Experience Makes all the difference

Shawn Bernhard, CFP®

Executive Director
Branch Manager
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™
602-957-5126

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With over 20 years of financial industry experience, Shawn is a Director and Branch Manager responsible for leading the UBS Wealth Management business in the Phoenix office.

As the Branch Manager, Shawn knows how important it is to provide comprehensive advice, guidance and solutions tailored to each situation. She partners with financial advisors and their teams to ensure that they have deep knowledge of our global capabilities to best assist clients and provide an exceptional client experience.

Shawn is passionate about helping clients and their families improve their lives and create legacies that matter most to them. She understands that significant wealth brings a greater level of complexity to clients and that every client is unique. Shawn enjoys creating a customized plan for clients by learning what they want to accomplish in life, who matters most to them and what they want their legacy to be.

Shawn joined UBS in 2008 and has spent the past decade in various leadership roles including Assistant Market Head for the UBS 1285 Headquarters office in New York, Complex Sales Manager for the UBS Chicago office before assuming the Branch Manager position for the UBS Phoenix office. Prior to pursuing a leadership career, Shawn held several roles in the financial services industry including Regional Branch Analyst and Planning Specialist, Financial Advisor and Client Service Associate. Shawn has also worked at Wachovia Securities and Merrill Lynch where she began her career in 1999.

Shawn graduated from the University of Delaware- Lerner College of Business and Economics and received her B.A. in Business Administration and Marketing. She holds the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and maintains her securities licenses for the Series 7, 9, 10, 66 and her life and health insurance license.

Shawn and her husband Derek live in Phoenix, Arizona. In her free time she enjoys running, traveling, reading and spending time with family and friends.


Registered States:
AZ


Janet M. Leahy

Director
Market Administrative Officer
602-957-5101

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Janet is currently the Market Administrative Officer for the Desert Mountain Market for UBS. She recently relocated from Seattle, where she  managed for UBS in the Puget Sound area for 19 years.

Prior to her current role, Janet was the Market Administrative Officer for the Seattle/Oregon Market area (6/2016 - 8/2019), the Seattle Complex Administrative Manager (2011–2016) and also served as the Administrative Manager for Seattle and Bellevue offices (2000-2011). Janet began her career in the financial services industry in 1991 at Paine Webber, New York and also worked at Kemper Securities (1992-1993) and Sutro & Co (1993-1999), both in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Janet is passionate about animal protection and rights and has served as a volunteer for Pasados Safe Haven in Sultan, WA.

Janet received her BA in Communications from Queens College of the City University of New York in 1991. She and her husband, Patrick, live in Scottsdale with their two Chesapeake Bay Retrievers and enjoy international traveling.


Registered States:
AZ


Carla Joann Ozog

Director
Market Supervisory Officer
602-957-5112

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Registered States:
AZ, NM, NV


Thomas John Drogaris Jr., CFP®

CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™
602-957-5153

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In his role as a Wealth Planning Associate, Thomas works closely with financial advisors in the various UBS offices located in the Desert Mountain Market as they help their clients pursue their goals through comprehensive planning. Thomas has in-depth knowledge of the many financial planning solutions that can be tailored to address each client’s individual priorities. Working collaboratively with financial advisors, Thomas strives to deliver what clients need most today—Advice. Beyond investing.

He began his career in Wealth Management in 2012 helping clients with various operational needs eventually becoming a licensed Investment Advisor Representative. After years of helping clients with investment guidance and retirement planning he became an independent consultant. Having missed working directly with clients and their families in the financial planning space he joined UBS in April of 2018.

Thomas is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and also holds the Accredited Wealth Management Advisor (AWMA©) designation, to specifically address the needs of high net worth clients. His experience includes helping clients through comprehensive financial planning, retirement income planning, education funding, structures for charitable giving, insurance analysis and investment management. He is FINRA-registered and holds the Series 7 and 66 securities licenses and licenses for life insurance and variable annuities. His bachelor’s degree in Finance is from the University of Arizona. He is also a 2nd Senior Advanced Black Belt in Taekwondo and former martial arts instructor. Though originally from New Jersey, he is happy to call Arizona home. 


Registered States:
AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, TX, UT