Forest University with an MBA in Finance. Joe is a Certified Kingdom Advisor^®, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certificant, and Accredited Investment Fiduciary^®. Joe is also certified in Blockchain and Digital Assets^®, a member of the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals, a Fellow with distinction of LOMA’s Life Management Institute, and a NAPFA-Registered Financial Advisor.

Joe’s roots in investments, leadership, and civic engagement run deep. He is a proud member of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Jamestowne Society. His Jamestown ancestor, Captain Thomas Graves, was an original investor in the Virginia Company of London and one of the first settlers in England’s earliest permanent American colony. Graves also helped shape self-government and representative democracy as one of 22 founding members of the Virginia House of Burgesses, America’s first freely elected legislative assembly. 

Joe’s passions include genealogical research and servant leadership through the Kiwanis Club of Lynchburg and other local charities. He enjoys college sports and spending time with his wife, Beth, and their three daughters.