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Theodore Schwab
Senior Vice President – Wealth Management
Ted is a Financial Advisor with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Washington, D.C. He leads a team that helps families, businesses, eleemosynary groups and other organizations build, manage and preserve their wealth. He is a Senior Vice President-Wealth Management and has been with the firm since 1986. He is graduate of the University of Pittsburgh (Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude) and is a member of the Association of Investment Management and Research, the Financial Planning Association, the International Society of Financial Analysts, and the Washington Society of Investment Analysts. He is a member of The Atlantic Council of The United States, The Bretton Woods Committee, The MIT Enterprise Forum, The Northern Virginia Technology Council, NVTC's Investment Banking Committee and the board of directors of Capital Partners for Education.
Jeremy Dover
Second Vice President – Wealth Management
Jeremy coordinates our financial planning, investment analysis, and overall research efforts. He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the Honors Program at The George Washington University and is a member of or active in a number of organizations including the Israeli Venture Association, the National Defense Industrial Association, the National Military Intelligence Association, the Northern Virginia Technology Council, and the Washington DC Technology Council.
Stephanie K. Chak
Registered Associate – Wealth Management
Stephanie oversees our client service efforts. She is a graduate of The American University Kogod School of Business. Her past experience includes non-profit organizations and international development. She was a local director at American University for the National Student Partnerships. She is a member of The National Scholars Honor Society and the Organization of Chinese Americans.
John H. Gardner
First Vice President – Regional Estate Planning Director
John is responsible for providing Morgan Stanley Smith Barney’s high net worth clients with sophisticated wealth planning advice, particularly in connection with intergenerational transfer strategies, estate planning, international planning, philanthropic techniques, business succession, executive compensation, diversification strategies, and risk management. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, John served in a similar capacity for Legg Mason, Anderson, KPMG, and Coopers & Lybrand. He also has prior experience in the IRS National Office. He is a past Chair of the AICPA Trust, Estate, and Gift Tax Technical Resources Panel and is a member of the Steering Committee of the AICPA Advanced Estate Planning Conference. John has written and lectured extensively on numerous topics, including generation-skipping transfer taxes, managing an IRS estate tax audit, planning in a changing interest rate environment, and charitable giving techniques. Mr. Gardner received his law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law and his undergraduate degree from Duke University.
Brian Keane
Managing Director and Group Head – Citigroup Capital Strategies
Washington, D.C.
Brian runs the firm's middle market mergers and acquisitions practice. He has two decades of experience advising and operating private and public companies. He has and undergraduate degree from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Louis Korahais
Managing Director – Executive Financial Services
New York, NY
Louis is a Senior Vice President and Director of Executive Financial Services at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. He focuses in restricted and control securities transactions and lending and derivative transactions. He received a doctorate of Law from Georgetown University School of Law.
Kristie Leslie
Senior Vice President and Regional Director– Consulting Group
New York, NY
Kristie is a representative of the Consulting Group, a division of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. She has been has been with the firm since 1993. She assists the firm's clients and Financial Advisors in developing customized investment strategies. These strategies are structured around asset allocation strategies that generally employ the use of individual investment management techniques and managers. She is Certified Investment Management AnalystSM and graduate of the University of Delaware.
Kim L. Olson
Vice President – Regional Insurance Services Specialist
Bethesda, MD
Kim is the Regional Specialist for the Insurance Services Group in Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's National Capital Region. He focuses on insurance, business and estate planning, and has been a Regional Specialist for some of the leading financial services, brokerage and law firms. His experience includes non-qualified retirement plans. He is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara.
John Orsag
Vice President – Citibank Regional Lending Specialist
Philadelphia, PA
John's focus is business banking and lending. He is with Citibank - Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's Commercial Banking group. John advises closely held businesses and their owners on their commercial lending and cash management needs. John's career includes twenty years in commercial banking. Mr. Orsag has a B.S. in Business Administration from Liberty University.
Robert B. Seaberg, Ph.D.
Director-Global Private Client Group
New York, NY
Bob is a Managing Director in the Global Private Client Group of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Bob has been with the firm, or predecessor firms, for the past 17 years. He is a member of the Planned Giving Group of Greater New York and the National committee on Planned Giving. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Colgate University, and holds a Ph.D with distinction from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University.
Kimberly Yates
Vice President – Private Client Regional Lending Specialist
Philadelphia, PA
Kim develops customized lending strategies for high net worth clients of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Financial Advisors. Lending services include broad capabilities such as securities-based loans, residential mortgage loans, tailored loans, business loans, and other lending services offered by various areas within Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Citigroup. She has twenty years experience in the banking and financial services industry. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, she was with Wachovia. She is a graduate of the University of Delaware.