Catherine Sharp Cary
Advisor at Merrill — Chattanooga, TN 2 Union Sq
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Credentials
Series 66
Experience Industry experience
23 years
Location
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Merrill
Institution
Catherine Cary is a Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. She joined Merrill Lynch in 2009 after seven years as a Financial Advisor with Ameriprise. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree, earned Summa Cum Laude from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and has earned professional designations including Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist™ (CRPS™) and Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor® (CPFA®).
With over 15 years of experience, Catherine specializes in areas such as divorce transition planning, education planning, family wealth management strategies, services for endowments, foundations, and non-profits, legacy planning, managing new wealth, personal retirement planning, philanthropic planning, portfolio management services, and women and wealth. She works closely with clients to develop personalized financial strategies tailored to their goals.
Catherine is active in her community, volunteering with her children's school and having served on the board of Civitan International. She has also volunteered with America's Junior Miss at local and state levels. She resides in Chattanooga with her two children.
Based on Merrill
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Chattanooga, TN 2 Union Sq
2 Union Sq
Chattanooga TN 37402
Advisors at this office
26
Tennessee · Texas
23 years of industry experience
Bank of America, NA
2009 - Present • 17 years
Chattanooga, TN
Merrill
2009 - Present • 17 years
Chattanooga, TN
Ameriprise
2005 - 2009 • 4 years
Chattanooga, TN
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