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FIFTH AVENUE FINANCIAL CENTER

Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Branch Office

Welcome to the FIFTH AVENUE FINANCIAL CENTER branch. This collaborative network allows us to draw on each other’s diverse experiences so we can offer investing insights, perspectives, skills and wealth planning strategies that have been designed to help you and your family lead the lives you desire.

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Branch Office Profile

About Us

The advisors at the branch can offer financial strategies that come from years of combined wealth management knowledge and experience. We also stress that our role goes beyond wealth planning advice and guidance. Employing the broad resources of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, advisors can assist with retirement income planning, guidance on concentrated stock positions and traditional investments, as well as providing access to Bank of America’s estate planning services, while working with your outside professionals, such as accountants and tax attorneys.

Culture

The branch’s financial advisors are committed to client service and satisfaction. Every relationship begins by helping clients identify their personal and professional goals, including those related to lifestyle and multi-generational issues. With that information, combined with the ability to draw on industry analysts and specialists, financial advisors have the tools to fully understand each client’s current financial situation and can collaborate with them on creating financial strategies designed to meet their long-term objectives.

Community 

Through our volunteerism and charitable outreach, the branch helps support the economic, social and cultural life of the communities in which we live and work. In virtually every Merrill location across the country, employees are involved in fundraising activities meant to benefit their many neighborhoods and causes. And as a local branch office, we feel it is important for us to “give back” and help maintain vibrant, healthy communities and non-profit organizations.

Client Commitment

As a Merrill client, you have access to the knowledge and experience of industry-skilled advisors who are supported by the investing insights of Merrill, a disciplined wealth planning platform, and the technological resources of a leading global financial services firm. Our advisors strive to fully understand your personal and business needs, and those of your family and future generations. We will put your interests first to help you pursue your financial and life goals.

Advisors at This Location

Our deeply committed advisors call upon Merrill’s tools and resources to help clients pursue personal and professional financial goals, as they also help them prepare for financial and lifestyle challenges that may lie ahead.

Xiang & Ku Group

Global Wealth & Investment Management

Joseph DeBono,

CPFA

Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Roy Ku,

CPWA

Assistant Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Bert M Halliday,

CRPC

Senior Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Steven Neal

First Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Josefina Ang,

CPFA,

CRPC

Managing Director

Senior Financial Advisor

Peter J Ross,

CSRIC,

CPM,

CFP,

CFA

First Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Hilda Frost

First Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Zachary H Zelman,

AWMA,

CRPC

First Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Kevin J Halpin

Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Jayne D. Finst,

CPFA,

CPWA

Assistant Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Katherine Fuller Mendez,

CSRIC,

CFP

Senior Financial Advisor

Joseph Boccaccio,

SE-AWMA,

CPWA,

CFP,

CRPC

First Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Clifford H Benfield,

CSRIC,

CRPC,

CFP,

AAMS

Senior Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

David C Bobker,

CPFA,

CRPC

Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Jaime Wright,

CPWA

Vice President

Resident Director - Wealth Management Advisor

Michael J Luparella,

CFP

Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Robert K Deverna,

CRPC

Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Michael A Davis,

CRPC

Managing Director

Wealth Management Advisor

Sheri Kominsky

Senior Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Ryan V Antonacci,

CPFA,

CIMA,

CFP

Senior Vice President

Resident Director

Sam Xiang,

CPFA

Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Vikas Mohindra,

SE-AWMA,

CPFA,

CRPC

Senior Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Tomoe Odahara,

CSRIC,

CPFA,

CRPC

Senior Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Jeffrey B Naschek,

CRPC

First Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Amelia E Prounis,

CPFA

Senior Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Sally Cai,

CRPC,

CFP

Senior Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Zalmen Lazaroff,

CPFA,

CRPC,

CIMA

Senior Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Mark E Johnson

Senior Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Brian J. Raimondi

Assistant Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Taylor A Hanex,

CRPC

Senior Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Jack S Herling,

CPFA,

CFP

Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Daniel P Krystyniak,

CRPC

Senior Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

David Fisher

Senior Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Thomas R DeSanctis,

CRPC

First Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Joseph H. Cruz,

CSRIC,

CPFA,

CFP

First Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Jonathan M Liebers

Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Rachel Yibo Zhang,

CPFA,

CRPC

Senior Financial Advisor

Zachary N Howland,

CPWA,

CFP

Senior Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Max Myers,

CFP

Assistant Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Robert Stuart Lewton,

CPFA,

CRPC

First Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Kevin J McLaughlin,

CPFA

Managing Director

Wealth Management Advisor

Maurice Eskenazi

Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Eric S Schoeman

Senior Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Kenneth J Nersesian,

CPFA,

CRPC,

CFP

Senior Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Karl H Pupke,

CFP

Senior Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Margot R Michalski,

CFP

Wealth Management Advisor

Vincent M Ambroselli,

CPFA,

CRPC

Senior Vice President

International Wealth Advisor

L. Cliff Griffin,

SE-AWMA,

CDFA,

CIMA

Senior Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Tony Golden

Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Brendan Kaylor

Assistant Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Clayton Cohen ,

CSRIC,

CFP

Senior Financial Advisor

John A Halliday

Assistant Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Jamie Goldgrub

Assistant Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Bansi Kachalia,

CFP

Senior Financial Advisor

Sean O'Donnell,

CFP

Assistant Vice President

Financial Advisor

Anna Ryan,

CFP

Financial Advisor

Adam J White,

CFA

Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Benjamin Zacks,

CFA

Assistant Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Innokentii Panteleev

Assistant Vice President

Financial Advisor

Abanoub (Abe) Gabra

Assistant Vice President

Financial Advisor

Justin Pierce,

CEPA

Vice President

Financial Advisor

Jacob A Anderson,

CRPC,

CFP

Assistant Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Genie Zeigler

Senior Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Suzanne R. Katz,

CDFA,

CEPA,

CFP

Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Sam Cherny

Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Eric Raphael,

CPFA,

CFA

Senior Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Joseph P Kiernan

Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Michael A Guariglia

Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Thomas Wilson Moore

Senior Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Colin M. Obsitnik,

CPWA

Assistant Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Nicholas M Carriello,

CPFA,

CRPC,

CFP

Managing Director

Senior Financial Advisor

Robert LaPietra

First Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Brandt Cybul

Senior Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Francis Collins

Senior Financial Advisor

Steven J Kartchner,

CPFA,

CRPC,

CFP

Assistant Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Jay Lefkowicz,

CSRIC,

CPFA,

CMT,

CFA

Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Richard R OConnor

First Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Nicholas Doro,

CFP,

CPFA

First Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Barbara G Roberts,

CRPC

Managing Director

Wealth Management Advisor

Mynoon F Doro,

CPFA,

CRPC

Senior Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

James Mengouchian

Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Marc D Seidenberg,

CPFA,

CRPC

Senior Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Scott Flaugher,

CPFA

First Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Michael Cannon,

SE-AWMA

Financial Advisor

Tess Schuit,

SE-AWMA,

CRPC

Financial Advisor

Kerry H Davi

Senior Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Marshall I Dumont

Assistant Vice President

Senior Financial Advisor

Alexander Thomas Christopher,

CEPA

Senior Vice President

Financial Advisor

Faiez Ahmed

Vice President

Financial Advisor

Thomas M Tiedemann,

CFP

Senior Vice President

Wealth Management Advisor

Euan Wilson,

AWMA,

CFA

Senior Financial Advisor

Bradley Kushner,

SE-AWMA

Financial Advisor

Lawrence C. Liebers,

CPFA

Managing Director

Wealth Management Advisor

Market Leadership

Matthew Grossman| MLWM Market Executive| Managing Director

Matthew Grossman, the Market Executive (ME) within the Fifth Avenue Financial Center Branch, has been with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management since 1990. In partnership with the Office Management Team (OMT), heis responsible for the branch’s business goals, driving the day-to-day performance and managing the overall financials. The Market Executive assumes the responsibility for recruiting and managing the sales and support teams through mentoring, coaching and consulting, and promotes access to Bank of America banking specialists and Merrill investment specialists to help ensure that the branch’s and enterprise’s full capabilities can be accessible to every client.

Jerry Decembre| Associate Market Manager| Director

Shirelle Nix| Market Client Relationship Manager| Director

Lisa Donarski| Market Client Relationship Manager| Vice President

Pedro Jimenez| Market Client Relationship Manager| Vice President

Meaghan Sheehan| Client Relationship Manager| Vice President

Anthony Falconieri| Market Supervision Manager| Vice President

Jullien Fernandez| Senior Market Supervision Manager| Director

Emily Streeter| Market Supervision Manager| Vice President

John Delamater| Market Supervision Manager| Vice President

Emily Clinton| Market Supervision Manager| Director

Let’s Have a Conversation

Helping you reach your goals starts with getting to know you personally. Through understanding what matters most to you, together we can help you create a financial approach that reflects your personality. Only then can we offer an approach that is built around your life priorities and the advice you need to help you address fluctuations in the market and changes in your life. Let’s work together to help you achieve your goals.

Careers 4

No matter where your career may currently be, if you have the mindset and motivation of a Merrill financial advisor, you should consider the opportunity to become one yourself.

Work Culture

Our culture is dedicated to providing continuing professional training, mentoring and technology for new and experienced advisors.

Rewarding Career

We help you support the financial aspects of a client’s life, focused on providing individually customized investment approaches and wealth management advice, products and services.

Access to Resources

Our size and scope offer access to a wide range of technology, intellectual capital and marketing resources designed to enhance client relationships and build your business.

Grow & Learn

Merrill Lynch Wealth Management has been training financial advisors since 1946, offering advisors the critical skills and knowledge they need to assist individuals in pursuing their unique financial goals.

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