Katherine Mendez is a Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, where she joined the Fifth Avenue Financial Center in 2015. She brings over three decades of experience in the financial services industry, having started her career in 1982 after earning a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Barnard College. Katherine holds several professional designations including the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (CFP), Chartered SRI Counselor (CSRIC), and Personal Investment Advisor (PIA), along with Series 3, 7, 24, 55, 63, 66, and 79 FINRA registrations.
Her expertise focuses on family wealth management strategies, personal retirement planning, socially responsible and ESG investing, women and wealth, and tax minimization. Katherine emphasizes a disciplined and thoughtful planning process aimed at understanding each client's unique needs and priorities to help them achieve their financial objectives. She aims to reduce anxiety and family discord through consistent, personal communication.
Katherine resides in New York City with her husband, Raymond Mendez. She is involved in community activities including volunteering with the organization Read Ahead. Outside of her professional work, she enjoys antiquing, dancing, knitting and crocheting, music, and reading.