Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Suzanne Austin (CRD# 2970671) is an Investment Advisor Representative working at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated in Chicago, IL and has over 30 years of experience in the finance industry. Suzanne Austin has taken additional exams to become a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®). CFP professionals must pass the comprehensive CFP Certification Examination,pass CFP Board's Fitness Standards for Candidates and Registrants, agree to abide by CFP Board's Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility and Rules of Conduct which putclients' interests first and comply with the Financial Planning Practice Standards.

Jeffrey Adamson (CRD# 1326517) is an Investment Advisor Representative working at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated in Wayzata, MN and has over 34 years of experience in the finance industry. Jeffrey Adamson has taken additional exams to become a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®). CFP professionals must pass the comprehensive CFP Certification Examination, pass CFP Board's Fitness Standards for Candidates and Registrants, agree to abide by CFP Board's Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility and Rules of Conduct which put clients' interests first and comply with the Financial Planning Practice Standards.

S. Wesley Carpenter is a Financial Advisor in Fairhope, AL with Merrill Lynch.   In July 2017, I was named to Forbes' "America's Top Next-Generation Wealth Advisors" where I was ranked #6 in AL and #278 Nationally.

I am a Partner and Financial Advisor with THE HARTY CARPENTER GROUP, is a distinguished wealth management team in Fairhope, AL.   We have significant experience advising CEOs, Retirees, and other Professionals with virtually all aspects of their fina

Jeff joined the Group AG at Merrill Lynch in 2010 after graduating from the University of Tennessee in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in economics.  He and his team focus on creating customized financial strategies for individual clients and their families.  Using sophisticated techniques, he develops investment recommendations designed to assist you build, preserve and ultimately distribute your wealth.  He prides himself on his ability to listen and interpret your financial goals while leveraging the vast resources of Merrill Lynch to provide a wide range of possible strategies.

Jeff is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) certificant, a designation awarded by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. He also holds a Chartered Retirement Planning CounselorSM (CRPC®) designation.

Jeff & his wife, Rachel, live in Woodbridge, VA where they both enjoy living active lifestyles.  They are involved with a variety of local charities and enjoy competing is running events throughout the year.

Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. owns the certification marks CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and CFP® in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements. CRPC® and Chartered Retirement Planning CounselorSM are registered service marks of the College for Financial Planning.

True wealth is about more than money. It is about achieving life.
To that point, Tony and his Team believe strongly that it is their obligation to be accountable to and transparent with their clients and to place their best interests ahead of his own.
From stocks, bonds and socially responsible investing to business sales, Tony does and will do whatever it takes to help you realize your goals.
Tony graduated from Arizona State University in Tempe Arizona with a Bachelors of Science in Business and Communications. He returned to Scottsdale Arizona after having worked and studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge Massachusetts.
He is a partner with the Bellino Group and focuses on in-depth financial planning, business development and client relationships. Tony appreciates being able to draw on Merrill Lynch’s deep resources and specialists as well as his team to create solutions for difficult and challenging situations. During volatile markets, Tony helps clients set realistic goals and arms them with the financial information they need to make knowledgeable decisions.
Tony was a member of The National Association of Stock Plan Professionals(NASPP), an association committed to providing its members with services designed to enrich their professional skills and further their professional knowledge.
Tony and his family reside in Scottsdale Arizona.

Anthony R Bottini III, AAMS, CRPC
Vice President - Portfolio Manager
Wealth Management Advisor
Retirement Benefits Consultant 

Rick is a founding partner of BHG Associates, a wealth management advisory team with over 7 decades of experience in financial services.

Named to Forbes’ “America’s Top Next-Generation Wealth Advisors” list in 2018.

Rick is a Wealth Management Advisor with the Global Wealth Management Group at Merrill Lynch’s World Financial Center flagship office in lower Manhattan. Since joining Merrill Lynch in 2011, He works with clients to help identify their primary goals and needs—including asset allocation, education funding, retirement income planning, tax minimization strategies, and estate planning services—and then commits himself to crafting financial strategies designed to help clients pursue desired outcomes, while building, managing and preserving their wealth for current and future generations.

Rick is a qualified Portfolio Manager. A Portfolio Manager can help clients pursue their objectives by managing on a discretionary basis his own Personalized or Defined Strategies, which may incorporate individual stocks and bonds, Merrill Lynch model portfolios, and third-party investment strategies.
Rick holds the Chartered Retirement Planning CounselorSM and Accredited Asset Management SpecialistSM designations and holds the Series 7 and 66 FINRA registrations.

Holds the Retirement Benefits Consultant designation, working with and providing 3(21) Fiduciary services to corporate and Institutional retirement plans. 

He is a graduate of Hamilton College where he earned his B.A. in Economics and Political Science.