Pursuing the financial higher ground

Jackie brings nearly two decades of extensive experience in precious metals and the capital markets to Advocate Partners. It's that insight that enables her to gauge risk across multiple asset classes within client portfolios. It also provides a critical benefit as the majority of the asset management and due diligence is performed by Jackie and her team.

Overall the team is dedicated to delivering customized services for addressing clients' business, investment and personal legacy needs. To Jackie, providing a portfolio solution that reflects the team's collaborative experience in investment management, private equity, hedging and diversification is a differentiator in the industry.

Jackie is also among a select group of Financial Advisors who have earned the UBS business designation of Family Office Consultant (FOC). She has undergone rigorous training to strengthen her knowledge and proficiency to help manage the investment, business, passion and legacy needs of sophisticated, ultra-high net worth (UHNW) clients and their families. Jackie, as a Private Wealth Advisor and an FOC, understands the complexities of intergenerational wealth and the challenges faced by exceptional clients. Working together, she aligns their specific needs to the full suite of UBS capabilities and helps them pursue their most important goals.

Past experience

• Head of precious metals derivatives, NY, London and Hong Kong, Morgan Stanley

Achievements

• Family Office Consultant (FOC)
• Futures Consulting Team
• Corporate Stock Benefit Consultant

Education

• Columbia University

Life

• Jackie is a mentor at Columbia University.
• She served as the treasurer of the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund for 20 years.
• Outside of work, she enjoys cooking, vegetable and fruit gardening and spending time with her family.

Registered States:
AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY

John’s experience working with family offices throughout his career shaped his vision of what he wanted Advocate Partners' blueprint to be:  a service model that is constantly expanding and evolving with clients' needs coupled with long-term planning focused on risk management,  legal structuring and taxation.  John's goal of creating a premier family office within the infrastructure of UBS, the world's largest wealth manager, has allowed his team to deliver invaluable resources to wealthy families in a comfortable, boutique -like setting.

John and his team excel in assisting families who are in the midst of or contemplating a meaningful financial transition. Whether it’s selling a business, retirement, divorce, or reducing exposure to a significant concentrated position, John has experience guiding wealthy families through all aspects of these life changing transitions.  Given that the majority of John’s clients have some significant concentration of wealth on their balance sheet, Advocate partners has extensive experience reducing the risks associated with such concentrations, whether they exist in shares of a public company or a closely held business, real estate, private equity or hedge fund or other illiquid assets. His network of trusted advisors both inside and outside of UBS plays an invaluable role in creating a financial infrastructure for his clients.

John is among a select group of Financial Advisors who have earned the UBS business designation of Family Office Consultant (FOC). He has undergone rigorous training to strengthen his knowledge and proficiency to help manage the investment, business, passion and legacy needs of sophisticated, ultra-high net worth (UHNW) clients and their families. John, as a Private Wealth Advisor and an FOC, understands the complexities of intergenerational wealth and the challenges faced by exceptional clients. Working together, he aligns their specific needs to the full suite of UBS capabilities and helps them pursue their most important goals.

Past experience

• Credit Suisse Private Banking
• Bear Stearns
• Lehman Brothers

Achievements

• Certified Exit Planning Advisor^® (CEPA^®)
• Family Office Consultant (FOC)

Life

• John supports a number of veterans’ causes and is a trustee and founding member of the America's Response Memorial at Ground Zero known as the Horse Soldier Statue.
• He has four children.
• John enjoys offshore fishing with his family.

Registered States:
AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV

Chris’s passion for investing began early as did his desire to own his own business. Through his following and learning from some of the best investors, it became apparent to Chris that one of the most significant determinants of success in investing, is the proper alignment of interests. Today, as a senior partner of Advocate Partners, he works diligently to ensure interests are properly aligned for his clients. Chris digs deeper than many can or will to uncover vulnerabilities that may exist unnoticed in his clients’ financial lives. Those undetected vulnerabilities are the very ones that can derail important goals. To that end, his focus within the team is investment due diligence, allocation construction and monitoring, financial planning and ongoing relationship management.

Advocacy is another guiding principal for Chris as he considers it critical to serve clients needs properly. He brings a deep understanding of risk to that process in order to create a planning framework around his clients’ lives.

Chris is also among a select group of Financial Advisors who have earned the UBS business designation of Family Office Consultant (FOC). He has undergone rigorous training to strengthen his knowledge and proficiency to help manage the investment, business, passion and legacy needs of sophisticated, ultra-high net worth (UHNW) clients and their families. Chris, as a Private Wealth Advisor and an FOC, understands the complexities of intergenerational wealth and the challenges faced by exceptional clients. Working together, he aligns their specific needs to the full suite of UBS capabilities and helps them pursue their most important goals.

Past experience

• Credit Suisse Private Bank
• Bear Stearns 

Achievements

• Family Office Consultant (FOC)
• Series 7, 65 and 66 securities licenses

Education

• B.S., cum laude, business and finance, Lynn University

Life

• Chris enjoys music, sports and spending time with his family.

Registered States:
AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY

Joel brings more than three decades of diverse, complementary skills and international experience to Advocate Partners. Combining his backgrounds in investment banking and private wealth management, he provides detailed advice and analytics on an institutional level, executed with highly personal service.

Joel oversees and develops key client relationships for the team. Accessing his extensive internal and external networks, he offers clients a broader set of capabilities, a solution set and above all, the insight to make informed decisions.

Past experience

• Private wealth advisor, Private Banking and Investment Group, Merrill Lynch
• Investment banking and debt capital markets at Lehman Brothers, Los Angeles; Credit Suisse, Los Angeles; First Boston, London; and Dresdner Bank in Frankfurt

 Achievements

• ACTFL, Goethe Institute, German fluency certification

• IMCA CIMA

• CFA Level II candidate

Education

• M.B.A., Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
• A.B., cum laude, Harvard College
• Phillips Academy, Andover

 Life

• Joel serves on the boards and chairs the investment committees of the American Farm School (Greece), The Fly Club (Harvard) and Thomas Emery Sons, an alternative investment fund.
• He resides in Manhattan with his wife, Valerie, and their son, Luke.

Registered States:
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI

Michael has over a decade of financial services experience addressing the needs of wealthy families. As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™(CFP®), Michael assists in the complex phases of planning and asset allocation. He is also well-versed in the intricacies of trust and estate planning and administration. Michael earned a B.A. in finance from Geneseo University at SUNY and holds the CFP® certification.

Registered States:
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, WV

Regina has been in the securities industry since 2013 and is a Senior Wealth Strategy Associate focused on relationship and portfolio management needs of the practice. Regina received her M.S. in Global Affairs, with a concentration in International Business and the Private Sector from NYU, and her B.S. in Finance from the University of Florida. She is a CFA Charterholder and an active member of the CFA Society of New York. Regina also sits on the Board of Directors of AfterWork Theater and is a NextGen Advocate for Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS.

Registered States:
CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, MA, MD, ME, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TX, WA, WI, WV

Troy is a Wealth Strategy Associate responsible for assisting our clients with all aspects of their financial and operational needs. Troy earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Babson College with All-Academic Honors where he was Captain of the Varsity Hockey program.  He holds his Series 7, 66, and 3 licenses.

Registered States:
AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, IL, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, ND, NJ, NY, PA, PR, SC, TN, TX

Registered States:
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, WV